Othello

Moby ID: 43520

Released

1980 on Atari 2600

Credits

3 people

Publishers

Atari, Inc.

Developers

Atari, Inc.

Moby Score: n/a
Critics: 82% (4)
Players: (8)
Collected By: 22 players

Genre: Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Top-down
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Pacing: Turn-based
Gameplay: Board game
Interface: Direct control
Misc: Licensed

Number of Players Supported: 1-2 Players

Included in

32 in 1 Game Cartridge (1988)

See Also

Othello (1977 on Mainframe)
Othello (1977 on Mainframe)
Othello (1977 on Mainframe, 1978 on Commodore PET/CBM, 1980 on Sol-20)
Othello (1977 on Mainframe)
Othello (1978 on Apple II)
Othello (1978 on Compucolor II)
Othello (1978 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Othello (1978 on Ohio Scientific)
Othello (1978 on Intel 8080, Zilog Z80)
Othello (1978 on TRS-80)
Othello (1979 on Exidy Sorcerer)
Othello (1979 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Othello (1979 on Apple II)
Othello (1979 on Super Vision 8000)
Othello (1979 on Apple II)
Othello (1979 on KIM-1)
Othello (1980 on TRS-80)
Othello (1982 on ZX81)
Othello (1982 on DOS)
Othello (1983 on Dragon 32/64)
Othello (1983 on Dragon 32/64)
Othello (1983 on Jupiter Ace)
Othello (1984 on Arcade)
Othello (1985 on SG-1000)
Othello (1986 on Sinclair QL)
Othello (1986 on DOS)
Othello (1986 on NES, 1990 on Game Boy)
Othello (1988 on DOS)
Othello (1991 on DOS)
Othello (1993 on CD-i, 1996 on Windows)
Othello (2015 on Linux, Windows, Macintosh)
Othello (2017 on Nintendo Switch)

Description official descriptions

Othello is a conversion of the board game. Each player tries to fill the game board with as many discs of his color as possible. On each turn the player places a disc on the board by selecting a location where the opponents discs will become trapped between two of his discs. The trapped discs are flipped over to the players color. The game ends when the board is filled or time runs out, and the player with the greatest number of his color discs on the board wins. Two players can play against each other, or one player against the computer.

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Credits (Atari 2600 version)

Programmed by	Ed Logg
Graphics drawing kernel by	Carol Shaw (uncredited)
Cover Artwork	Steve Hendricks

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 82% (based on 4 ratings)

Players

Average score: 2.7 out of 5 (based on 8 ratings with 0 reviews)

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MobyGames ID: 43520

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Game added by vedder.

Game added November 19, 2009. Last modified July 17, 2024.