Turn-Based Strategy Theater

Turn-Based Strategy Theater [S1E6] Checkers [チェッカーズ] Atari 2600 Board Game/Turn-Based Strategy 1980 Activision, Inc. NA Version Normal Difficulty Mode [Game 2: Player vs. CPU] * RELATED VIDEO PLAYLISTS: -Turn-Based Strategy Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/amPbkV1eynE -The Attract Mode Project: https://rumble.com/playlists/GWQng0_fMzs -Old-School Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/NZeHms3PVHc -Standard Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/UEuK9iop3Fc -Hardcore Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/KdL3xxsx0lc * GAME INFORMATION: Checkers is a computerized version of the popular board game and follows the same rules. The object of the game is to remove all of your opponent's pieces from the 8x8 game board. This is accomplished by moving your pieces diagonally forward on the board; an opponent's piece is removed from play if one of your pieces jumps over it (if any of your pieces are able to jump an opponent's piece, you must make that move). When beginning the game, pieces can only move in a diagonal forward direction until they reach the other side of the board; that piece then becomes 'kinged' allowing movement both forwards and backwards. The game can be played by one player against the computer (with three skill levels available) or two players against each other. (Source - MobyGames)

Turn-Based Strategy Theater [S1E5] Casino [カジノ] Atari 2600 Card Game/Turn-Based Strategy 1978 Atari, Inc. NA Version Normal Difficulty Mode [Player vs. CPU] * RELATED VIDEO PLAYLISTS: -Turn-Based Strategy Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/amPbkV1eynE -The Attract Mode Project: https://rumble.com/playlists/GWQng0_fMzs -Old-School Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/NZeHms3PVHc -Standard Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/UEuK9iop3Fc -Hardcore Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/KdL3xxsx0lc * GAME INFORMATION: Casino is a collection of card games for the Atari Video Computer System programmed by Bob Whitehead and published by Atari, Inc. in 1979. Supporting up to four players, the game uses the paddle controllers. (Source - Wikipedia)

Turn-Based Strategy Theater [S1E4] Bridge [ブラックジャック] Atari 2600 Card/Turn-Based Strategy 1980 Activision, Inc. NA Version Normal Difficulty Mode [Game 1: Player vs. CPU] * RELATED VIDEO PLAYLISTS: -Turn-Based Strategy Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/amPbkV1eynE -The Attract Mode Project: https://rumble.com/playlists/GWQng0_fMzs -Old-School Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/NZeHms3PVHc -Standard Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/UEuK9iop3Fc -Hardcore Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/KdL3xxsx0lc * GAME INFORMATION: Bridge is, of course, a computerized bridge game for one player. The computer controls both your partner and your opponents, either of which can be set to an expert or novice skill level. In the novice game, you will be able to see your partner's hand while bidding while in the expert game your partner's hand remains hidden. For each game, you can choose to play to either 13, 21, 25, or 29 points. After a hand is finished, you have the option of replaying the same hand if you want to practice, or you can have the computer deal a new hand. If you don't like the way a hand is going, you have the option of restarting the hand to try again. Included with the game instructions is a complete guide to how your computer partner will bid in different situations in order to help you form your strategy. Bridge was designed for people who already know how to play the game, it won't teach you how to play. (Source - MobyGames)

Turn-Based Strategy Theater [S1E3] Blackjack [ブラックジャック] Atari 2600 Casino/Turn-Based Strategy 1977 Atari, Inc. NA Only Normal Difficulty Mode [1 Player vs. CPU Dealer] * RELATED VIDEO PLAYLISTS: -Turn-Based Strategy Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/amPbkV1eynE -The Attract Mode Project: https://rumble.com/playlists/GWQng0_fMzs -Old-School Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/NZeHms3PVHc -Standard Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/UEuK9iop3Fc -Hardcore Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/KdL3xxsx0lc * GAME INFORMATION: Blackjack is a video game simulation of the card game blackjack. It was designed by Bob Whitehead for the Atari Video Computer System (later known as the Atari 2600). The game allows up to three players to play a variation of blackjack. All players are given 200 chips which they can use to bet 1 to 25 during each round. The game ends for a player when they either run out of chips or earns 1000 chips or more. Computer simulations of blackjack have been developed since the 1950s with all the home video game consoles released in the 1970s having a variation of the game released for their system. Whitehead developed the game following his work on Star Ship (1977). He was responsible for specific development choices, such as controlling the game via the paddle controllers and initially planning to include other card games on the cart. Whitehead made Blackjack the first Atari 2600 game that would be able to copy graphics on the fly, which would be used continuously in later games for the system. On the games release in September 1977, it was the most well received game of the systems launch titles by Video magazine. Blacjack was no longer promoted by Atari following the release of Whitehead's Casino in 1979, but still continued to sell in small amounts as late as 1989. Retrospective reviews were generally dismissive, with Brett Weiss and AllGame noting low quality sound and graphics while Kevin Bunch in Atari Archive: Vol.1 1977-1978 found that the release of Casino made Blackjack a relatively superfluous game for the Atari 2600. (Source - Wikipedia)

Turn-Based Strategy Theater [S1E2] Backgammon Atari 2600 Turn-Based Strategy 1979 Atari, Inc. NA Version Normal Difficulty Mode [Game 1 - Player vs. CPU] * RELATED VIDEO PLAYLISTS: -Turn-Based Strategy Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/amPbkV1eynE -The Attract Mode Project: https://rumble.com/playlists/GWQng0_fMzs -Old-School Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/NZeHms3PVHc -Standard Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/UEuK9iop3Fc -Hardcore Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/KdL3xxsx0lc * GAME INFORMATION: Backgammon is a video game adaptation of the board-game backgammon developed by Atari, Inc. for the Atari Video Computer System (later the Atari 2600) and released in 1979. The game was one of the earliest electronic versions of Backgammon. The cover art for the game was by Chris Spohn, who created the cover art for many early Atari games. (Source - Wikipedia)

Turn-Based Strategy Theater S1E1 Artillery Duel Atari 2600 Turn-Based Strategy 1983 Perkins Engineering/Xonox NA Version Normal Difficulty Mode [Only Mode] [Two-Players Only] * RELATED VIDEO PLAYLISTS: -Turn-Based Strategy Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/amPbkV1eynE -The Attract Mode Project: https://rumble.com/playlists/GWQng0_fMzs -Old-School Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/NZeHms3PVHc -Standard Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/UEuK9iop3Fc -Hardcore Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/KdL3xxsx0lc * GAME INFORMATION: Artillery Duel is an artillery game originally written for the Bally Astrocade by Perkins Engineering and published by Bally in 1982. John Perkins wrote the game first in Astro BASIC, submitting it to The Arcadian fanzine, from which it was adapted for the Astro BASIC manual. Perkins subsequently developed the Astrocade cartridge. Xonox published ports for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, and VIC-20. Artillery Duel was featured in several double-ended cartridges – with one game on each end – as well as in a single cartridge. (Source - Wikipedia)