is GNU Robots the same as xx robot game?
In short: no. The general game idea where the user assembles a robot or robot program, then lets the robot explore a strange world, is not new. While there have been many games that follow this principle, GNU Robots is a different concept from these other programs. For example, there was Robot Odyssey. Trent Bowman explains: I’ll describe the game to you in brief, at least to the best of my memory. I last played the game in the late 80s, but it is available for Apple ][ emulators. In Robot Odyssey (1984, The Learning Company), your player gets trapped in a wierd robot-world, and has to elist the help of three robots to solve puzzles in order to escape. The world is made up of screens with exits to the north, south, east, west, that contain various hazards and obstacles. Your character can also enter any of the robots to see and change their internal wiring. Each robot had a battery, four thrusters, four tactile sensors, a periscope (to look out of), and an antenna. You programmed the r
