Chomp
created and published by People's Computer Company in 1975, running on Altair MITS 8800
type: puzzle, board game
series: 101 BASIC Computer Games Series
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player
languages: eng
series: 101 BASIC Computer Games Series
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player
languages: eng
Description
This program is an adaptation of a mathematical game originally
presented in Scientific American, Jan., 1973. Up to a 9x9 grid
is set up by you with the'upper left square a pOison square.
This grid is the cookie. Players alternately chomp away at the
cookie from the lower right. To take a chomp, input a row and
column number of one of the squares remaining on the cookie.
All of the squares below and to the right of that square, in-
cluding that square, disappear.
Any number of· people can play -- the computer is only the
moderator; it is not a player. Two-person strategies are in-
teresting to work out but strategies when three or more people
are playing are a real challenge.
Becoro # 2023-07-08 00:48:59 - source
presented in Scientific American, Jan., 1973. Up to a 9x9 grid
is set up by you with the'upper left square a pOison square.
This grid is the cookie. Players alternately chomp away at the
cookie from the lower right. To take a chomp, input a row and
column number of one of the squares remaining on the cookie.
All of the squares below and to the right of that square, in-
cluding that square, disappear.
Any number of· people can play -- the computer is only the
moderator; it is not a player. Two-person strategies are in-
teresting to work out but strategies when three or more people
are playing are a real challenge.
Becoro # 2023-07-08 00:48:59 - source
Technical specs
hardware: 8086 CPU,
display: text
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