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A modern plastic Othello set. The modern version of the game—the most regularly used rule-set, and the one used in international tournaments—is marketed and recognized as Othello (オセロ, osero). It was patented in Japan in 1971 by Goro Hasegawa (legal name: Satoshi Hasegawa), then a 38-year-old salesman.
[1] [2] Hasegawa was an enthusiast of the traditional game Go, and he developed a prototype of Othello using Go stones and milk-bottle tops. [1] The distinctive black and white discs were inspired by Go pieces. [1] He named this new game "Othello", a name inspired by the Shakespearean play. [1] [2] After graduating, Hasegawa worked for a ...
Logistello is a computer program that plays the game Othello, also known as Reversi.Logistello was written by Michael Buro and is regarded as a strong player, having beaten the human world champion Takeshi Murakami six games to none in 1997 — the best Othello programs are now much stronger than any human player.
Othello (オセロ, Osero) or Othello World for Game Boy, is a video game developed by HAL Laboratory, made for the Nintendo Entertainment System. [5]Versions of the game were first released on home consoles by Philips Magnavox on the Odyssey 2 as Dynasty in 1978, and later on the Atari 2600 in 1980.
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. [1] [2] [3] The VCS game was programmed by Ed Logg and Carol Shaw.
The Othello 8x8 game tree size is estimated at 10 54 nodes, and the number of legal positions is estimated at less than 10 28. As of October 2023, a preprint claims that the game has been solved, with optimal result being draw. [17] [18] Computation results is also shared, making it one of the largest publicly available books. [19]
One of the first full-length plays to be released on vinyl was the Broadway production starring Paul Robeson, José Ferrer and Uta Hagen, issued in 1944. [302] Othello has been performed on at least twelve separate occasions on BBC Radio. [303]
This is a list of board games.See the article on game classification for other alternatives, or see Category:Board games for a list of board game articles. Board games are games with rules, a playing surface, and tokens that enable interaction between or among players as players look down at the playing surface and face each other. [1]