Net Othello
| Filename | net-othello-10b2.hqx |
|---|---|
| Size | 136.9 KB (140141 bytes) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Mac OS | System 6System 7 |
| Downloads | 11 |
Net Othello 1.1b2 is a networked implementation of the classic disc-flipping board game Othello (Reversi) for Classic Mac OS, written by Andrew McGeachie at Boston University and submitted to Info-Mac in August 1993. It lets several users on an AppleTalk network play multiple simultaneous games against different opponents from a single Mac.
Networked play
Built on AppleTalk, Net Othello discovers other players on the local network and brokers matches between them. The 1.1 revision extended discovery across AppleTalk zones and reworked the underlying messaging for more reliable communication during a game.
System requirements
Runs under System 6 or System 7 and is fully MultiFinder compatible, so a single user can keep several boards open at once and switch between them while other Mac applications continue to run in the background.
Known issues
The author flags a registration bug: attempting to sign in with a name already in use prompts for a replacement, but submitting the new name causes the application to crash. A fix was planned for a later beta.
Distribution
Posted to Info-Mac at game/brd/net-othello-10b2.hqx as a BinHex 4.0 archive, free to download and play.
This file is part of the MacTrove archive. See the Thank You page for the upstream mirrors we rely on. It is BinHex encoded — use The Unarchiver to decode it.
