1 PRINT "GAME OF EVEN WINS -- CYBERNETIC VERSION"\PRINT 2 REM *** WRITTEN BY ERIC PETERS, BASIC-PLUS VERSION BY DAVE AHL 3 PRINT "DO YOU WANT INSTRUCTIONS (Y OR N)";\INPUT A$\IF A$="N" THEN 20 4 PRINT\PRINT "THE GAME IS PLAYED AS FOLLOWS:" 5 PRINT "AT THE BEGINNING OF A GAME, A RANDOM NUMBER OF CHIPS ARE" 6 PRINT "PLACED ON THE BOARD. THE NUMBER OF CHIPS ALWAYS STARTS" 7 PRINT "AS AN ODD NUMBER. ON EACH TURN, A PLAYER MUST TAKE ONE," 8 PRINT "TWO, THREE, OR FOUR CHIPS. THE WINNER IS THE PLAYER WHO" 9 PRINT "FINISHES WITH A TOTAL NUMBER OF CHIPS THAT IS EVEN." 10 PRINT "THE COMPUTER STARTS OUT KNOWING ONLY THE RULES OF THE" 11 PRINT "GAME. IT GRADUALLY LEARNS TO PLAY WELL. IT SHOULD BE" 12 PRINT "DIFFICULT TO BEAT THE COMPUTER TWENTY GAMES IN A ROW." 13 PRINT "TRY IT !!!"\PRINT 14 PRINT "TO QUIT AT ANY TIME, TYPE '0' AS YOUR MOVE."\PRINT 15 REMARKABLY TRANSLATED TO OS8 BASIC BY KAY R. FISHER ...DEC 20 DIM R(1,5)\RANDOMIZE 25 L=0\E=0\G=0\W=0 30 FOR I=0 TO 5\R(1,I)=4\R(0,I)=4\NEXT I 70 A=0\B=0 75 G=G+1 90 P=INT((13*RND(0)+9)/2)*2+1 100 IF P=1 THEN 530 110 PRINT "THERE ARE";P;"CHIPS ON THE BOARD." 120 E1=E\L1=L 140 E=(A/2-INT(A/2))*2 150 L=INT((P/6-INT(P/6))*6+.5) 160 IF R(E,L)>=P THEN 320 170 M=R(E,L) 180 IF M<=0 THEN 370 190 P=P-M 200 IF M=1 THEN 510 210 PRINT "COMPUTER TAKES";M;"CHIPS LEAVING";P;" ...YOUR MOVE"; 220 B=B+M 230 INPUT M\M=INT(M) 250 IF M<1 THEN 450 260 IF M>4 GOTO 460\IFM>P GOTO 460 280 IF M=P THEN 360 290 P=P-M\A=A+M\GOTO 100 320 IF P=1 THEN 550 330 PRINT "COMPUTER TAKES";P;"CHIPS" 340 R(E,L)=P\B=B+P 360 IF B/2=INT(B/2) THEN 420 370 PRINT "GAME OVER ... YOU WIN !!"\PRINT 375 W=W+1 380 IF R(E,L)=1 THEN 480 390 R(E,L)=R(E,L)-1 400 GOTO 500 420 PRINT "GAME OVER ... I WIN !!"\PRINT \GOTO 500 450 IF M=0 THEN 570 460 PRINT M;"IS AN ILLEGAL MOVE ... YOUR MOVE";\GOTO 230 480 IF R(E1,L1)=1 THEN 500 490 R(E1,L1)=R(E1,L1)-1 500 PRINT "THAT WAS FUN! LET'S PLAY AGAIN..."\PRINT\GOTO 70 510 PRINT "COMPUTER TAKES 1 CHIP LEAVING";P;" ...YOUR MOVE";\GOTO 220 530 PRINT "THERE IS 1 CHIP ON THE BOARD"\GOTO 120 550 PRINT "COMPUTER TAKES 1 CHIP"\GOTO 340 570 PRINT\PRINT"YOU PLAYED";G-1;"GAMES AND WON";W;"GAMES, I.E.,"; 575 PRINT 100*W/(G-1);"PERCENT." 580 PRINT "HOPE YOU HAD FUN !!" 590 END