Re: Ancient Integer game - pushing blocks around to trap robots

[Mark Frischknecht <appleiiguy@gmail.com>]

schmidtd@my-deja.com wrote:
> The next in the series: "What game was that?"
> 
> Once, a long time ago, there was a game (most likely in Integer) that
> presented a playfield littered with blocks.  Robots, I think they were
> actually asterisks, would come after you - always trying to shorten the
> distance between themselves and you.  You were of course represented by
> another ASCII character of some sort.  The blocks would impede the
> robots' progress.  You could push the blocks around to eventually cage
> them in.
> 
> I believe the version I saw was typed in from a magazine, probably from
> 1979-1980 vintage or so (given the fact that it was in Integer BASIC).
> Does it ring any bells with anyone else?  Googling brings up lots of
> hits like CRobots and Daleks, but it really isn't anything close to
> being that sophisticated.
> 
> - David Schmidt
> 
Sounds like a game called Daleks.