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From: harrisd@athena.mit.edu (David Harris)
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Subject: Re: Robot games...
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Date: 11 Apr 91 22:12:03 GMT
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There's been a lot of talk recently about using the Forth language for 
controlling robots.  It turns out that a RPN language is very effective.  I've
written a program, RoboWar, that's been up on sumex-aim for nearly a year now.
It's gotten lots of positive feedback and isn't going to crash on you.  

I've also developed a new version (2.1.1) that includes a much better interface
along with an increased instruction set (yes, it does have the trig functions)
and fun animation and sound effects.  It's 99% stable right now, but I'm not
going to post it until it has a bit more time to collect bug reports.  If you
like RoboWar 1.5.1, send in your registration and you'll get a much better
version.  Besides, RoboWar is only $10, the cheapest as well as most
sophisticated robot game in the shareware arena.  

I haven't seen the Apple ][ RobotWars game, but many people have told me that
RoboWar is very much like the Apple ][ program, but expanded to take advantage
of the more powerful Macintosh.

If anyone has comments or suggestions about RoboWar, drop me some email.  I'm
always working on making it a better and more flexible game.

David