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From: swklassen@rose.uwaterloo.ca (Steven W. Klassen)
Subject: Re: Looking for Go
Message-ID: <1990Sep20.183538.672@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
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Date: Thu, 20 Sep 90 18:35:38 GMT
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In article <RLEE.90Sep18135648@weaver.ads.com> rlee@weaver.ads.com (Richard Lee) writes:
>
>Actually, Gomoku is the regular name of a game that is played using the
>same board and markers as Go, but is much simpler than Go.  Unless
>Mindgames is confused (or I am), I don't think this will satisfy
>Kenneth.

Richard may well be correct.  GO-MOKU may not be the same as GO.  (I wouldn't
know.)  At any rate, I got a couple of e-mail requests for more info so I
decided to put it on the net.

First, I couldn't find an address either on the package or in the documentation.
Here is what it did say.

The company is ATARI MINDGAMES (a division of Atari?).  There are two copyright
notices as follows:
	(c) 1988 Atari Corp. (UK) Ltd.
	(c) 1988 Bray Research Ltd.

I could not find an address on the package but I'm sure someone on the
net can get an address for Atari Corp. (UK).

The package includes two games, GO-MOKU and a similar one called RENJU.
It includes brief instructions on how to play the games, including the
basic rules of the games.  It also includes options for 'book' openings
(a particular sequence of opening moves), stepping backward or forward
through a games, and even has an advise move option.  It has nine 
difficulty levels.  I have not yet managed to defeat the upper levels
at all but I cannot claim to be a professional GO-MOKU or RENJU player.

It works find on a 1040 STF with a monochrome monitor but claims to work
on any 520, 1040, or MEGA with either monochrome or colour.

I purchased the game for about $10 from a 'bargain shelf' on a computer
store in Oshawa, Ont., Canada.  I don't know if it is still available or
not.

				- Steven W. Klassen
				  (Almost a graduate!!)
				  University of Waterloo

