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From: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Survey of Macintosh Game Compatibility with Mac SE/30
Keywords: games compatibility Mac SE/30 SEx
Message-ID: <22758@dhw68k.cts.com>
Date: 8 May 89 09:00:01 GMT
References: <8074@fluke.COM>
Reply-To: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod)
Organization: Wolfskill & Dowling residence; Anaheim, CA (USA)
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In article <8074@fluke.COM> moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes:
> [list of pd/shareware programs compatible with SEx omitted]
>
>    Stratego 0.95 (If someone can come up with a challenging algorithm for
>        the computer opponent on this game, I'll buy it toute suite).

  Sounds good to me! Actually, I have been working on the evaluation functions
for Stratego for several months, off & on. It hasn't been an especially high
priority, though. When 0.95 hit the 'big time' in terms of wide distribution,
it was brought to my attention that literal derivations of board games were
fodder for copyright-infringement lawsuits. That (along with less free time)
is the main reason why there hasn't yet been a "smart" version of Stratego.
However, the project is far from dead: it's evolving into the commercial
realm, and becoming a vastly-improved (albeit somewhat different) game. The
possibility of a final freeware release certainly exists (*wink*), but I
can't say exactly when.


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