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ABPA Backgammon

Intellivision Backgammon is identical with the board game. Backgammon is a game played by two players (the computer can be one of the players). Each player has 15 pieces. The object of the game is to be the…

16 October 1980

ABPA Backgammon is a strategy developed by APh Technological Consulting, released 16 October 1980 on Intellivision.

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What ABPA Backgammon is

ABPA Backgammon is a strategy game developed by APh Technological Consulting and released in 1980. It was published by Mattel Interactive. It is available on Intellivision only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Intellivision Backgammon is identical with the board game. Backgammon is a game played by two players (the computer can be one of the players). Each player has 15 pieces. The object of the game is to be the first to move all your pieces completely around and finally off the board. Moving your pieces off the board is called "bearing off". The first player to bear off all his pieces is the winner. Each player moves in a direction beginning from his opponent's Home Table and coming around to his own Home Table. Thus one player always moves clockwise and the other always counterclockwise. You can play against the computer at two skill levels - one for beginners or intermediate, another for…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

ABPA Backgammon launched on 16 October 1980, within three weeks of Battlezone and Rally-X.

Released around the same time: Battlezone, Rally-X.

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When did ABPA Backgammon come out?
ABPA Backgammon was released on 16 October 1980 for Intellivision.

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