The classic book BASIC Computer Games, published by Creative Computing, inspired a generation of programmers. The games were written by many people, and compiled by David H. Ahl. The fabulous illustrations accompanying each game were done by George Beker.

1. Tic Tac Toe Poker

3-D Tic-Tac-Toe: qubit.bas: Game of tic-tac-toe in a 4x4x4 cube: Tic-Tac-Toe 1: tictactoe1.bas: Simple version: Tic-Tac-Toe 2: tictactoe2.bas: This version prints out the board: Tower: tower.bas: Towers of Hanoi puzzle: Train: train.bas: Time-speed-distance quiz: Trap: trap.bas: Trap a mystery number—computer gives you clues: 23 Matches. Below is a game tree for the tic-tac-toe game: The minimax algorithm explores the entire game tree using a depth-first search. At each node in the tree where A-player has to move, A-player would like to play the move that maximizes the payoff. Thus, A-player will assign the maximum score amongst the children to the node where Max makes a move. Tic Tac Toe is a “zero-sum game”, meaning the gain of one player will signify the loss of the other. In the event both players will play perfectly, the game ends in a draw. Here are the most useful strategies and tactics when you play Tic Tac Toe game. When you begin to play tik tak toe. Ultimate tic tac toe is a fun and strategic twist on the game we all know and love. Play with your friends or hone your skills against the computer.

I've included all the games here for your tinkering pleasure. I've tested and tweaked each one of them to make sure they'll run with Vintage BASIC, though you may see a few oddities. That's part of the fun of playing with BASIC: it never works quite the same on two machines. The games will play better if you keep CAPS LOCK on, as they were designed to be used with capital-letter input.

The table below includes both links to the pages of the book at atariarchives.org, and the source code for each game. I obtained most of the source code from classicbasicgames.org, with the exception of Civil War and Super Star Trek, which I entered myself. The descriptions mainly come from an earlier edition of the book, 101 BASIC Computer Games, via the scans at digibarn.com. All book content is provided with the express consent of David H. Ahl, editor.

Tic Tac Toe Poker

You can download the entire set of games as a tarball (bcg.tar.gz) or a ZIP archive (bcg.zip).