Reversal (video game)
{{Short description|1981 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
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| title = Reversal
| image = Reversal cover.jpg
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| developer =
| publisher = Hayden Software
| programmer = Dan Spracklen
Kathe Spracklen
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| platforms = Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
| released = 1981: Apple
1983: Atari, C64
| genre = Strategy
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Reversal is a strategy video game published by Hayden Software for the Apple II in 1981. Versions for the Atari 8-bit computers and Commodore 64 followed in 1983.
Gameplay
Reversal is a computer version of the board game Othello.
Reception
Bob Boyd reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Othello is a classic strategy game. This is an accurate adaptation for the computer with various features to enhance the game. Reversal plays quickly and easily, the graphics are good, and the computer can be hard to beat. It is excellent and I recommend it."{{cite magazine |last=Boyd |first=Bob |title=Micro - Reviews |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=November–December 1981 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=31–32}} InfoWorld's Essential Guide to Atari Computers recommended the game as a good example of computerized Othello.{{Cite book |last=Mace |first=Scott |url=https://archive.org/details/InfoWorlds_Essential_Guide_to_Atari/page/n87/mode/2up?view=theater |title=InfoWorld's Essential Guide to Atari Computers |publisher=Harper & Row |year=1984 |isbn=978-0-06-669006-3 |pages=77-78}}
Reviews
- [https://archive.org/details/InterfaceAge198105/page/n129/mode/2up?q=reversal in] Interface Age
- [https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1981-11/page/n77/mode/2up Review] in Byte
- [https://archive.org/stream/RetroGameMagazineOneShots/1984%20Software%20Encyclopedia%20%281983%29%20Over%20900%20Descriptions%20and%20Ratings#page/n27/mode/2up 1984 Software Encyclopedia] from Electronic Games
- [https://archive.org/details/addison-wesley-book-of-atari-software-1984/page/n43/mode/2up Review] in The Addison Wesley Book Of Atari Software 1984
- [https://archive.org/details/peelings-ii-v2n3-1981-05-06-ph/page/10/mode/2up Review] in Peelings II