Orwell

aka: Micro-Orwell

Moby ID: 133663

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Released

1975 on Mainframe

Credits

1 person

Releases by Date (by platform)

1975 (Mainframe)
1984 (Motorola 68k)

Moby Score: n/a

Genre: Simulation
Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Text-based / Spreadsheet
Pacing: Turn-based
Gameplay: Board game
Chess
Interface: Text parser

Mainframe Specs

Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

Description

Orwell is a chess program written in Algol, Simula and FORTRAN. The game ran on an a UNIVAC 1106/2 computer and played at the German Computer Chess Tournament in 1975 and became runner-up at the first European Computer Chess Championship in 1976.

Microcomputer versions of Orwell running on Motorola 68000 and 68020 processors later competed at the World Micro Computer Chess Championship in 1984 and 1985.

Credits (Mainframe version)

Written by

Thomas Nitsche

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Game added by vedder.

Game added August 24, 2019. Last modified February 13, 2023.