1 PRINT TAB(28);"GAME OF EVEN WINS" 2 PRINT TAB(15);"CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY" 3 PRINT:PRINT 4 INPUT "DO YOU WANT INSTRUCTIONS (YES OR NO)";A$:PRINT 5 IF A$="NO" THEN 20 6 PRINT "THE GAME IS PLAYED AS FOLLOWS:":PRINT 7 PRINT "AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME, A RANDOM NUMBER OF CHIPS ARE" 8 PRINT "PLACED ON THE BOARD. THE NUMBER OF CHIPS ALWAYS STARTS" 9 PRINT "AS AN ODD NUMBER. ON EACH TURN, A PLAYER MUST TAKE ONE," 10 PRINT "TWO, THREE, OR FOUR CHIPS. THE WINNER IS THE PLAYER WHO" 11 PRINT "FINISHES WITH A TOTAL NUMBER OF CHIPS THAT IS EVEN." 12 PRINT "THE COMPUTER STARTS OUT KNOWING ONLY THE RULES OF THE" 13 PRINT "GAME. IT GRADUALLY LEARNS TO PLAY WELL. IT SHOULD BE" 14 PRINT "DIFFICULT TO BEAT THE COMPUTER AFTER TWENTY GAMES IN A ROW." 15 PRINT "TRY IT!!!!": PRINT 16 PRINT "TO QUIT AT ANY TIME, TYPE A '0' AS YOUR MOVE.": PRINT 20 DIM R(1,5) 25 L=0: B=0 30 FOR I=0 TO 5 40 R(1,I)=4 50 R(0,I)=4 60 NEXT I 70 A=0: B=0 90 P=INT((13*RND(1)+9)/2)*2+1 100 IF P=1 THEN 530 110 PRINT "THERE ARE";P;"CHIPS ON THE BOARD." 120 E1=E 130 L1=L 140 E=(A/2-INT(A/2))*2 150 L=INT((P/6-INT(P/6))*6+.5) 160 IF R(E,L)>=P THEN 320 170 M=R(E,L) 180 IF M<=0 THEN 370 190 P=P-M 200 IF M=1 THEN 510 210 PRINT "COMPUTER TAKES";M;"CHIPS LEAVING";P;"... YOUR MOVE"; 220 B=B+M 230 INPUT M 240 M=INT(M) 250 IF M<1 THEN 450 260 IF M>4 THEN 460 270 IF M>P THEN 460 280 IF M=P THEN 360 290 P=P-M 300 A=A+M 310 GOTO 100 320 IF P=1 THEN 550 330 PRINT "COMPUTER TAKES";P;"CHIPS." 340 R(E,L)=P 350 B=B+P 360 IF B/2=INT(B/2) THEN 420 370 PRINT "GAME OVER ... YOU WIN!!!": PRINT 390 IF R(E,L)=1 THEN 480 400 R(E,L)=R(E,L)-1 410 GOTO 70 420 PRINT "GAME OVER ... I WIN!!!": PRINT 430 GOTO 70 450 IF M=0 THEN 570 460 PRINT M;"IS AN ILLEGAL MOVE ... YOUR MOVE"; 470 GOTO 230 480 IF R(E1,L1)=1 THEN 70 490 R(E1,L1)=R(E1,L1)-1 500 GOTO 70 510 PRINT "COMPUTER TAKES 1 CHIP LEAVING";P;"... YOUR MOVE"; 520 GOTO 220 530 PRINT "THERE IS 1 CHIP ON THE BOARD." 540 GOTO 120 550 PRINT "COMPUTER TAKES 1 CHIP." 560 GOTO 340 570 END