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Information and Publications: Showing

OS/2 Dos Games Settings List (Part 1 of 2)

At faqs.org Part 2 
At MIT Part 1  Part 2 

Mac Game Resources on the Internet FAQ

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/macintosh/games-resource-guide (At MIT)

comp.sys.mac.games FAQ

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/macintosh/games-faq (At MIT)

Designing Games: rec.games.design FAQ [monthly]

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/games/design-FAQ (At MIT)

comp.sys.amiga.games Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/amiga/games-FAQ (At MIT)

Talisman Boardgame 3rd Edition FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/games/talisman/edition3 (At MIT)

Talisman Boardgame 2nd Edition FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/games/talisman/edition2 (At MIT)

Scrabble FAQ - Club and Tournament Supplement

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/games/scrabble-faq/supplement (At MIT)

Scrabble FAQ - General Information

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/games/scrabble-faq/general (At MIT)

rec.games.go FAQ - v2.4 (Last Update: August 1999)

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/games/go-faq (At MIT)

REPOST: Cosmic Encounter Frequently Asked Questions

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/games/cosmic-encounter-faq (At MIT)

rec.games.chess.misc FAQ [1/4]

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/games/chess/part1 (At MIT)
rec.games.chess.misc FAQ [4/4] (At faqs.org)
rec.games.chess.misc FAQ [3/4] (At MIT)
rec.games.chess.misc FAQ [2/4] (At faqs.org)
rec.games.chess.misc FAQ [3/4] (At faqs.org)
rec.games.chess.misc FAQ [2/4] (At MIT)
rec.games.chess.misc FAQ [4/4] (At MIT)

gnu.chess FAQ: GNU Chess and XBoard Frequently Asked Questions

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/games/chess/gnu-faq (At MIT)

rec.games.chess.compute FAQ [1/3]

rec.games.chess.computer FAQ [2/3] (At MIT)
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/games/chess/computer/part1 (At MIT)
rec.games.chess.computer FAQ [3/3] (At faqs.org)
rec.games.chess.computer FAQ [3/3] (At MIT)
rec.games.chess.computer FAQ [2/3] (At faqs.org)

rec.games.board FAQ and intro

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/games/board-games-faq (At MIT)

Backgammon --- Frequently Asked Questions. [monthly]

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/games/backgammon-faq (At MIT)

Axis & Allies FAQ v1.4

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/games/axis+allies (At MIT)

PGN - Portable Game Notation Format

GAU - MS Flightsim Gauge File Dissassembly tool (GAU=renamed DLL)

SC2 - SimCity 2000 saved game files

PGN - Portable Game Notation Format (MS Word)

Smart Game Format (SGF )

Chess Base (.CBI/.CBF/.ECO/.FBK) formats and sourcecode (CHESSBASE )


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Behind Deep Blue : Building the Computer That Defeated the World
[Fengohsuing Hsu, Feng-Hsuan Hsueh; 2002-11] ISBN 0691090653
- At Barnes & Noble - At Amazon - At Half

Winning Chess Tactics
[Yasser Seirawan, Jeremy Silman; 1995-12] ISBN 1572312106
- At Barnes & Noble - At Amazon - At Half

Winning Chess Strategies : Proven Principles from One of the U.S.A.'s Top Chess Players
[Yasser Seirawan, Jeremy Silman (Contributor); 1994-11] ISBN 1556156634
- At Barnes & Noble - At Amazon - At Half

Windows Game Sdk Developer's Guide : Master the Art of Programming Directdraw, Directsound, and Directplay with C++
[Dennis, Gregory C. and Rubin, James R. ; Coriolis Group, Inc. ] ISBN 1883577845
- At Barnes & Noble - At Amazon - At Half

Unix Books of Games
[Wilt, Nicholas ; Prentice-Hall, Inc. ] ISBN 0134900790
- At Barnes & Noble - At Amazon - At Half

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Deep Blue's Hardware-Software Synergy ( Scott Hamilton, Lee Garber ; IEEE Computer Magazine 1997-010)

- It's true that powerful hardware forms the basis of the chess computer's capabilities. However, improved software-based search techniques and innovations in partitioning the problem for a multiprocessor also played important roles.


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xshogi - is a graphical Shogi (Japanese Chess) board for the X Window System. {GPL,GNU}

At GNU project

GNU Go - plays the game of Go. {GPL,GNU}

At GNU project

Chess - is a state-of-the-art chess-playing program. {GPL,GNU}

At GNU project

GNU Backgammon - plays and analyses backgammon games and matches. It is currently a work-in-progress. {GPL,GNU}

At GNU project

xgospel-1.12d - An X11 Go (weiqi, baduk) client for the Internet Go Server

At FreeBSD Ports

scid-3.2_1 - A free chess database application

At FreeBSD Ports

gnomoku-1.4 - A Gomoku game for GNOME Desktop

At FreeBSD Ports

glchess-0.4.6 - A 3D OpenGL based chess game

At FreeBSD Ports

gshisen-1.0.1 - Mahjongg-kind of game that uses the GNUstep toolkit

At FreeBSD Ports

qkmj-95p4 - QKMJ - QK Ma2Jong4 client

At FreeBSD Ports

ja-xyagamo-0.1b - Japanese version of a four player mahjong game

At FreeBSD Ports

gnomechess-0.3.3 - A GUI chess front-end to crafy, for the GNOME Desktop Environment

At FreeBSD Ports

phalanx-22 - Xboard-compatible chess playing program

At FreeBSD Ports

wmminichess-0.8 - WindowMaker chess dockapp game

At FreeBSD Ports

baduki-0.2.9 - The game of Go

At FreeBSD Ports
Go playing program based on xamigo (At NetBSD packages collection)

gma-0.6 - Go-moku game which learns playing the game from studying its opponent

At FreeBSD Ports

gomoku.app-1.2.2 - GNUstep Gomoku game

At FreeBSD Ports

crafty-open-rock-19980707 - A huge opening book for crafty

At FreeBSD Ports

sgf2tex-3.3 - Convert a Go game record in SGF format into TeX and provide fonts to make a dvi

At FreeBSD Ports

mahjong-1.4 - A networked Mah Jong program, together with a computer player

At FreeBSD Ports

gnomegames-1.4.0.3 - The game applications package for the Gnome Desktop Environment

At FreeBSD Ports

xvmahjongg-2.1 - Mahjongg for XView with multicolored tiles. [X]

At FreeBSD Ports

xtic-1.12 - An X version of a simple but tricky board game

At FreeBSD Ports

xshogi-1.2.3 - The Japanese chess-like game for X Window System. [X]

At FreeBSD Ports

xscrabble-1.0 - X version of the popular board game

At FreeBSD Ports
xscrabble-1.0.tgz - X11 version of the popular board game (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages i386)
xscrabble-1.0.tgz - X11 version of the popular board game (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages m68k)
X version of the popular board game, for 1 to 4 players (At NetBSD packages collection)

xrisk-2.15 - A game for X11, much like the popular board game

At FreeBSD Ports

xquarto-1.0 - X version of simple but tricky board game. [X]

At FreeBSD Ports

xothello-0.01 - Othello aka Reversi game for X Window. [X]

At FreeBSD Ports

xmj-1.0 - Mahjongg

At FreeBSD Ports
xmj-1.0.tgz (At OpenBSD 2.7_packages i386)
xmj-1.0.tgz (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages i386)
xmj-1.0.tgz (At OpenBSD 2.7_packages sparc)
xmj-1.0.tgz (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages m68k)
xmj-1.0.tgz (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages sparc)

xgammon-0.98 - A backgammon program for X11. [X]

At FreeBSD Ports

xcogitate-1.02 - A logic game with board and stones. [X]

At FreeBSD Ports

xchain-1.0.2 - Chain Reaction, a strategy game for 2-4 players. [X]

At FreeBSD Ports

xataxx-1.0 - Strategy game of position and movement for X Window System. [X]

At FreeBSD Ports

seabattle-1.0_1 - A curses based battleship type game

At FreeBSD Ports

lincity-1.11 - Rich city simulation game for X

At FreeBSD Ports
Free clone of SimCity for X11 (At NetBSD packages collection)

knightcap-3.6 - Chess program with 3D interface for X Window System

At FreeBSD Ports
knightcap-3.6nb1 - chess engine with 3D OpenGL-rendered chessboard (At NetBSD packages collection)
knightcap-brain-19980616 - book of losing moves for KnightCap (At NetBSD packages collection)

ishido-1.1 - Tile placement game

At FreeBSD Ports

gtkballs-2.2.0 - Lines-like simple logic game for X Window System

At FreeBSD Ports

gnushogi-1.2.3 - GNU version of Shogi

At FreeBSD Ports
gnushogi-1.2.3.tgz (At OpenBSD 2.7_packages i386)
gnushogi-1.2.3.tgz (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages i386)
gnushogi-1.2.3.tgz (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages m68k)
gnushogi-1.2.3.tgz (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages sparc)

gnugo-3.2 - The game of Go

At FreeBSD Ports
gnugo-2.6.tgz - GNU version of Go (At OpenBSD 2.7_packages i386)
gnugo-2.6.tgz - GNU version of Go (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages i386)
gnugo-2.6.tgz - GNU version of Go (At OpenBSD 2.7_packages sparc)
gnugo-2.6.tgz - GNU version of Go (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages m68k)
gnugo-2.6.tgz - GNU version of Go (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages sparc)
gnugo-2.6 - Go playing program (At NetBSD packages collection)

cgoban-1.9.11 - Internet Go Server client and game editor

At FreeBSD Ports
cgoban-1.9.10.tgz - X11 Go Toolset (At OpenBSD 2.7_packages i386)
cgoban-1.9.10.tgz - X11 Go Toolset (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages i386)
cgoban-1.9.10.tgz - X11 Go Toolset (At OpenBSD 2.7_packages sparc)
cgoban-1.9.10.tgz - X11 Go Toolset (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages m68k)
cgoban-1.9.10.tgz - X11 Go Toolset (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages sparc)
cgoban-1.9.10 - the complete goban. A Go server client and sgf viewer/editor (At NetBSD packages collection)

awele-1.0 - An african board game.

At FreeBSD Ports

3dc-0.8.1 - 3-Dimensional Chess for X Window System.

At FreeBSD Ports

KMonop - The Monopoly(tm) boardgame for KDE. {x,GPL}

(Info at freshmeat)

XBoard {x,GPL}

xboard-4.2.6 - X frontend for Crafty, GNUChess, Internet Chess Servers, or e-mail chess (At FreeBSD Ports)
xboard-4.0.7.tgz - X11 frontend for GNU Chess and the Internet Chess Server (At OpenBSD 2.7_packages i386)
xboard-4.0.7.tgz - X11 frontend for GNU Chess and the Internet Chess Server (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages i386)
xboard-4.0.7.tgz - X11 frontend for GNU Chess and the Internet Chess Server (At OpenBSD 2.7_packages sparc)
xboard-4.0.7.tgz - X11 frontend for GNU Chess and the Internet Chess Server (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages m68k)
xboard-4.0.7.tgz - X11 frontend for GNU Chess and the Internet Chess Server (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages sparc)
xboard-4.2.3 - graphical frontend for GNU Chess, Crafty, ICS or e-mail chess (At NetBSD packages collection)
(Info at freshmeat)

GF1 - Play GIPF against your computer {x,GPL}

(Info at freshmeat)

Xmahjongg - Colorful X solitaire Mah Jongg game {x,GPL}

xmahjongg-3.5 - The Chinese game of Mahjongg for X11 (At FreeBSD Ports)
xmahjongg-3.3.tgz - Colorful solitarie Mah jongg game for X11 (At OpenBSD 2.7_packages i386)
xmahjongg-3.3.tgz - Colorful solitarie Mah jongg game for X11 (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages i386)
xmahjongg-3.3.tgz - Colorful solitarie Mah jongg game for X11 (At OpenBSD 2.7_packages sparc)
xmahjongg-3.3.tgz - Colorful solitarie Mah jongg game for X11 (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages m68k)
xmahjongg-3.3.tgz - Colorful solitarie Mah jongg game for X11 (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages sparc)
xmahjongg-1.0 - The Chinese game of Mahjongg for X11 (At NetBSD packages collection)
(Info at freshmeat)

Freeciv - Implementation of Civilization II for UNIX/X released under the GPL {x,GPL}

freeciv-1.10.0.tgz - Civilization clone for X; multiplayer (At OpenBSD 2.7_packages i386)
freeciv-1.11.4-gtk.tgz - Civilization clone for X; multiplayer (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages i386)
freeciv-1.11.4.tgz - Civilization clone for X; multiplayer (At OpenBSD 2.8_packages i386)
freeciv-client-1.11.4 - Freeciv client with Xaw interface (At NetBSD packages collection)
freeciv-client-gtk-1.11.4nb1 - Freeciv client with GTK+ interface (At NetBSD packages collection)
freeciv-manual-1.8.1.2 - manuals for freeciv (game, client, and server) (At NetBSD packages collection)
freeciv-server-1.11.4 - Freeciv game server (At NetBSD packages collection)
freeciv-share-1.11.4 - Machine independent files for Freeciv (At NetBSD packages collection)
(Info at freshmeat)

Xconq - Empire-building strategy game for X {x,GPL}

xconq-7.4.1 - A graphical multi-player strategy game and game design system (At FreeBSD Ports)
xconq-7.4.1 - Xconq is a general strategy game system (At NetBSD packages collection)
(Info at freshmeat)

FEAST - Toolkit for area-based simulation games (ala Sym*) - previously FUSE {GPL}

(Info at freshmeat)

Gomoku Apprentice - A gomoku player learning from its own mistakes {GPL}

(Info at freshmeat)

KIshido - A KDE board game based on Ishido from an Atari LYNX {x,GPL}

(Info at freshmeat)

On Hand Chess

Scrabble & Boggle Twice The Fun (Jewel Case)

Hoyle Board Games 2002

Scrabble (with Official Players Dictionary)

Battle Chess Bundle (Jewel Case)

Chessmaster 6000 (Mac)

Monopoly (Jewel Case)

Scrabble (Jewel Case)

Graduate Chess

Chess Master 6000

Chess Master 5500 (Jewel Case)

Chess Advantage 2

Clue: Murder at Boddy Mansion (Jewel Case)

Chessmaster 5500

Chessmaster 8000

Monopoly Parker Brothers' Real Estate Trading Game

Monopoly

Monopoly

Chessmaster 7000

USCF Chess

Chessmates

Hoyle Board Games 2000

Chess Advantage

Chessmaster 5000

5 Star Mahjongg 1.01

Scrabble

Champion Chess 2.0

Super Mah Jong

Virtual Chess Academy

Virtual Chess

Chess Master 5000 Classic

Chess Advantage II-MM+

Scrabble for Palm OS

21st Jigsaw Puzzle - Africa Wildlife

kmahjongg-1.1.2.tgz - mahjongg game for kde

At OpenBSD 2.8_packages i386

kabalone-1.1.2.tgz - board game for kde

At OpenBSD 2.8_packages i386

kreversi-1.1.2.tgz - strategy boardgame for kde

At OpenBSD 2.8_packages i386

Crafty - Computer Chess engine

crafty-open-small-19970301 - The small opening book (about 600 KByte) for crafty. (At FreeBSD Ports)
crafty-18.14 - A chess programm for playing and analyzing games (At FreeBSD Ports)
crafty-open-medium-19960910 - The medium opening book (about 1.9 MByte) for crafty. (At FreeBSD Ports)
crafty-open-large-19960910 - The large opening book for crafty. (At FreeBSD Ports)
crafty-18.9 - chess engine (At NetBSD packages collection)
crafty-book-enormous-20000511 - chess opening book for Crafty (enormous) (At NetBSD packages collection)
crafty-book-large-20000511 - chess opening book for Crafty (large) (At NetBSD packages collection)
crafty-book-medium-20000511 - chess opening book for Crafty (medium) (At NetBSD packages collection)
crafty-book-small-20000511 - chess opening book for Crafty (small) (At NetBSD packages collection)
crafty-doc-18.0 - documentation for Crafty chess engine (At NetBSD packages collection)
(Info at freshmeat)

XFrisk - Networked X11 version of Parker Brothers' classic game, with computer players. {x,free for non-commercial use}

xfrisk-1.2 - A multi-player networked Risk game for X11 (At FreeBSD Ports)
(Info at freshmeat)

Othello - Graphical othello game written with GTK [X] {GPL}

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qgo-0.0.8 - A Go board and SGF editor written with the Qt library

At FreeBSD Ports

Reversi.C - Reversi game from '94 Obfuscated C Contest {oss}

At snippets.org

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