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Nim

aka: Game of NIM
Moby ID: 106365
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Released
1973 on Mainframe
Credits
2 people
Releases by Date (by platform)
Publishers
Moby Score
n/a
Players
(1)
Collected By
1 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, Teletype/Teleprinter
Number of Offline Players
1 Player
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See Also
  • Nim (1970 on Mainframe)
  • Nim (1975 on Compucorp Programmable Calculator, 1979 on COSMAC)
  • Nim (1976 on TI Programmable Calculator)
  • Nim (1977 on Mainframe, Sol-20)
  • Nim (1978 on Commodore PET/CBM)
  • box cover Nim (1979 on Commodore PET/CBM)
  • box cover Nim (1979 on TRS-80)
  • box cover Nim (1979 on TRS-80)
  • box cover Nim (1983 on VIC-20)
  • box cover Nim (1987 on ZX Spectrum)
  • box cover Nim (2000 on Windows)
  • box cover Nim (2004 on Windows)

Description

This implementation of Nim has an AI that uses a strategy as presented in "Games of Fun and Strategy". The player decides upfront how many piles of sticks are in play and how many sticks are in each pile. After that, the player and computer take turns taking one or more sticks from a pile. Whoever takes the last stick is the winner.

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Credits (Mainframe version)

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This program uses a strategy as presented in "Games of Fun and Strategy", a publication of
  • The Mathematical Services Department of Computer Control Co. Inc.

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Martin Beattie's NIM in Altair Users Group's 'Computer Notes', July '75 Andrew Fisher (697) May 15, 2023

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Game added by vedder.

Game added March 31, 2018. Last modified March 14, 2024.