Piracy, Explained in 64 Seconds
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Piracy (game), explained in 64 seconds. Programmed by Clive Barrett. Notes:
- Scans of the instructions are here, for both the C64 game and boardgame versions: archive.org/de...
- C64 game instructions say you win by blowing out all the enemy port holes. I tested this, and it does not generate an immediate win against a 2nd player, only killing all pirates will end a 2-player game.
- C64 instructions say that you need to press RUN/STOP + RESTORE to start a game, but only the RESTORE key is necessary (and this is the only way to exit Demo mode).
- You can launch a pirate atop one of your own pirates, killing that pirate. Sometimes the AI will resort to this as a stalling tactic when it doesn't want to do a ropes move.
- I programmed a python AI (minimax with alpha/beta pruning) to defeat the C64 Piracy AI on its highest level. I'll likely show how it works in some upcoming video.
Great work as always! You watch my videos at 2x speed, I need to watch yours at 0.5x. I just don't think so fast! I'm very surprised to learn this game is from 1985. I'm sure I learned about it in a UK magazine review in the early 1990s and assumed it was a new release, but it must have been a re-release. The title screen of the game also looks far more 1990s style than 1985 to me. I had no idea about the board game either. Very cool.
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