Double Take

A strategy game on two boards at once. Two 5 by 5 boards hold the numbers 1 to 25, each shuffled its own way. You move a cursor on the first board, and claiming a cell also claims the cell with the same number on the second board, which a second cursor marks. A claimed cell that sits between two of the opponent's cells, left and right or above and below, captures both of them, separately on each board. Five in a row of your colour, across, down or diagonally, on either board wins. When all 25 numbers are claimed with no line, the game is a draw. Player 1 is light blue and opens; player 2 is yellow. Two people can play, or one against the computer.

Controls: Move the cursor with the stick and press a button to claim a cell. On the title, up and down choose, left and right or a button change PLAYERS, and a button starts.

ColecoVision version credited in the source to Claude (an AI made by Anthropic) for Amy Studio, in Amy, the language by Amy Bienvenu, 2026: a reimagined adaptation of the published rules. From COMPUTE!'s Gazette, December 1988: original Commodore 64 program (no author named in the issue). This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.