Go-Moku

Go-Moku is a computer version of the board game of the same name — five in a row on a large grid, with the first player to line up five stones taking the game. The program is small, the whole package is 386 KB, and its scope matches that of a typical mid-1990s shareware release.

It came out in 1995 as shareware. The documentation gives the address of its author, Konstantin Gredeskoul, in Melbourne, Australia, which is why we file it under Australia; no other evidence of its origin is available. That places it in the small Australian DOS shareware scene, where most titles were the work of one person and distribution happened outside the retail channel.

You can play it directly in your browser on OldGame.cz.