Retro game

UR FINKEL

The Royal Game of Ur, for the Commodore Plus/4.

Richeson: UR FINKEL — Games

Summary—The oldest playable board game, on an 8-bit computer. Play it in your browser: a Plus/4 boots inside the page and runs the game.

UR FINKEL runs on a real Plus/4 over SD2IEC, in VICE, YAPE and plus4emu — or in the browser, where an emulated Plus/4 boots inside the page. Give it up to two minutes to load.

Highlights

  • Written in C for the Commodore Plus/4
  • Playable in the browser through an emulator
  • Throws, captures, and fireworks for the winner

At a Glance

TABLE I UR FINKEL
LanguageC
PlatformCommodore Plus/4; browser
LicenseMIT
Websitevonglurt.github.io/urfinkel
Sourcegithub.com/vonglurt/urfinkel

Pictures

Fig. 1. The Royal Game of Ur board on a Commodore Plus/4 screen

Fig. 2. Throwing the dice

Fig. 3. Fireworks for the winner