<s>
Othello	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1980	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
its	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Video	I-General_Concept
Computer	I-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
(	O
later	O
called	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
programmed	O
by	O
Ed	O
Logg	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
studied	O
artificial	O
intelligence	O
at	O
the	O
Stanford	O
University	O
AI	O
Lab	O
,	O
and	O
Carol	O
Shaw	O
,	O
who	O
later	O
created	O
River	B-Application
Raid	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shaw	O
programmed	O
the	O
visuals	O
for	O
Othello	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
review	O
in	O
the	O
Autumn	O
1983	O
edition	O
of	O
UK	O
magazine	O
TV	O
Gamer	O
criticised	O
the	O
AI	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
computer	O
can	O
manage	O
only	O
average	O
ability	O
even	O
at	O
its	O
highest	O
level	O
of	O
play	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
by	O
that	O
point	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
showing	O
its	O
age	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
suit	O
those	O
who	O
enjoyed	O
that	O
kind	O
of	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
review	O
in	O
the	O
January	O
1983	O
issue	O
of	O
Tilt	O
,	O
the	O
French	O
video-games	O
magazine	O
,	O
was	O
broadly	O
positive	O
,	O
particularly	O
praising	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
a	O
problem	O
before	O
starting	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
an	O
advantage	O
over	O
other	O
electronic	O
games	O
of	O
Othello	B-Application
,	O
though	O
it	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
expert	O
"	O
difficulty	O
setting	O
merely	O
equated	O
to	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
a	O
good	O
beginner	O
.	O
</s>
