+sramirez2008 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) I've never played Othello, but I recently received this cart and thought I'd give it a go. The instructions seemed easy enough, but it took me quite a few games before I was able to defeat the computer, on NOVICE. Guess I need to work on my strategy. This is a fun game and (in my case) the AI is challenging. This one is going into my rotation. Any other Othello players out there?? Edited February 5, 2021 by sramirez2008 Photo swap 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 Getting better...still playing on NOVICE. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I've always liked Othello although I only played a few games about 10 years ago. I feel it is a game that is really well done and suites the 2600 perfectly. The game fits in the 8x8 grid and has a nice kernel to show a white or black block while still keeping the background around it. The version you are playing also has the markers in the middle. This was all done in 2K and back in the day too. I don't remember if I actually ever beat Othello or not. Othello reminds me of a couple of other games that are not related at all. One is Dice Puzzle and the other is the Activsion Unknown Game #1. I have once actually solved the Activision game before: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/117666-i-solved-activisions-unknown-prototype-1/ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Omegamatrix said: Othello reminds me of a couple of other games that are not related at all. One is Dice Puzzle and the other is the Activsion Unknown Game #1 Holy cow! Activision Unknown Game #1 looks cool. I’ll have to definitely give it a try. Congrats on beating it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 3 hours ago, Omegamatrix said: I feel it is a game that is really well done and suites the 2600 perfectly. Totally agree. Looks and plays great! It even has a two player option and it was developed by my hero, Ed Logg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErkTheJerk Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 On 2/4/2021 at 9:47 AM, sramirez2008 said: I've never played Othello, but I recently received this cart and thought I'd give it a go. The instructions seemed easy enough, but it took me quite a few games before I was able to defeat the computer, on NOVICE. Guess I need to work on my strategy. This is a fun game and (in my case) the AI is challenging. This one is going into my rotation. Any other Othello players out there?? I 100% the board one time! It was on novice of course. I have othello or reversi on every cellphone I own since I was a kid! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 14 minutes ago, ErkTheJerk said: I 100% the board one time! It was on novice of course. I have othello or reversi on every cellphone I own since I was a kid! Would love to have a screen capture of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErkTheJerk Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 1 hour ago, sramirez2008 said: Would love to have a screen capture of that. I will try to do it again and I will post it here. I really love playing this game. I didn’t think of taking a photo at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 I need to dedicate some time. I’ve only been playing on Novice to try to get a perfect score, but the best I can get to is 50/14 split. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErkTheJerk Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 33 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: I need to dedicate some time. I’ve only been playing on Novice to try to get a perfect score, but the best I can get to is 50/14 split. Here ya go! 1st picture is before I inserted the last piece then the 2nd pic is when I inserted it and it went into attract mode! Good luck! It’s so much playing this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 @ErkTheJerk That’s awesome? Seems like you can do this pretty easily. I’ll have to keep playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErkTheJerk Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, sramirez2008 said: @ErkTheJerk That’s awesome? Seems like you can do this pretty easily. I’ll have to keep playing. I play a lot on my cellphone here’s a tip you might already know... try to take over the corners! And I think I got lucky ? Edited February 13, 2021 by ErkTheJerk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 A little better, but not 64-0 better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErkTheJerk Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 On 2/14/2021 at 6:23 PM, sramirez2008 said: A little better, but not 64-0 better. That’s like the scores I kept getting before I get a perfect! Keep going!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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