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BGBlitz - 2.6.2

backgammon game powered by neural nets

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All Time:	(5.0)
This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	2.6.2
Release Date:	2008-10-27
License:	Shareware
Downloads (this version):	462
Downloads (all versions):	3,186
Price:	$23.00

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Product Description:

BGBlitz has the by far strongest gameplay of all commercial Backgammons on the Mac, is the winner of the 2003 Computer BG World Championship and is the winner of the 7th Computer Olympiad 2002.

Some of its features:

Play against BGBlitz, with it's top neural net technology
Easy to use
superb graphics
Play over TCP/IP against a opponent at a different computer
Rollout Positions.
Let the tutor improve your play.
Train your skill with position quiz databases.
Analyze interesting positions.
Train your cube handling in matchplay.
Supported languages are English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Hebrew,Swedish,Turkish
And much more...

What's new in this version:

It is a bug fix release. Several errors are fixed:

Drag&Drop support was broken in 2.6.0
An error in the match database introduced in 2.6.0 is fixed. Additionally BGBlitz recognizes the broken databases and repairs them at the start.
some bugs in the presentation of the rollout results were fixed, especially ASCII and HTML export.
I reduced the playing strength of the weaker levels. There was feedback that they are still far to strong for casual players. One user told me that an analyse he made says that even "Beginner" is still at world class level. Surely not what I intended.
some smaller bugfixes

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows ME
Windows NT
Windows 98
Windows 95

Additional Requirements:

Sun Java 1.5.0 or higher

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Great! - Version: 2.6.2, 8/13/2009 01:57PM PST

vanrey

Very good Backgammon implementation! The KI is extremely strong and plays better than every human. The tutor will help you to find the best move and improve your skills.

Any other app without an artificial intelligence plays only at a beginner or intermediate level.

A great game gets better - Version: 1.8.2, 3/8/2004 07:57AM PST

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JulianW

This is an extrememly challenging game at its highest levels. In addtion, the gameplay is even better on this version, and the art for the boards gets better and better. Well worth it!