Comments on Retro Programming: Celebrating 30 Years of Color Robot Battle

Probably uncouth to ask this, but does anyone know...

2011-06-28T01:12:58.455-07:00

Probably uncouth to ask this, but does anyone know of a .ROM image for Robot Battle online? My Coco is long gone and this game brings back fond memories of my first programming experiences. Would be neat to try again.

Just found your blog and I like it. This takes me...

2011-02-10T08:51:00.933-08:00

Just found your blog and I like it. This takes me back to the 80's. It's like a museum. Thanks for posting all this and I'll be back.

anonymous: a missile take more energy to fire than...

2011-02-09T16:17:59.890-08:00

anonymous: a missile take more energy to fire than a laser and also does more damage. In the screenshot the missile is white, the laser is red.

Random is either =? or #? and has a 50/50 chance of skipping the rest of the line.

I don't understand 2 rules. 1. What's the...

2011-02-09T11:19:32.085-08:00

I don't understand 2 rules. 1. What's the difference between a laser and a missile? 2.How exactly is random defined?

And this is a modern day version http://www.cs.tec...

2011-02-03T03:29:23.880-08:00

And this is a modern day version http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~nhershko/Swarm/Swarm.html

This is similar to Robocode.

2011-02-03T02:43:34.464-08:00

This is similar to Robocode.