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- P-ROBOTS
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- A Game For PASCAL Programmers
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- Version 3.1
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- Copyrighted 1993 -- All Rights Reserved
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- by David R. Malmberg
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- Distributed by
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- Softworks
- 43064 Via Moraga
- Mission San Jose, California 94539
- (510) 659-0533
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- 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?
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Version 3.1 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.
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- 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.
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- P-ROBOTS is available for only $30 (with a nicely printed and
- spiral-bound manual) or $20 (without manual) from:
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- Softworks
- 43064 Via Moraga
- Mission San Jose, California 94539
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- 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.
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- Registration entitles you to the following:
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- (1) Notice of all future P-ROBOTS upgrades.
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- (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.
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- (3) Turbo or Quick Pascal source code for P-ROBOTS.
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- (4) Turbo or Quick Pascal source code for the
- multi-tasking PASCAL compiler used as the basis for
- developing P-ROBOTS.
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- (5) Telephone support.
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- (6) A warm glow from having supported at least one of
- the many Shareware products you probably use.
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- (7) The P-ROBOTS author's eternal gratitude.
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- Orders are normally shipped by US mail at no additional charge.
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