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ROBOTS(6) FreeBSD Games Manual ROBOTS(6)

robots
fight off villainous robots

robots [-sjta] [scorefile]

The robots game pits you against evil robots, who are trying to kill you (which is why they are evil). Fortunately for you, even though they are evil, they are not very bright and have a habit of bumping into each other, thus destroying themselves. In order to survive, you must get them to kill each other off, since you have no offensive weaponry.

Since you are stuck without offensive weaponry, you are endowed with one piece of defensive weaponry: a teleportation device. When two robots run into each other or a junk pile, they die. If a robot runs into you, you die. When a robot dies, you get 10 points, and when all the robots die, you start on the next field. This keeps up until they finally get you.

Robots are represented on the screen by a ‘+’, the junk heaps from their collisions by a ‘∗’, and you (the good guy) by a ‘@’.

The commands are:

move one square left
move one square right
move one square up
move one square down
move one square up and left
move one square up and right
move one square down and left
move one square down and right
(also space) do nothing for one turn
run as far as possible in the given direction
do nothing for as long as possible
teleport to a random location
wait until you die or they all do
quit
redraw the screen

All commands can be preceded by a count.

If you use the ‘w’ command and survive to the next level, you will get a bonus of 10% for each robot which died after you decided to wait. If you die, however, you get nothing. For all other commands, the program will save you from typos by stopping short of being eaten. However, with ‘w’ you take the risk of dying by miscalculation.

Only five scores are allowed per user on the score file. If you make it into the score file, you will be shown the list at the end of the game. If an alternate score file is specified, that will be used instead of the standard file for scores.

The options are

Don't play, just show the score file.
Jump, i.e., when you run, don't show any intermediate positions; only show things at the end. This is useful on slow terminals.
Teleport automatically when you have no other option. This is a little disconcerting until you get used to it, and then it is very nice.
Advance into the higher levels directly, skipping the lower, easier levels.

/var/games/robots_roll
the score file

Ken Arnold

Bugs? You crazy, man?!?
May 31, 1993 FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE

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