Excalibur electronic 404-2 - Manuel (Page 20)

will think during its moves. The first
two levels (1 and 2) are beginner
levels and search a fixed 1 and 2
ply (one-half move). Levels 3
through 15 take 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 15,
20, 25, 30, 40, 50, and 60 seconds
per move.
Level 16 is an infinite level.
Checkers will take as long to move
as you want it to, or until it can no
longer search. Level 16 is good for
problem solving, or it can be used
to play against. When you are tired
of waiting, press the MOVE key
while the computer is thinking, and
the computer will stop thinking and
play the best move it’s found so far.
Options for Checkers
Just like Touch Chess, Touch
Checkers has numerous options
that can be viewed by pressing the
2nd key and then the OPTIONS
key repeatedly. Use the +NEXT
key to select or change an option.
PLAYr: same as Chess (see page 4).
InFO: same as Chess (see page 4).
CLrBr: same as Chess (see page 4).
SOUnd: same as Chess (see page 5).
SLEEP: same as Chess (see page 5).
FLiP: same as Chess (see page 5).
Touch Areas for Checkers
SCORE AREA
Press the center of this area to
change between displaying the
number of the current move to dis-
playing the position score.
Pressing it again will return the dis-
play to the move number. The scor-
ing totals the following values:
Men–1, Kings–1 1/2.
CLOCK AREA
Your Touch Checkers normally
shows the time taken for each
move. Press the center of this area
to instead show the total game
time. Press it again to return to
move time.
COLOR AREA
Press this area during Setup mode
to change the color of the side to
move.
Auto Play
If you would like to watch the com-
puter finish a game for you auto-
matically, push the 2nd key, then
press OPTIONS, until the option
PLAYr is showing. Use the +NEXT
key to change the number of play-
ers to zero. Press 2nd to exit the
OPTIONS mode. Now press the
MOVE key twice and watch the
game play itself. You may stop auto
play at any time by pressing the
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