Space Checkers Review
By Paul Thacker
September 3, 2005


Space Checkers by L&M Software is one of my favorite BASIC games.  The board is 
a grid in which the edges have two types of alien head tokens on them, and the 
center and corners have 'N' tokens on them.  The first player places the 
checker on any of the N spaces, then the players take turns moving it.  You can 
move the checker to any bordering square (including diagonally), but once 
you've moved onto a square, it's cleared and you can't move there again.  
Decrease your opponent's score by clearing the matching alien pieces.  At some 
point, the checker will be trapped and the game ends, and whoever has the most 
alien pieces left wins. (It can be a draw.)  There's some serious strategy to 
this game, though I recommend playing with a real person instead of the 
computer.