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Checkers

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Atari 2600
Checkers Game Cover

About Checkers

Checkers is a single player and multiplayer turn-based strategy game. It was developed by Activision and was released on December 31, 1980.

Everybody knows how to play Checkers, right? You're in for a surprise. Checkers is no longer just a one-on-one game. Now, the whole family can gang up and play against the Activision computer at three levels of challenge. Before you start playing, read these instructions carefully to review the basic rules and learn how to pick up and move your checkers.

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Games Like Checkers

Looking for games like Checkers? Here are top turn-based strategy recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Clue/Cluedo: Classic Edition, SOVL: Fantasy Warfare or Battle Of The Bulge.

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Checkers is a turn-based strategy game. Common tags for Checkers include turn-based and board game.

Checkers is available on Atari 2600.

Checkers was released on December 31, 1980.

Checkers was developed by Activision.

Checkers is a single player game with multiplayer support.

Similar games include Clue/Cluedo: Classic Edition, SOVL: Fantasy Warfare, Battle Of The Bulge, Khet 2.0, Through the Ages and others.