rrw@naucse.UUCP (Robert Wier) (10/23/89)
A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away (actually, about 10 years ago on my Apple II) I remember a game with a name like "ROBOTWAR". This game was something like daleks, but you had a robot tank which you could program with instructions to scan for enemy robots, range on them, and fire missles. You could also program movements, and so forth. Was this ever ported over to the Mac (or was it on a Mac... I can't remember), especially in shareware form? I have a colleague who is teaching an artifical intelligence class who might be interested in this game as a teaching aid. Please e-mail me or post here if you have information. Many thanks-- --------------------------------------------------------------------- - Bob Wier Northern Arizona University summer:Ouray, Colorado winter:Flagstaff, Arizona USENET: ...arizona!naucse!rrw | BITNET: WIER@NAUVAX | WB5KXH
jg13@umd5.umd.edu (Allon Stern) (10/24/89)
In article <1759@naucse.UUCP> rrw@naucse.UUCP (Robert Wier) writes: > > A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away (actually, > about 10 years ago on my Apple II) I remember a game with a > name like "ROBOTWAR". This game was something like daleks, but > you had a robot tank which you could program with instructions > to scan for enemy robots, range on them, and fire missles. > You could also program movements, and so forth. > > Was this ever ported over to the Mac (or was it on a Mac... > I can't remember), especially in shareware form? I remember a game that a friend of mine had on his Mac 512 K (alas, it dies a horrible death when you attempt to run it on a Mac II... It was called ChipWits (NOT PD software -- he bought this) You control a robot by writing a sort of program for him to follow. Then you set him loose, and he has to fend for himself, zapping enemies with a ray, or getting goodies, like cans of oil. You have to be pretty clever to make a good program, and it's a good exercise in artificial intelligence. - -= Allon =- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a test of the emergency signature system. Were this an actual signature, you would see amusing mottos, disclaimers, a zillion net addresses, or edifying philisophical statements. This is only a test. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------