Batnum

Moby ID: 99266

Released

September 22, 1970 on Mainframe

Credits

1 person

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Moby Score: n/a
Players: (2)
Collected By: 2 players

Genre: Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Text-based / Spreadsheet
Pacing: Turn-based
Interface: Text parser

Mainframe Specs

Business Model: Freeware / Free-to-play / Public Domain
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

Description

Batnum is a "battle of numbers" against the computer. There is a distinct number of items on a pile and the player and computer take turns removing items. Depending on the choices made at the start of the game whoever picks the first or last item wins the game. The player can also determine the maximum number of items that can be taken in a turn.

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Nim variants

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Credits (Intel 8080 version)

Adapted to TBX-TVCOS by

Ted Holdahl

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MobyGames ID: 99266

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Game added by vedder.

Game added December 17, 2017. Last modified July 22, 2023.