The Fox

Moby ID: 129321

Released: 1973 on Mainframe
Credits: 2 people

Moby Score: n/a
Collected By: 2 players

Genre: Simulation
Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Text-based / Spreadsheet
Pacing: Turn-based
Gameplay: Board game
Chess
Interface: Text parser

Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

Description

The Fox is a chess program written in APL. The program played at the 1973 North American Computer Chess Championship. It managed to win the first match, but lose the other two due to timeouts because of too many users on the timesharing system on which the program ran.

Credits (Mainframe version)

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MobyGames ID: 129321

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Game added by vedder.

Game added July 6, 2019. Last modified January 19, 2024.