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Computer Othello

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Classic Othello strategy on MSX

The briefing

About this game

Computer Othello is a two-player board game implementation for Microsoft MSX. Players place black or white tokens on an 8×8 board, surrounding consecutive opposing tokens horizontally, vertically, or diagonally to flip them.

The game includes play against the computer with up to four skill levels. A view button helps beginners identify squares where legal moves can be made. Players must flip at least one opposing token on each turn and may pass only when no legal move is available.

The winner is the player with the most tokens of their colour after both players can no longer move.