- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (10-use trial); $20.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: May 27, 2009
- Total Downloads: 163,270
- Downloads last week: 2,174
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 10 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Whatever the appeal of games with expensive special effects and complicated story lines, old-fashioned classics like backgammon remain powerful forces in the digital gaming world.This download is a near-perfect implementation of that classic game, offering various levels of solo play as well as options to challenge live opponents on the same computer or over the Net. A detailed tutorial provides help for beginning players, and wide-ranging features include a clock, an option to turn on advanced rules, animation speed options, and three separate difficulty levels.
On the aesthetic front, the game includes elegant skins for the pieces and board, animations for the movements of the pieces, pleasant sounds, and an intuitive interface. All told, we think it would be hard to do better than this version of Backgammon, and dedicated players may want to purchase this even over cheaper or free options.
Publisher's description
From Microsys :Backgammon Classic has a new design, more strength, many playing options and an intuitive interface. Three different levels, from beginner to advanced, can extend your fun and improve your skills. Selectable skin, game or match play, statistical information, save/load a game, doubling cube, several playing levels and player ratings are a few of our backgammon features.
Version 7.2 adds two boards.
What's new in this version:
Two more boards
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.3 stars out of 10 votes
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Version: Backgammon Classic 7.2
Pros: 2D and 3D graphics
Cons: the playing strength
Summary: One of the best backgammon I've ever played.
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Version: Backgammon Classic 7.2
Pros: Graphics and Price
Cons: This game cheats like a *****...you just gotta see some of the moves this piece of crap game gets ...unbelievable...avoid at all costs...total waste of money...am asking for refund...
Summary: programed by a bloody con man likely too frustrating to ever trust another a1 **** game again...goodbye
can the editor actually play???????
Updated on Oct 17, 2009 -
Version: Backgammon Classic 7.2
"Nice visuals, but unlikely computer play"
Pros: Nice visuals
Cons: Played four games ... watching the computer string together an impossible series of doubled dice throws in each game!
Summary: Unless my experience was totally abnormal -- there's something not right with the single-player version!
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Backgammon Classic 7.2
Pros: #1#1#1#1#1
Cons: none,none,none
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Version: Backgammon Classic 7.2
"No Better Than the Last Version - Still Lopsided"
Pros: The graphics.
Cons: Everything except the graphics. Also no true windowed mode. Needs more board options.
Summary: Continually makes erroneous moves, leaving self open when it shouldn't. ALWAYS rolls whatever it needs to hit opponent and leaving opponent with the worst rolls. If the computer needs the roll it gets it, EVERY time. The programmer needs to learn th... read more >>
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