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David's Backgammon Features
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1997-12-01
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David's BackGammon
Features:
• Play against the Computer
• Play against another person
• 5 skill levels
• Fast computer play
• Piece movement is animated - piece DON'T just appear in the new location
• Utilizes mouse or keyboard for easy play
• Can pick up multiple pieces at once
• Easily take back as many moves and doubles of the cube as you wish
• Speech - Original Macintalk and the new Speech Manager
• Digitized sound effects
• Cube can be used in all modes of play
• Recommends "best" moves
• Gives Doubling Cube Advice
• Save your game to finish later
• Switch board direction and colors
• Setup any board situation.
• On-line Help
• Context sensitive help
• Helpful messages during play using speech & text
• Tournament Play
• Print the entire game
• Selectable board size
• Both color and monochrome
• Hot key to hide the game quickly (in case your boss shows up)
• Add comments when saving a game for later recall
• Concede games
• Option to input dice rolls
• Change the speed of piece movement
• Multilple board sizes
• Multiple board colors
• Can create your own board colors
• Select number of automatic doubles
• Beaver option supported
• Jacoby rule optional
• Option to allow one roll-over during game
• Option to Re-roll first roll
• Option to not allow backgammons
• Option to make sure you win the first roll with a good roll
• Option to force the computer to accept your doubling of the cube
• Easily display Pipcounts and remaining rolls for both players
• Note pad for taking notes during game play
• Automatic Rolls of the dice for faster play
• Choice of shorter dice sound for faster play
• Keeps track of statistics for up to 4 pairs of players
• Plus more...