2010
03.08

JCaro - Gomoku

JCaro

Gomoku or Five In A Row (Caro in Vietnamese) is a board game that is popular throughout Asia.  The rules are simple but the strategy is not. Players take turns placing chips on the board. The first player to get five chips in a row; horizontally, vertically or diagonally wins. JCaro is Gomoku adapted for mobile phones. It's only 6 kb in size but the computer opponent is very hard to beat,  There's a choice of game board sizes. The game loads quickly and runs well even on basic phones.

Keys:
Arrows move cursor
"1" key to place a chip

Type: Open Source
Author: Khanh Banh Duy and Ngon Pham  - Product Page and Online Help
Data Connection Required: No
Supported iDEN phones: All Falcon Series (i776, i465, i9, i290, etc.)

Motorola iDEN phone users (model numbers starting with "i" like i465, i856) click here:

Boost CDMA users (Incognito, Juno, Seek, etc.) and non-Boost users load this page in the phone browser and click here: JAD
Alternate links for side loading: ZIP JAR

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  1. Never played it, but i have code for this and another game like this played in corner of board. This looks cool, though, now.