Darwin
created and published by Author in 1961-08, running on custom platform
type: strategy
perspective: other
player options: hotseat
languages: eng
perspective: other
player options: hotseat
languages: eng
Description
Darwin was the earliest programming game, invented by Victor Vyssotsky in August 1961. The idea of the game was to write a program to out-replicate and disable all opponents.
Each program had a number of protected locations and interacted via three functions:
PROBE - return the start, end and owner of a memory block
CLAIM - reserve memory
KILL - disable a program
If a protected location was PROBEd the current program lost control. A CLAIM or KILL could only be used on a location which had previously been PROBEd.
Becoro # 2023-04-02 23:29:51
Each program had a number of protected locations and interacted via three functions:
PROBE - return the start, end and owner of a memory block
CLAIM - reserve memory
KILL - disable a program
If a protected location was PROBEd the current program lost control. A CLAIM or KILL could only be used on a location which had previously been PROBEd.
Becoro # 2023-04-02 23:29:51Technical specs
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Editor notes (2)
Players each enter a program into a predefined protected memory area. The the programs are simultaneously ran. The goal is for one program to survive by overwriting all the others. The main mechanic to accomplish this is a program creating copies of itself which are capable of creating copies of itself.
zerothis # 2018-03-06 10:48:28
zerothis # 2018-03-06 10:48:28Authors / Staff
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