Board Game / Board Game - Checkers · 1990

Tournament Checkers

Published by Antic · Developed by General Hustler

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Information

Genre: Board Game - Checkers
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick, Keyboard
Players: 1, 1 vs. 2
Programmer(s): Butler, David H.
Graphic Artist(s): [n/a]
Sound: [n/a]
Cover Artist(s): [n/a]
Year: 1990
Publisher: Antic
Developer: General Hustler
Country: USA
License: Magazine
Medium: Disk
Rarity: 0
Serial: Vol. 9 / No. 1

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Additional Comments

Updated on February 14th, 2025 with the following changes:
_ page now has complete information
_ better screenshots
_ added link to newly found prototype

From volume 9, issue 1 of Antic dated April / May 1990.

Stripped down release of the Atari 130XE program which took third place in the Computer Olympiad held in London in August 1989.

Screenshots (4)

Comments (2)

Dahlia — 16 Oct 2009
Yup this is an excellent piece of work. I did not expect anything because of the limited hardware power. But it plays an amazing strong game. I later found out this is the program that was the surprise hit at the 1989 Computer Olympiad (taking the 3rd place after the almighty Chinook and Gil Dodgen's Checkers).
Cal Franklin — 24 Mar 2008
I was going through my old Atari computer disks recently and found this one that came with the Antic magazine back in the mid '90's. I have fond memories of playing this game with my boys. As I remember, it was an excellent checkers game on the Atari 8-bit computer. Antic really did a super job on their monthly magazines and extra disk! Search this one on Ebay and get it!!