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From: jg13@umd5.umd.edu (Allon Stern)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Robotwar?
Summary: Chipwits
Message-ID: <5502@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 23 Oct 89 19:51:38 GMT
References: <1759@naucse.UUCP>
Reply-To: jg13@umd5.umd.edu (Allon Stern)
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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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 =- -


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