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From: mreddy@glamorgan.ac.uk (Mike Reddy)
Subject: Re: AILife, games, programming..
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Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 08:15:13 GMT
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In article <Cz4FsI.19w@cruzio.com>, boidd@cruzio.com wrote:
> Try a game for the macintosh called RoboWars. Each player programs their robot 
> to fight up to seven other robots in an arena. The robots are programed in a 
> language called RoboTalk, that is simple, but effective for teaching. Once the 
> robots are programed you see an animated fighting sene between them. I don't 
> know exactley where to find it, but it's probably in the info-mac archives.
> 
> --Ethan ( boidd@cruzio.com ) 

Sorry, but Robowars is not in the info-mac archives (or any others,
legally) as it is a commercial game; produced by MicroProse (?) I think,
the people that designed Harpoon. (I have it and it is very good, but the
box is at home so I cannot confirm my poor memory!)

Yours Mike Reddy
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