GNU Go is a free software program by the Free Software Foundation that plays Go. Its source code is quite portable, and can be easily compiled for Linux, as well as other Unix-like systems, Microsoft Windows and macOS; ports exist for other platforms.
Based on the popular board game from Parker Brothers about acquiring real estate and earning rent from players that land on their properties. The goal is to bankrupt all other players but a time limit can also be set with the winner being the person with the most money/assets when time expires. Up to 10 players can compete or computer opponents can be added on one of three difficulty settings.
Kempelen Chess is a computer chess game with a top-down view but with a 3D-feel. It includes various boards and play options. You can choose to play at one of the seven different difficulty levels. Chess can be played against the computer or a friend. All pieces are animated when moved.
A Sengoku era themed Riichi (Japanese) Mahjong game. It was the first mahjong game released on the PC Engine and has since been rereleased on Wii Virtual Console and PSN.
The game features Single mode and Conquest Mode. In single mode you play a single mahjong game against the game cast. In conquest mode you play as a prefecture and try to conquer the entirety of Japan by winning on Mahjong.
The game only features 4-Player mahjong and can only be played against the computer. There is no password feature for the conquest mode, so it needs to be beaten in a single sitting.
Pub games is a themed compilation of seven games that have been popular in public houses (drinking establishments) in the United Kingdom for decades. This package is aimed at young teens with the inlay card containing words like 'Here's your chance to find out what it's like in those smoke-filled haunts of adulthood'. All the games are two player games of the 'hot seat' variety - with the exception of Table Football where both players have their own action keys The games can be played either as a 'Full Pub Games Run' - which takes the player(s) through all the games and will take around two hours to complete, or a practice mode which allows the player(s) to select and games in any order.
Scoring in each game is self explanatory but in the 'Full Pub Games Run' players win £1 per game so the winner at the end of the run is the one with the most money.
The games are split on both sides of the cassette Side 1 - Menu, Darts, Bar Billiards, and Dominoes Side 2 - Table Football, Pontoon, Poker, and Skittles
This compilation includes some previously published type-in games. Some of the games were slightly altered.
The games included are:
– Backgammon
– Cribbage
– Squares
– Solitaire
– Tic Tac Toe
– Sliding Blocks
– Poker
– Sevens
– Higher & Lower
A Mahjong game based on a manga about a prolific gambler. It's the first Super Famicom game in a long-running series, and was never released outside of Japan.
Othello board game for BBC Micro. At the start of each game the players place four counters at the center of the board. Thereafter the players take it in turns to place a counter with their own colour face up on an empty square in such a way there are at least one counter of the opposite colour sandwiched between it and another of the player's colour in either a horizontal, vertical or diagonal direction.
Othello (オセロ) is a SG-1000 video game based on the board game Othello.
Two versions of Othello exist for the SG-1000. The first version, released in 1983, was built into the Othello Multivision (which is where the system gets its name from). Sega would later re-release this game in cartridge form in 1985, offering significant graphical and AI improvements over Tsukuda Original's version.
The objective of the game is to take the opposing king. When the king cannot avoid being caught on the next move, the game is over. They say the king is "Matt". The shogi opposes two players who take turns playing. The Shogi chess board is called Shogi Ban ("Shogi table") and has 81 squares (9 x 9), the three rows furthest from the players constituting their promotion area. At the start of the game each player has 20 pieces: a king, a rook, a bishop, two gold generals, two silver generals, two horsemen, two spears, and nine pawns.