Videocart-19: Checkers

Videocart-19: Checkers

released on Mar 01, 1978

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Videocart-19: Checkers

released on Mar 01, 1978

A playable version of the board game of Checkers. The player controls the 12 checkers at the bottom of the screen and attempts to remove the 12 checkers at the top of the screen, controlled by the computer. A player can only move his checkers diagonally toward his opponent's side of the board. A checker can be jumped when two opposing checkers are adjacent to each other and there is an empty space directly across the checker being jumped. If there's a checker in the board that a player can jump, he is forced to do so. If a checker reaches the other side of the board, that checker is kinged and is allowed to move and jump both back and forth in diagonal movements. The game is won by the player who removes all of his opponent's checkers from the board. This preprogrammed cartridge plugs into the console of the Fairchild Video Entertainment System for more TV fun on the Channel F Network. The classic game of checkers is played against the computer. Here is your chance to sharpen your skills without your opponent dumping the checkerboard on your head. Check it out.


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Certamente um jogo de damas para o Fairchild.

It sure is checkers! It works, kind of slow, its somewhat annoying that you can only move the cursor diagonally but it makes sense considering you can only move the pieces diagonally. Also I'm not sure if I just am unaware of the deep ruleset for checkers, but quite often it would force me to do certain moves to my own disadvantage for seemingly no reason, probably my bad though.