Othello

Welcome to my Othello program. To play select the players from the drop down menus and click start. The help button will display valid moves during each turn. Upon completion the score will be logged so I can gather some statistics, and then you can click start to begin a new game.

Have fun!

Other Othello Java Applets...

Here is a list of applets I found that are pretty cool because they either win all the time (at least when I play) or have a cool interface.

• NAKAGAWA Masami - this one is very nicely done. You can choose a variety of skill levels, who goes first, or play against another human. The pieces are spheres which rotate to show you which pieces would be flipped if you play in that spot. On the higher difficulties this game is pretty tough.
• Frog Reverse - a very cute Othello applet. The pieces are frogs that jump and flip themself over when you make a move. Very quick decision making on the part of the computer and it still charges ahead right near the end to humiliate you time after time.
• Flip - very nice graphics and 3-D style pieces that flip themselves over like the Frog Reverse game. Also includes an advice feature to suggest moves, an Undo button, and a difficulty level.
• OGAI - Othello Game Artificial Intelligence - an implementation written by one of my fellow classmates. Originally written in C he recently converted it to Java. Not quite as pretty as the other applets but I have rarely finished the game with more than 10 pieces!

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