Draughts

Moby ID: 89082

Board game

#359 168

Released: July 30, 1951 on Mainframe
Credits: 1 person

Moby Score: n/a
Players: (4)
Collected By: 14 players

Genre: Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Top-down
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Pacing: Turn-based
Gameplay: Board game
Interface: Text parser

Business Model: Freeware / Free-to-play / Public Domain
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Teletype/Teleprinter
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

See Also

Draughts (1979 on Exidy Sorcerer)
Draughts (1981 on 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System)
Draughts (1982 on BBC Micro)
Draughts (1982 on BBC Micro, Electron)
Draughts (1983 on Commodore 64)
Draughts (1983 on ZX Spectrum)
Draughts (1983 on BBC Micro)
Draughts (1984 on Commodore 64, BBC Micro, 1985 on Electron)
Draughts (1991 on DOS)
Draughts (1993 on Windows 16-bit)

Description

Draughts is a simulation of the game checkers built for the National Physical Laboratory's Pilot ACE. It was later ported to the Manchester Mark 1. The player could play against the computer whose moves were recorded on a teletype printer. The player had to use switches to select their move. There were two cathode ray displays showing the current state of the game and the current input. The input could be discarded if it was undesired.

When the program terminated, it played God Save the King through the mainframe's speaker.

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Genre: Board game - Checkers / Draughts

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Programmed by

Christopher Strachey

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MobyGames ID: 89082

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Game added May 23, 2017. Last modified January 10, 2026.