Core War

Moby ID: 107311

Released: 1968 on Mainframe
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Moby Score: n/a
Collected By: 1 players

Genre: Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Text-based / Spreadsheet
Interface: Text parser

Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard, Teletype/Teleprinter
Number of Offline Players: 2 Players

Description

Core War is a two player programming game similar to Darwin. The goal is to copy a program into memory as much as possible while trying to break the opponent's program which is trying to do the same. It inspired a host of similarly named games over the decades to come.

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MobyGames ID: 107311

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Game added by vedder.

Game added April 18, 2018. Last modified February 22, 2023.