Robotfindskitten Mac OS
| Original author(s) | Leonard Richardson |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1997 |
| Written in | Assembly language, C/C++, Flash, Gambas, Inform, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Scratch |
| Platform | Amiga, Android, Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atmel AVR, Commodore 64, DOS, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, Lego Mindstorms NXT, Mac Classic, Maemo, Nintendo DS, Palm OS, PlayStation Portable, POSIX, QNX, Rockbox, Spectrum, TI-83 Plus, TI 99/4A, Z-machine |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Game |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | http://robotfindskitten.org/ |
robotfindskitten is a 'Zen simulation', originally written by Leonard Richardson for MS-DOS. It is a free video game with an ASCII interface in which the user (playing the eponymous robot and represented by a number sign '#') must find kitten (represented by a random character) on a field of other random characters. Walking up to items allows robot to identify them as either kitten, or any of a variety of 'Non-kitten Items' (NKIs) with whimsical, strange or simply random text descriptions. It is not possible to lose (though there is a patch that adds a 1 in 10 probability of the NKI killing robot). Simon Carless has characterized robotfindskitten as 'less a game and more a way of life ... It's fun to wander around until you find a kitten, at which point you feel happy and can start again'.[1]
The original robotfindskitten program was the sole entrant to a contest in 1997 at the now-defunct webzine Nerth Pork — the object: create a depiction of 'robotfindskitten'. (The 'robotfindskitten' concept was originally created by Jacob Berendes, but the only submission he received depicted kittens meeting an untimely end at the hands of malevolent robots.)
The 'classic' Mac OS is the original Macintosh operating system that was introduced in 1984 alongside the first Macintosh and remained in primary use on Macs until the introduction of Mac OS X in 2001. Apple released the original Macintosh on January 24, 1984; its early system software was partially based on the Lisa OS and the Xerox PARC Alto computer, which former Apple CEO Steve Jobs. +-+ robotfindskitten.org v1600005.334b Why, it's a ragtag band of Free Software coders! +-+.rfk) robotfindskitten development team. Mac OS X 10.0 (698 words) no match in snippet view article find links to article UI — new user interface Built on Darwin, a Unix-like operating system. OpenGL AppleScript Support for Carbon and Cocoa APIs Sherlock — desktop and web. The current Mac operating system is macOS, originally named 'Mac OS X' until 2012 and then 'OS X' until 2016. Developed between 1997 and 2001 after Apple's purchase of NeXT, Mac OS X brought an entirely new architecture based on NeXTSTEP, a Unix system, that eliminated many of the technical challenges that the classic Mac OS faced.
When the author rewrote the program for Linux in 1999, it gained popularity and now has its own website and mailing lists. Since then, it has been ported to and/or implemented on over 30 platforms, including POSIX, the Dreamcast, Palm OS, TI 99/4A, the Z-machine, the Sony PSP, Android, and many more.[2] Graphical versions, such as an OpenGL version with # emblazoned on an otherwise featureless cube, also exist. Remakes of it are also used as programming tutorials, such as for Gambas.
Mac Os Mojave
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Mac Os Catalina
- ^Carless, Simon (2004-01-01). Gaming Hacks. 'O'Reilly Media, Inc.'. ISBN9780596007140.
- ^'The Many Ports'. robotfindskitten.org. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
External links[edit]
- 'robotfindskitten... helping robots find kittens since 1997'. robotfindskitten.org. Retrieved 2014-06-09.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- 'The Ultimate robotfindskitten Fan Site' on the original author's web site