Turn-Based Strategy Theater [S1E17] Billiard Americain [アメリカンビリヤード] Magnavox Odyssey 2 Sports (Billiards)/Turn-Based Strategy 1980 Phillips Corporation/Magnavox/TO TEK International FR Version of "Pocket Billiards!" Two Players Only Normal Difficulty Mode * 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: In this pool title, two players can choose either one of the two games available: 8-ball or Rotation. The games are selected by pressing any direction of the joystick while their names are displayed on screen. In the 8-ball game, the winner is the first player to sink either one of the two black balls in game. In Rotation, the black balls are replaced by colored ones, and the winner is the player to sink the most balls. By sinking one ball, the player gets the chance to try another shot. There are no penalties for missing the balls or sinking the white one. Players can choose the direction of the shot (by rotating the cue around the white ball) and the strength of the shot (the longer the action button is pressed, the harder the shot is). (Source - MobyGames)

Turn-Based Strategy Theater [S1E16] 4 in 1 Row [1列に4個] Magnavox Odyssey 2 Board Game/Turn-Based Strategy 1982 N.V. Phillips Gloeilampenfabrieken UK Version Normal Difficulty Mode CPU 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 Action Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/OiwarvaoOfE?e9s=src_v1_ucp_pl -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: 4 in 1 Row is a translation of the Connect Four board game. Two players (Pussycat and Hounddog) take turns dropping colored (red or green) discs in an eight-column six-row grid. The object is to place 4 discs in a row, either vertically, horizontally or diagonally. An strategic indicator number on the right side of the screen, besides each name, will show the chances of each player to get four discs in a row. The higher the number, the higher the chances. If the number reads 125 it means the player is just one move away from winning. The strategic indicator can be turned off by pressing CLEAR. When playing against the computer, two variations with three skill levels are available: Playing against Microcat I, II or III (selected by pressing 1, 2 or 3). Microcat uses a micro-sensor (represented by a μ sign) which will stop over each column calculating its chances. The disc will be dropped where the μ stops. The higher the skill level, the bigger the sensor and calculation times. Playing against Microdog I, II or III (selected by pressing 5, 6 or 7) is similar to playing against Microcat (with the skill levels and μ sensor), but the player can also ask for computer assistance on moves. Whenever player's Pussycat appears, pressing 1, 2 or 3, depending on the skill level, will make the PRESS ENTER text appear along the micro sensor. Once pressed, the computer will take over and will continue until the player presses again 0 and ENTER when Pussycat appears. (Source - MobyGames)

Turn-Based Strategy Theater [S1E15] Yahtzee [ヤッツィー] Atari 2600 Board Game/Turn-Based Strategy 2000 Homebrew (Russell Babylon) NA Version Normal Difficulty Mode [Only Mode] * RELATED VIDEO PLAYLISTS: -Turn-Based Strategy Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/amPbkV1eynE -The Attract Mode Project: https://rumble.com/playlists/GWQng0_fMzs -Old-School Action Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/OiwarvaoOfE?e9s=src_v1_ucp_pl -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: Here is what the programmer, Russell Babylon, had to say: "At present this is a one player game. The game follows standard Yahtzee rules. The only exception is that you can only score extra Yahtzees as a Yahtzee (some versions of the rules allow you to score extra Yahtzees as combinations less than a Yahtzee). The game control is very intuitive. You use the left joystick to play the game. From the title screen press the fire button to go to the game screen and roll the dice. The five dice are white in color which indicates they are all unselected. Pull the joystick down or move it right or left to highlight a die. The highlighted die will flash. Press the fire button to select the die. Move the joystick in any direction to move away from the die. Notice that the selected die will now be green in color. Repeat the above sequence to select all the dice you wish to keep. Now move the joystick up or down so that no dice are flashing and you have not highlighted any scoring options. Press the fire button to roll the unselected dice. You may roll the dice a total of three times. After any roll you may score your dice combination by pulling down or up repeatedly on the joystick until you have highlighted the scoring option you wish to use. Press the fire button when the appropriate scoring option is highlighted and if your dice combination is correct you will get the appropriate score. There are no take backs so be careful with your scoring. I have been working on some AI algorithms to have the computer play a game of Yahtzee against you but these are in the early stages." (Source - Atari Age)

Turn-Based Strategy Theater [S1E14] 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe [3-D・三目並べ] Atari 2600 Board Game/Turn-Based Strategy 1980 Atari, Inc. NA Version Game 4 (Normal) Difficulty Mode * 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: 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe is, as the name implies, a 3D version of Tic-Tac-Toe. The object of the game is to place four X's or four O's in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row on the 4x4x4 board. There are nine games of which the first eight games are for one human player against the computer. The numbers 1-8 represent the skill level. Game 9 is a two player game. In the DOS version there are only two difficulty settings and no two player game. (Source - MobyGames)

Turn-Based Strategy Theater [S1E13] Video Chess: Special Edition [ビデオ・チェス: スペシャル・エディション] Atari 2600 Turn-Based Strategy 1980 Atari, Inc. NA Version Normal Difficulty Mode * 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: Video Chess is a chess game for the Atari VCS (renamed Atari 2600 in 1982) programmed by Larry Wagner and Bob Whitehead and released by Atari in 1979. Both programmers later developed games for Activision. Atari developed a bank switching ROM cartridge to allow Video Chess prototypes to exceed four kilobytes, the maximum without bank switching. The released version is 4KB at a time when most games were 2KB, and the bank switching technology from the prototype was later used for other Atari VCS games. It was one of six games labeled as "Special Edition" on the box, and some speculate that this designation on these games refers to a combination of the 4KB ROM size and other factors. (Source - Wikipedia)

Turn-Based Strategy Theater [S1E12] Video Chess [ビデオ・チェス] Atari 2600 Board Game/Turn-Based Strategy 1979 Atari, Inc. NA Version Game 4 - Player vs. CPU (Normal) Difficulty Mode * 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: Othello is a 1980 video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for its Atari Video Computer System (later called the Atari 2600). It is based on the variant of Reversi of the same name, originally created in 1971. The VCS game was programmed by Ed Logg and Carol Shaw. (Source - Wikipedia)

Turn-Based Strategy Theater [S1E11] Video Checkers [ビデオ・チェッカー] Atari 2600 Turn-Based Strategy 1980 Atari, Inc. NA Version Normal Difficulty Mode * 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: Video Checkers is a video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. in 1980 for the Atari VCS, renamed to Atari 2600. (Source - Wikipedia)

Turn-Based Strategy Theater [S1E10] Othello [オセロ] Atari 2600 Board Game/Turn-Based Strategy 1980 Atari, Inc. NA Version Game 2 (Normal) Difficulty Mode * 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: Othello is a 1980 video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for its Atari Video Computer System (later called the Atari 2600). It is based on the variant of Reversi of the same name, originally created in 1971. The VCS game was programmed by Ed Logg and Carol Shaw. (Source - Wikipedia)

Turn-Based Strategy Theater [S1E9] Incoming! [入ってくる!] Atari 2600 Turn-Based Strategy 2008 Atari Age NA Version of "入ってくる!" Normal Difficulty Mode * 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: In a world wracked with internecine tanks-falling-out-of-the-sky-in-the-desert warfare, you are the elitest of the elite, the crackest of the crack, the creamiest of the crop. Inexplicably falling yet again onto a mountainside undamaged, you open the hatch of your main battle tank to look out on the serene desert landscape turned warzone. As the early morning sun glints off the barrel, you begin to wonder whether it's all worth it...whether it will ever end...and whether you will ever see your family again. Suddenly the stillness of the morning is shattered by a shrill whistling sound from high above which gets louder by the second. You swing the hatch shut, turn to your crewmates, and shout that all too familiar refrain: 'Incoming!' 'Incoming!' is an artillery shooting game that can be played between two players, or between one player and the computer. The game is played in rounds. Each round of the game features two tanks, one red and one green, squaring off against one another across a side-view 2-dimensional battlefield. The object is to destroy the other player's tank by lobbing shells across the board and hitting him. Players alternate firing at one another until one player hits the other, at which point that player wins the round and the next round begins. The first player to score a predetermined number of rounds wins the game. Those familiar with Xonox's Artillery Duel will be familiar with Incoming!'s gameplay mechanics. However, Incoming! has several improvements over Artillery Duel, including: 2 players or 1 player vs. the computer "Teddy Bear" easy difficulty mode against the computer Randomly generated, asymmetrical playfields Realistic vector-based physics model Adjustable terrain roughness via difficulty switches Terrain damage Fast gameplay Up to 20+ colors on-screen at once (Source - AtariAge)

Turn-Based Strategy Theater [S1E8] Four Play [フォー・プレイ] Atari 2600 Board Game/Turn-Based Strategy 2006 Atari Age NA Version of "フォー・プレイ" Level 1 (Easy) Difficulty Mode * 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: Four-Play is an Atari 2600 version of the classic Milton Bradley board game Connect Four. The object is to drop red or blue colored marbles onto a board in an attempt to get four in a straight line, whether it be horizontally, vertically or diagonally. You can play the computer in up to four skill levels or play against another human opponent. (Source - MobyGames)

Turn-Based Strategy Theater [S1E7] Euchre [ユーカー] Atari 2600 Card Game/Turn-Based Strategy 2002 Atari Age NA Version of "ユーカー" 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: Euchre is a card game played by two teams of two players each. It is found mainly in Canada, from the mid-west to Nova Scotia, the U.S., from the mid-west to the north-east, the U.S. Navy, Britain, mainly Cornwall, Devon and the Channel Islands, Australia and New Zealand. It is played with the ace, king, queen, jack ten and nine of spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts and, in Britain, Australia and New Zealand, one joker. Full rules can be found here. This game uses the North American rules. (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)