Yova

Yova expands to Yet Another Version of Attacks. It was originally released in 1993. About the same time this version 1.1 came out, Michael Banks ported it to OS/2 as Yova/2.

There are a few curiosities attached to Yova. One is that while it supports different layouts (there is a nice hole graphic for blocks), the only way to access it is to play several victorious games in a row. After you have beaten the AI, a new game will start with some blocks on the board. After you shut down the program, you'll start on a standard board again the next time.

Secondly it is one of the very few 20 color games. When run on a 256-color desktop, as in the screenshot, it will use three of the four extra reserved colors (palette index 8, 9, and 247), but none of its own definition. AAnother game that does so is Piskvorky, but it uses only one extra color.

Steckbrief

• Concept: Ataxx
• Authors: Michael Banks, Eben Stewart
• Year: 1994
• Country of Origin:
• Needs: BWCC.DLL

Download

• Yova 1.1 (37kB, ZIP)