Checkers / Backgammon

Moby ID: 206260

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Released

1979 on Bally Astrocade

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Bally Manufacturing Corporation

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Genre: Compilation
Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Top-down
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Pacing: Turn-based
Gameplay: Board game
Interface: Direct control

Media Type: Cartridge
Multiplayer Options: Hot Seat
Number of Players Supported: 1-2 Players

Description

This compilation contains two adaptations of popular board games:

Checkers allows the player to play the classic board game against the computer or another player. Players move pieces diagonally on the board and capture each other's pieces by jumping over them.
Backgammon allows the player to play the classic board game against the computer or another player. Players throw the dice and move their pieces along the board trying to reach the other end.

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MobyGames ID: 206260

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Game added by vedder.

Game added August 14, 2023. Last modified January 26, 2024.