<s>
Backgammon	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
board-game	O
backgammon	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Video	I-General_Concept
Computer	I-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
(	O
later	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
)	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1979	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
electronic	O
versions	O
of	O
Backgammon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eight	O
different	O
modes	O
of	O
playing	O
backgammon	B-Application
were	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
including	O
"	O
Acey	O
deucey	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
October	O
1979	O
review	O
,	O
American	O
computer	O
magazine	O
Creative	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
excellent	O
for	O
someone	O
learning	O
Backgammon	B-Application
"	O
and	O
as	O
"provid[ing]	O
an	O
interesting	O
challenge	O
to	O
beginner	O
to	O
intermediate	O
players	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
