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Windows: Cybergammon (player) From:   John S Mamoun Address:   jsama@mail2.sas.upenn.edu Date:   13 January 1998 Subject:   Cybergammon for Windows Forum:   rec.games.backgammon Google:   69egvp$fi1$1@netnews.upenn.edu Just got a copy of Cybergammon for Windows 3.1/95. It comes with A $13 Softkey CD-ROM called Board Game Pack. Got it at Staples. It combines a neural net BG program with 5 computer levels of skill, with the Netgammon interface. All around a great program, IMHO. Great sound effects, interface. It also has a high-quality checker play engine, not as good as Jellyfish or TD-Gammon but quite strong nonetheless. It makes some silly mistakes now and then, but in general its a pretty strong opponent. It is a bit slow on Champion level, slower than JF level 6 but not as slow as JF level 7. My biggest complaint would be that it has a pretty bad strategy for evaluating whether to take or pass a double. But then again, its fun to cash in against the program. It also evaluates positions for winning chances, though maybe not as correctly as the stronger bot programs. I find it to be more addictive than Jellyfish or Td-Gammon, though, partly due to a nicer interface, partly due to sound effects, partly due to all-around fun play.   Did you find the information in this article useful?           Do you have any comments you'd like to add?

 

Software

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Java: BG-Blitz--How strong?  (montygram+, June 2005) 

Java: BG-Blitz--Version 2.0  (Frank Berger+, Apr 2006) 

Java: Chouette calculator  (Gamer Cafe Software, June 1997) 

Mac: Expert Backgammon (player)  (Butch Meese+, Feb 1993) 

Mac: Play-O-Matic (game replayer)  (Paul Ferguson, Feb 1997) 

Palm OS: Agushka (player)  (pip_panther, May 2000) 

Palm OS: SlapGammon (player)  (GandyDancer+, May 2003) 

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Palm OS: SlapGammon (player)  (Michael Plog, Jan 2002) 

Windows CE: BGLightCE  (Andy Rudnitsky+, Sept 2002) 

Windows: BG by George (player)  (Stuart Cracraft+, July 1991) 

Windows: Backgammon Varia (player)  (Peter van Campen, Mar 1996) 

Windows: Backgammon-To-Lose  (Gamer Cafe Software, Mar 1998) 

Windows: Blowfish (analyser)  (Mike Rudman, Dec 2001) 

Windows: Cybergammon (player)  (John S Mamoun, Jan 1998) 

Windows: Database interface  (Hugh Sconyers, Jan 1998) 

Windows: Dueller (bot-vs-bot intermediary)  (Tony Lezard, Oct 2002) 

Windows: Exact Bearoff (analyzer)  (Michel Grimminck, Dec 1999) 

Windows: Jellyfish 3.0 (player, analyzer)  (Fredrik Dahl, June 1997) 

Windows: MVP Backgammon (player)  (Michael Quinn, Feb 1996) 

Windows: Monte Carlo (player)  (Gamer Cafe Software, June 1998) 

Windows: Penguin backgammon (player)  (Pojchara Jatupoj, Sept 2003) 

Windows: Sconyers's bearoff database  (Hugh Sconyers+, June 2003) 

Windows: Snowie 3 (player, analyzer)  (André Nicoulin, Dec 1999) 

Windows: Soumille, The First Trictrac Program  (David Levy, May 2003) 

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