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P-ROBOTS
A Game For PASCAL Programmers
Version 3.0
Copyrighted 1993 -- All Rights Reserved
by David R. Malmberg
Distributed by
Softworks
43064 Via Moraga
Mission San Jose, California 94539
(510) 659-0533
Softworks is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals
-- your guarantee of quality in shareware software.
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JUST WHAT IS P-ROBOTS?
P-ROBOTS ("pee-robots") is a game based on computer programming in
PASCAL. The object of the game is to design and program a "robot"
that can triumph over similar robots designed and programmed by
others in a real-time battle of wits and flying missiles. You
control your robot by writing a procedure in PASCAL to specify
your robot's behavior and strategy in its efforts to vanquish up
to three other robots in a battle to the death. A variety of
pre-defined P-ROBOTS PASCAL functions and procedures allow your
robot to track its position on the battlefield, monitor its health
or damage condition, and calculate the distance and angle to
opponents from its current battlefield position. Each robot is
equipped with a cannon to fire missiles, and a motorized drive
mechanism to either close in for the kill of a hapless opponent or
flee from a fierce foe. Optionally, robots may be equipped with
bombs, a repair kit, different types of armor and warheads, a
deflection shield, and/or a cloaking device.
P-ROBOTS is an excellent way for the novice programmer to sharpen
his/her PASCAL skills and have fun at the same time. However,
P-ROBOTS does assumes that the robot designer/programmer already
knows the fundamentals of programming in PASCAL.
For the experienced programmer, P-ROBOTS offers a chance to see
just how well you program in a programming environment where "bad"
code can lead to graphic and ignoble defeat and "brilliant" code
can bring triumph and glory.
In addition to being enjoyed in thousands of homes, P-ROBOTS has
been successfully used in a number of classroom settings -- from
high school PASCAL programming classes to graduate level courses
in Artificial Intelligence. "The competitive environment that
P-ROBOTS creates has really sparked my students' desire to learn.
Our weekly robot contests are great fun and enjoyed by all --
including me," said one high school PASCAL teacher. Another
teacher has challenged his PASCAL students by offering a unique
reward: any student who can design and program a robot that can
beat the teacher's robot consistently, does not have to take the
final exam.
Version 3.0 of P-ROBOTS has a number of significant improvements
over prior versions including an optional "Integrated Development
Environment" or IDE that can be used to create, edit and test
(i.e., compile) your robots. When you test/compile a robot using
the IDE, the compiler will identify any errors you have in your
robot source code by positioning the cursor within the editor
where the error occurred within your source code -- so you can
very easily make the appropriate correction(s). The IDE can also
be used to set up "tournaments" of robots, select various match
options (such as animation speed, number of obstacles, unlimited
fuel, etc.), and conduct the tournament according to the robots
and options you have selected.
P-ROBOTS can be run with as little as 384K of memory and a
monochrome or CGA monitor. However, if your system has more
memory and a better monitor (EGA or VGA), P-ROBOTS has been
disigned to take advantage of your hardware's greater capability.
P-ROBOTS is available for only $30 (with a nicely printed and
spiral-bound manual) or $20 (without manual) from:
Softworks
43064 Via Moraga
Mission San Jose, California 94539
You can also order by phone using your Mastercard or VISA by
dialing (510) 659-0533, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., (PST ONLY!!!),
Monday to Thursday, plus 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and
Sunday.
Registration entitles you to the following:
(1) Notice of all future P-ROBOTS upgrades.
(2) Latest version of the program, with a collection of
the most recent and best robots, a new "integrated
development environment," and (optionally) a nicely
printed and bound manual.
(3) Turbo or Quick Pascal source code for P-ROBOTS.
(4) Turbo or Quick Pascal source code for the
multi-tasking PASCAL compiler used as the basis for
developing P-ROBOTS.
(5) Telephone support.
(6) A warm glow from having supported at least one of
the many Shareware products you probably use.
(7) The P-ROBOTS author's eternal gratitude.
Orders are normally shipped by US mail at no additional charge.