The M1 Robot for Robocode 0.98.3Bored during the week-end of 9 February 2002, I decided to write the definitive 'bot for Robocode, a game devised by IBM AlphaWorks that lets players write Java classes that simulate robots, then pit them against one another in battle. Well, the M1 fit the bill; in my tests, it consistently crushed all of the top robots at the Gladiatorial League. Then the folks at IBM came out with version 0.98.3, which eliminated the "feature" I was using to create the M1's special weapons. So, for those who were curious, I wrote an installer that you could have used to play the robot in the new version of the game. Then, IBM politely asked me to stop distributing the installer, and I took it down. You can find other robots living in the Robocode Repository and at Robocode Fanatics. Send comments/feedback to solind. |