Trampchess 10 Hc

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Trampchess 1.0 is a freeware HyperCard stack by Carl Backstrom, released under his Nisseb Softwares label. Despite the name, it is not standard chess: it is a three-in-a-row strategy game with a built-in computer opponent that the author cheekily challenges the player to outsmart against "a pot of cables and chips."GameplayThe goal, as the included notes put it plainly, is to get three markers in one line. Players take turns placing markers against the AI, with the rules following the familiar three-in-a-row pattern that the author assumes most users already know.The opponentThe stack includes an artificial intelligence routine written by Backstrom himself, a small but proudly home-grown attempt at a thinking opponent inside HyperCard's scripting environment.RequirementsBecause it is delivered as a HyperCard stack, Trampchess needs HyperCard or the free HyperCard Player to run. It works on Classic Mac OS through Mac OS 9 on either 68k or PowerPC hardware.AuthorCarl Backstrom (Nisseb Softwares) released the stack as freeware and pointed users to his Geocities page and a swipnet.se email address for contact, in keeping with mid-1990s Mac shareware distribution culture.