Othello (video game)

Othello
Publisher(s)	JP Kawada NA Acclaim
Platform(s)	NES
Release date(s)	JP November 13, 1986 NA 1988

Othello is a 1988 video game published by Acclaim Entertainment, made for the Nintendo Entertainment System. An earlier version of the game was released on the Atari 2600 in 1980.^[1] Othello is based on the board game Reversi, which was marketed as Othello. It is similar to both chess and checkers.

Gameplay

The game is played with two-sided (black and white) chips, also called discs, on a board. The player can choose between black or white chips. Games are either player versus computer or player versus player. The goal is to end the game with as many chips showing your color as possible. To do this, a player must sandwich their opponent's chip(s) between a piece of their own color already on the board, and the piece being played. The game has four skill levels when playing the computer, as well as a hidden fifth level if you beat the computer on level four.

There is supposedly a slot machine game that is revealed when pressing Select + A at the main menu screen (the word slot will appear atop the screen and the game is said to start after you complete a two player game), however some users have reported that nothing happens after the word "slot" shows up.

See also

• Reversi

References

1. ^ "Othello Review". http://gamefreaks365.com/review.php?artid=1630. Retrieved 2009-07-04.