| 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Atari, Inc |
| Publisher(s) | Atari Inc. |
| Designer(s) | Carol Shaw |
| Platform(s) | Atari 2600 Atari 8-bit family |
| Release date(s) | 1980 |
| Media/distribution | Cartridge |
3-D Tic-Tac-Toe is a video game released by Atari, Inc for the Atari 2600 console and Atari 8-bit computers in 1980.
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The game is similar to the traditional game of tic-tac-toe, but is played on four 4 × 4 grids stacked vertically on top of each other; it is basically a computerized version of the board game Qubic using traditional tic-tac-toe notation and layout. To win, a player must place four of their symbols on four squares that line up vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, on a single grid, or spaced evenly over all four grids. This creates a total of 76 possible ways to win, in comparison to eight possible ways to win on a standard 3 × 3 board. The game has nine variations, it can be played by two players against each other, or one player can play against a built-in AI on one of eight different difficulty settings. The game uses the standard joystick controller.
3-D Tic-Tac-Toe was written by Carol Shaw, who went on to greater fame as the creator of Activision's River Raid.[1]
The game was remade for the Microsoft Entertainment Pack as TicTactics; this version also allowed the game to be played inside a 3 × 3 × 3 grid.
3-D Tic-Tac-Toe was made available on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs in August 2010.