This page is still left here for the benefit of owners of old devices that are not supported by Go169.
Go81 (v1.6, 103kb) is a free game for PalmOS. See
license.txt for more information.
Monochrome to 8-bit colours. No warranty. Play against your Palm!
Please remove the old version before updating.
Go81 is a program which plays the game of Go (also known as Weichi or Baduk) on small boards (9x9 and 13x13). It uses Chinese scoring and a 6.5 point komi (or 0.5 when using a handicap).
Use the pointer to play. You can choose the players, the board size and the
number of handicap stones by selecting the options from the menu. The program
scores the game after it is finished. After the game has ended, you can return
to the option menu by tapping the board anywhere. You can also undo the last
move, estimate the score or resign during the game by using the menu.
The opponent level 1 is fast but does not pass until very late in the game.
That is good if you are just learning the basics but can be annoying later on.
The opponent level 2 is fast in the beginning but plays better and slower later.
Version |
Release date |
Comments |
|---|---|---|
Jun 12, 2004 |
Source code included, more accurate scoring, simplified options, resignation. |
|
Jan 12, 2004 |
Stronger AI |
|
Dec 21, 2003 |
User interface enhanced, fewer auto-ataris, bugfix in scoring. |
|
Dec 13, 2003 |
Scoring and komi options, small improvements. |
|
Oct 25, 2003 |
Fixed a bug that caused a crash with PalmOS 4 when using level 2. |
|
Aug 12, 2003 |
Improved AI, 13x13 board included. |
|
Jul 3, 2003 |
First release. |
Design and implementation |
Tapani Raiko |
Beta testing |
Rodney Topor, Bruno Ruffo |
The game crashes at exit.
You still have a tiny file called Go81DB.pdb created by an old version of Go81.
Try to uninstall and reinstall the game or use some file manager tool to remove
the file. (Go81DB.pdb contains the options and the current board state.)
Scoring is incorrect.
Try to rescore by selecting score from the menu. Unfortunately the scoring is not always correct. The problem should not appear when using level 1 since it does not pass until the scoring is more or less obvious.
Go169 has replaced Go81.
Send comments to: Tapani.Raiko(a)hut.fi
The homepage (in
Finnish)
and the
workpage (in English) of the author
Interactive way to Go is a site
that teaches the basics of Go
Go81 (this page)
AtariGo for Palm is the
capture game variant of Go
Game of Lives for Palm
British Go Association
Software Catalogue
Selected freeware for Palm
Moyo Go Studio for analysing games on
PC.
Wasp Games Pocket PC games by Osmo Suvisaari