dbuchtal@math.lsa.umich.edu (Dave Buchthal) (10/09/90)
Is there a decent game of Bridge available for the Amiga? I know, not the best way to show off the graphics and sound, but I'm trying to learn how to play. Is such a beast available? Dave Buchthal
nad@tegra.COM (Nancy Durgin) (10/09/90)
In article <1990Oct8.211631.18117@math.lsa.umich.edu> dbuchtal@math.lsa.umich.edu (Dave Buchthal) writes: >Is there a decent game of Bridge available for the Amiga? I know, >not the best way to show off the graphics and sound, but I'm trying >to learn how to play. Is such a beast available? > >Dave Buchthal The only Bridge game I know of for the Amiga is Bridge 6.0, by Artworx. This has been through several revisions (Bridge 4.0 and Bridge 5.0), and the latest at least is not copy-protected, and doesn't have bugs that cause it to crash. It plays a pretty horrible game of bridge, though. Alright for fooling around, but don't expect it to act like a real person (even a novice) would act. It does incomprehensible things. Things like: Bidding a suit 3 times when it only has 4 of them. Not returning to partner's first-bid major suit, even though it has 4 card support. As opener, doing a simple raise as a rebid (The auction went 1S-P-2S-P-3S-P-P-P) when I evaluated his hand at 26 points (20HCP). There are settings for requiring certain types of hands (13+ points, 20 points, etc), options for replaying a hand, a "duplicate" option (where you play the same hand from both sides), etc. The interface and graphics are adequate, but not spectacular. The game itself seems to be written in compiled Basic (earlier versions were in uncompiled Basic, and were pretty slow...). I haven't played any other computer bridge game, but surely this isn't the best? Nancy -- ============================================================================== Nancy Durgin | (Usual disclaimers | Tegra-Varityper, Inc. tegra!nad@uunet.com | apply...) | Billerica, Massachusetts ==============================================================================
joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) (10/10/90)
dbuchtal@math.lsa.umich.edu (Dave Buchthal) writes: > Is there a decent game of Bridge available for the Amiga? I know, > not the best way to show off the graphics and sound, but I'm trying > to learn how to play. Is such a beast available? > > Dave Buchthal Mail me back and I'll put a bridge hgame I got off a V.A.U.X. disk up on abcfd20. If you don't have ftp access, I can also mail it to you, but it's pretty large. -Joseph Hillenburg UUCP: ...iuvax!valnet!joseph ARPA: valnet!joseph@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu INET: joseph@valnet.UUCP
BIOK-TR@finou.oulu.fi (10/11/90)
Hi there| I tried to find BRIDGE game for amiga myself, but couldn't find it. So I did one myself. It isn't completely finished, but it'll help you to learn this fantastic game. Just send me one diskette and your address. No money needed. Timo Rautiala Rakentajantie 5 D 506 90570 Oulu FINLAND
rsn@chopin.helios.nd.edu (Ross Niebergall) (03/25/91)
Does anyone know of a version of Bridge for the Amiga, and if so how good is it? In particular, I am just learning to play Bridge, and want to get something that will teach me the skills, and also be challenging when I get better at it. A3000 compatibility is essential. Thanks, Ross Niebergall, Department of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame rsn@ndcvx.cc.nd.edu rsn@cartan.math.nd.edu
nad@tegra.COM (Nancy Durgin) (03/25/91)
In article <1991Mar24.204856.4423@news.nd.edu> rsn@chopin.helios.nd.edu (Ross Niebergall) writes: >Does anyone know of a version of Bridge for the Amiga, and if so >how good is it? In particular, I am just learning to play Bridge, >and want to get something that will teach me the skills, and also >be challenging when I get better at it. > >A3000 compatibility is essential. BRIDGE 6.0 from Artworx is the only Bridge program for the Amiga that I am aware of. I wouldn't say this is a *good* implementation, but it is adequate. It doesn't know any even moderately fancy conventions (5-card Majors, Strong 2's, Blackwood, Stayman are about it...). It also has a few bugs that cause it to go out to lunch (hang) or get a garbled display, etc. Also, as a player, it does some amazingly stupid things. It has a few options for specifying a minimum point count, replaying hands, duplicate scoring, etc. I haven't actually played any bridge program on any other computer, so I can't compare directly, but I certainly could think of lots of ways to improve this one. It does run on the A3000, but only under 1.3 (at least the last time I tried it -- it could be that it does work under later versions of 2.0x). At least the game has been slowly improving. I bought Bridge 4.0, and returned it to the dealer because it was so bad. Bridge 5.0 was an improvement (I kept it, but then my master copy-protected disk went bad...). Bridge 6.0 is not copy-protected and installs on a hard disk, so at least they are trying... Nancy -- ============================================================================== Nancy Durgin | (Usual disclaimers | Tegra-Varityper, Inc. uunet!tegra!nad | apply...) | Billerica, Massachusetts ==============================================================================