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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 00:34:29 EDT
From: Adam Miller
Subject: Backstab
Backstab 1.0
Copyright Adam Miller 1992
This is an excellent implementation of a board game commonly called Ataxx, an
interesting game which looks easy but is tricky to master. Backstab has color
graphics, animation in black & white and color, digitized sound, well documented
help, a large selection of computer opponents (from the very easy to a level
that IUve never beaten), a large selection of pre-made boards, option for human
vs. human play as well as computer vs. computer, and much more.
But what really makes this implementation unique is its flexible expandability.
With extreme ease people you can create new boards with Resedit or some such
tool, which is fun, but the real challenge is writing your own computer players.
This is fun, challenging, and easy to do in your favorite programming language.
Just build them as a code resource and copy them into the Backstab file. It
will automatically add them to the computer menu, and youUre ready to go.