Ataxx
Sign in to saveAtaxx (アタックス) is a strategy video game published in arcades by Leland Corporation in 1990. Two players compete on a seven-by-seven square grid. The object of the game is for a player to have a majority of the pieces on the board at the end, by converting as many of their opponent's pieces as possible. In a single-player game, the opponents are "bio-invaders from a different dimension."
Game details · IGDB
Ataxx is an abstract strategy board game that involves play by two parties on a seven-by-seven square grid. The object of the game is to make your pieces constitute a majority of the pieces on the board at the end of the game, by converting as many of your opponent's pieces as possible. Each player begins with two pieces, white and black, for the first player and second player respectively. The game starts with the four pieces on the four corners of the board, with white in the top left and bottom right and black on the other two. White moves first. During their turn, players move one of …
- Genres
- Puzzle
- Platforms
- Arcade
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Ataxx
- Video game.image
- Ataxx JP box art.jpg
- Video game.caption
- Japanese arcade flyer
- Video game.publisher
- CapcomLeland Corporation
- Video game.platforms
- Arcade
- Video game.released
- 1990
- Video game.genre
- Strategy
- Video game.modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Ataxx.gif
Show 2 more facts
- Commons category
- Ataxx
- publication date
- 1988-00-00
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~5 min read
Article
5 sectionsContents
- Gameplay
- Development
- Legacy <span class="anchor" id="Hexxagon"></span>
- References
- External links
Ataxx (アタックス) is a strategy video game published in arcades by Leland Corporation in 1990. Two players compete on a seven-by-seven square grid. The object of the game is for a player to have a majority of the pieces on the board at the end, by converting as many of their opponent's pieces as possible. In a single-player game, the opponents are "bio-invaders from a different dimension."
The concept was invented earlier by Dave Crummack and Craig Galley for the unreleased 1988 video game Infection. Virgin Mastertronic licensed it to Leland as well as using the design in its own Spot: The Video Game released the same year as Ataxx. There are numerous independently-developed clones. Although Ataxx was sold as a video game and not with a physical game board, it can be played with a Reversi set.