Life

Moby ID: 106322

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Released

March 1972 on Mainframe

Credits

3 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

1972 (Mainframe)
1978 (Commodore PET/CBM)

Publishers

Creative Computing Software

Moby Score: n/a
Collected By: 2 players

Genre: Simulation
Perspective: Text-based / Spreadsheet
Top-down
Pacing: Turn-based
Interface: Text parser

Mainframe Specs

Business Model: Freeware / Free-to-play / Public Domain
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Teletype/Teleprinter
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

See Also

Life (1970 on Mainframe)
Life (1974 on Terminal)
Life (1975 on Altair 8800, 1976 on Intel 8080, Zilog Z80...)
Life (1978 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Life (1978 on TRS-80)
Life (1979 on TI Programmable Calculator)
Life (1979 on TRS-80)
Life (1979 on TRS-80)
Life (1979 on COSMAC)
Life (1980 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Life (1982 on Philips P2000)
Life (1987 on TRS-80 CoCo)
Life (1988 on Atari 8-bit)
Life (2009 on Xbox 360)
Life (2019 on Windows)

Description

This implementation of Conway's game of Life has patterns evolve using the normal rules:

Any live cell with fewer than two live neighbours dies, as if caused by under-population.
Any live cell with two or three live neighbours lives on to the next generation.
Any live cell with more than three live neighbours dies, as if by overcrowding.
Any dead cell with exactly three live neighbours becomes a live cell, as if by reproduction.

Since it's written for teletype, there's no live updating on a screen, but instead specific generations are printed with a population number.

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Game of Life versions

Credits (Mainframe version)

The Game of Life was originally described in Scientific American, October 1970, in an article by	Martin Gardner
The game itself originated by	John Horton Conway (of Gonville and Caius College. University of Cambrdige. England)
Written by	Clark Baker (Project DELTA. Delaware School Auxiliary Association. Newport. Delaware)

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MobyGames ID: 106322

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Game added March 30, 2018. Last modified March 14, 2024.