Here you can download my Connect Four program Gladiator.
End user license agreement:
Gladiator may be freely distributed and copied, as long as no fee is charged. It may not be made part of a product for which a fee is charged.
This game is not in the public domain and is © Copyright, Frank Dockhorn, who retains all present and future rights in and to the game.
The author cannot be held responsible for any damages, direct or indirect that may arise from use of the game.
GLADIATOR Arena v1.66 (1.5 MB)
Feature list:
- Saving and Loading of games.
- Redo and undo functionality for dropped pieces.
- Scalable pondering time for the computer opponent.
- Time to think can be interrupted.
- Information on game statistics such as visited nodes, score, search depth.
- Selection of player to start first and second.
- Opening book available when the computer starts first.
- Game is skinnable with different themes.
Applied AI: Alphabeta, Aspiration windows, Killer heuristics, Transposition tables.
Installation instructions:
Please make sure that you have Java v1.4 or later installed. After downloading please execute the setup file. Of course your comments and bug reports are always appreciated.
Release Notes v1.65 (10/02/2008):
Maintenance release focusing on usability and bugfixes.
Release Notes v1.64 (11/07/2007):
Improvements on Win 32/64-bit operating systems:
- Search speed has been increased.
- Positional evaluation is more accurate.