SCONNEX (PC/C64/V20/ZX)

Welcome to SCONNEX! In this game each player takes turns to drop a stone on a grid. The first player to get 4 pieces in a line wins. There are versions for Windows, Linux, SDL, C64, +4, VIC20, PET, ZX81, Spectrum.

When playing, simply touch/click the square where you want to play your piece.

 TOOLBAR COMMANDS

 (Icons numbered Top left to right) 

1: New game. [n]

2: Change board width. (4-12)  [x]

3: Change board height. (4-12)  [y]

4: Change play level. (IQ1-12)  [i]

5: Compute - make computer take go.  [g]

6: Toggle two player mode.  [t]

7: Toggle edit mode.  [e]

8: Show help screen  [h]

9: Exit game.  [ESC]

   Change gfx [v]

   [Keyboard options in brackets]

By default the game plays on an 8x8 board.

Note that you can change the board width/height, from 4x4 up to 12x12, which increases the game complexity greatly. In two player mode, you can play the game with 2 human players, using the program as a game board. 

In edit mode, you can add/delete pieces, clicking on pieces changes the colour.

Also you can select IQ play levels above 12 in edit mode, but beware these can take a long time to complete.

When searching the computer shows the best move, the evaluation for the move, time taken, and level. When the eval is >= 5000 the computer sees a win, when <= -5000 it sees a loss.

The game was originally called "Le passe temps", apparently it was an Edwardian parlour game. It was also called "The Captains Mistress" because it was said to have been played by Captain Cook!

NOTE - You need to install the SDL2 library before use. (libsdl2-dev)

(ZX Spectrum version)

8 BIT CBM/ZX CONNEX

Versions for C64, +4, VIC20, PET, ZX81, Spectrum. Will run under an emulator for Windows or Linux.

 1-9,A-C: Make move

 N: New game

 X: Change board width

 Y: Change board height

 I: Change play level

 G: Make computer play

 T: Toggle 2-player mode

 H: Help screen

 Z: Auto-play. (SPACE to halt)

 Q: Quit

(Pet version)

You can play any board size from 4x4 to 12x12. You can use the program in two player mode for human v human games, or to set up a position for the computer to analse.

The IQ max level is normally limited to 8, you can go above that by selecting  2 player mode, choosing IQ, then deselecting 2 player mode.

(c64 version)