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Checkers was another of those early games released with full color documentation.

Graphics: 2 Sound: 2 Replay Value: 2 Notes: 1- or 2-player game; one of the few early releases with a computer opponent. Screen Shots

This game enforces the official Checkers rules (you must jump if you can) which has proven that I am terrible at Checkers! The sound used for the computer's "thinking" is neat, but c'mon, it's Checkers. Not like we have a very exciting video game here.

A total of eight Checkers box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	1120-0910	1979	U.S.A.	Earliest known box version; plastic tray; part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom; refers to Keyboard Component on cover; has FOR COLOR T.V. VIEWING ONLY text just above title
	Mattel Electronics	1120-0910	1979	U.S.A.	Plastic tray; part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom; refers to Keyboard Component on cover
	Mattel Electronics	1120-0910	1979	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom; refers to Keyboard Component on cover
	Mattel Electronics	1120-0910-G1	1979	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
	Mattel Electronics	1120-0510	1979	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel Canada Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada on back
	Mattel Electronics	1120-0410	1979	Hong Kong	International Edition; plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne CA on bottom of box; slots in back for extra manual(s); slots inside for overlays; some copies may have Lifestyle Electronics sticker on top
	Mattel Electronics	1120-0810	1979	Hong Kong	British / Australian English market edition; retitled to Draughts; plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, on bottom on white Lifestyle Electronics sticker , Radon Electronics (Far East) Ltd.
	Sears	3877-0910	1979	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; blue game title on top and back

Ostensibly, two versions of the ROM exist. Different "buzz" sound effects are used. In one, the original, well-worn long, loud razz, and on some others, a shorter, more pleasant razz. I have only experienced the shorter razz in the version of Checkers included with Triple Challenge. Of the many copies I've tested (at least six), all have the traditional buzz for wrong moves.

A total of eleven Checkers manual variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	1120-0920	1979	U.S.A.	Full color
	Mattel Electronics	1120-0920(A)	1979	Hong Kong	Red monochrome; image courtesy of Hankster
	Mattel Electronics	1120-0920-G1	1979	Hong Kong	Red monochrome
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	1120-0720	1979	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; red monochrome; part number only on French side - usually it's on both sides
	Mattel Electronics	1120-0720	1979	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; blue monochrome; part number only on French side - usually it's on both sides
	Mattel Electronics	1120-0820-G1	1979	Hong Kong	British English; retitled to Draughts (Checkers); red monochrome artwork
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	1120-0121	1979	Hong Kong	German version; red monochrome; localized title "DAME"
	Mattel Electronics	1120-0161	1979	Hong Kong	Dutch; noted by Oscar G.; image contributed by cmart; black and white manual, but appears to be standard Mattel manual stock, not the cheaper INTV Corp. type paper
	Mattel Electronics	PC-1120-0920	1979	U.S.A.	PlayCable version; red monochrome
	Intellivision Inc.	1120-0920-G3	None	U.S.A.	Accordion-style folding; submitted by Hankster
	Sears	3877-0920	1979	Hong Kong

A total of four Checkers overlay variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	1120-4289	1979	U.S.A.	Distinctly purple background behind the title
	Mattel Electronics	1120-4289	1979	U.S.A.	Extremely dark blue or purple background; this is a weak criterion for marking an overlay as a variant
	Phil Boland	49 75215	1979	U.S.A.	Part of the Sears Super Video Arcade Overlay Set (2013)
	Intellivision Productions	N/A	2014	U.S.A.	Part of the Supplemental Overlay Pack for Intellivision Flashback

A total of four Checkers label variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None		No origin; has checker icon on left
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None	Hong Kong	Origin lower right; has checker icon on left
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None	Hong Kong	Origin lower right; has checker icon on left; glossy finish (weak variant)
	Phil Boland	N/A	None		Part of the Sears Super Video Arcade Overlay Set (2013)

	Title screen for Checkers.
	Yup, it's a checkers board. Could have given it at least some personality, like a border around the board.

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