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Core Wars

Core Wars is perhaps the geekiest game ever devised. Combatants program warriors in a rudimentary assembly-like language called redcode, and let them battle it out in a block of computer memory--the core. The last team with executing code, is the winner.

The guidelines for play were first devised by D. G. Jones and A. K. Dewdney, but gained wider interest when detailed by Dewdney in his "Computer Recreations" column in the May 1984 issue of Scientific American. Shortly thereafter, the International Core Wars Society was formed to promote and standardize the game.

Dozens of Core Wars implementations were written for several different platforms. Robert Martin's early attempt is a faithful execution of the original guidelines. There have been several extensions to the guidelines, so this implementation may not be compatible with those still playing the game.

See also: Redcoder, RoboSport, RoboWar, Wator

Compatibility
Architecture: 68k

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