Checkers

Moby ID: 161541

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Released

October 1978 on TRS-80

Credits

1 person

Publishers

TRS-80 Software Exchange

Moby Score: n/a

Genre: Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Top-down
Pacing: Turn-based
Gameplay: Board game

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: Cassette Tape
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard
Number of Players Supported: 1 Player

See Also

Checkers (1961 on Mainframe)
Checkers (1973 on Mainframe, 1976 on Intel 8080, Zilog Z80)
Checkers (1974 on Terminal)
Checkers (1978 on TRS-80)
Checkers (1978 on Compucolor II)
Checkers (1978 on VideoBrain)
Checkers (1978 on TI Programmable Calculator)
Checkers (1978 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Checkers (1979 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Checkers (1979 on TRS-80)
Checkers (1980 on Atari 2600, 2010 on Windows, Xbox 360)
Checkers (1980 on Intellivision)
Checkers (1981 on TRS-80)
Checkers (1984 on Commodore 64)
Checkers (1986 on TRS-80 CoCo)
Checkers (1989 on DOS)
Checkers (1990 on Windows 16-bit)
Checkers (1998 on Browser)
Checkers (2001 on Windows)
Checkers (2017 on iPhone, Android, iPad)
Checkers (2020 on Nintendo Switch)

Description

Checkers is an implementation of the board game of the same name in BASIC. The player can play against the computer.

Groups +

Genre: Board game - Checkers / Draughts

Credits (TRS-80 version)

By	Don McAllister

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MobyGames ID: 161541

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Game added by vedder.

Game added April 20, 2021. Last modified February 22, 2023.