------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- [ BACKGAMMON ] ----------------------------- ---------------------------------[by Ice Queen Zero]--------------------------- ---------------------------------- [ APF M-1000 ] ----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____ __ ___ _ _ ___ __ __ __ __ __ _____ _ _ ( _ \ /__\ / __)( )/ )/ __) /__\ ( \/ )( \/ )( _ )( \( ) ) _ < /(__)\( (__ ) (( (_-. /(__)\ ) ( ) ( )(_)( ) ( (____/(__)(__)\___)(_)\_)\___/(__)(__)(_/\/\_)(_/\/\_)(_____)(_)\_) for __ ____ ____ __ __ __ ___ ___ ___ /__\ ( _ \( ___) ( \/ )___/ )/ _ \ / _ \ / _ \ /(__)\ )___/ )__) ) ((___))(( (_) )( (_) )( (_) ) (__)(__)(__) (__) (_/\/\_) (__)\___/ \___/ \___/ by APF o---------------------o INTRODUCTION o---------------------o Halfway done folks. Number 8 out of 15 games have been covered and as with the last one Bowling and to an extent Casino and Baseball, I revisit an old FAQ on another system (Channel F to be exact) and adjust my FAQ based on that. The game in question is Backgammon. o---------------------o DISCLAIMER o---------------------o Backgammon is a trademark of APF and all copyrights belong to them. This FAQ/Walkthrough is the sole copyright of Andrea "Azul Fria" Castillo aka Ice Queen Zero (or the Zophar Queen if you prefer) and cannot be put on other sites or posted without my given permission nor can it be reproduced w/o proper consent. For more guides by myself visit this link: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/74803.html o---------------------o CONTROLS o---------------------o Joystick numpad: choose position of stone, determine the number of space to move the stones. Joypad North: Roll Dice Joypad South: Pass Turn Joypad West: Look Back (See opponent's last play) Joypad East: Return (Go back to your stones) Joypad Enter: Confirm decision o---------------------o GAMEPLAY o---------------------o This game assumes you are either using the actual system or the emulator MESS as it works better than APFE_W but the latter is more realistic. First you choose between these two options -1. 2-players -2. 1 Player vs Computer Lets call P1 red and P2/CPU blue for the fun of it. The playing field is divided by four. The bottom refers to blue's area and the top refers to the red's area. The left and the right separates the outer from the inner tables respectively and they are separated by the "Bar". There are 12 spots on both the upper and lower area. The goal is for the players to get all their stones to their inner table before removing them from the table. The layout looks like this at the start of the game. X = Red O = Blue E = Empty | = bar line - = horizonatal line + = dead center red outer red inner 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 O E E E X E | X E E E E O O X | X O O X | X O | X O | X | ------------+------------ | X | O X | O X O | O X O | O X X E E E O E | O E E E E X 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 blue outer blue inner -When playing against the computer, you have the roll the dice for it and it will make its move accordingly. -It is possible to have more than five stones on a line but anything over five stones will be placed into memory as five stones can only be displayed. -Only the rolling players stones will appear onscreen, look back to see where the opponents stones are. Then return to show yours. -If an illegal or impossible move is made, there is a message that will let you know. -To make a move. Roll the dice first then type on the keypad from 1 to 24 which depends on where your stones are and then enter the number of spaces that you want to move it. -Number of spaces are determined by what is on the dice. If one is a two and the other is a five. Type 11 for example and press Enter then move your first stone two spaces and it will move to position 13. You can repeat the process to move another stone or move the same stone again five spaces. Rules: Red's goal is to move its piece through the left of the blue outer to the red outer and to the red inner. Blue's goal is the exact opposite. After rolling the dice. Choose the value of one die and move that stone into an area that is not occupied by no more than one opponent piece. Placing a stone in a spot by itself is called a blot. If you or opponent place at least one stone occupied by the lone stone of the opposing team, it is called hitting the blot and the stone is taken to the bar then placed on the inner table of the opposing team. The chosen value will be the number on the left. After you move one piece, you can choose to move the same stone again or a different for the value of spots on the second die. Rolling doubles enable you to take four turns instead of two for the same amount of spots. So lets say you got a 33, you can make four moves of 3 spots. To clarify more on hitting the blot, as you know that the stone is taken to the bar. You must roll the dice to remove them from the bar and back to the opposing side's rightmost spot on the inner table and make the long journey to yours. Once you have all 15 stones in your inner table, you can begin the process of trying to remove them from the playing field called "borning" once you roll the required number to exceed the rightmost line, you can born off the piece. If a blot is hit, then you have to get that piece back to the inner table and continue borning off the stones until they are all gone and you win. o---------------------o CREDITS o---------------------o APF for making the game GameFAQs for hosting the FAQ My grandfather Jageau Steile Sr. for lending me his APF-IM set for me to FAQ this game since APF emulation is crap. You for reading o---------------------o CONTACT ME o---------------------o azulfria[at]hotmail[dot]com [at] = @ and [dot] = . Don't want any email bots. You can also find me at Zophar.net updating the emus on console so you can buzz me there if you have an account. http://www.zophar.net/forums/member.php?u=2683 Here are my Youtube accounts I share with my sisters. http://www.youtube.com/user/PurrfectTrio http://www.youtube.com/user/PurrfectTunes Thank you for reading. See you again in Hangman/Tic Tac Toe/Doodle for the APF. -Ice Queen Zero