Robot Odyssey
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Robot Odyssey is a logic puzzle adventure game, published by The Learning Company in 1984. It was released for the Apple II, the Tandy, and the CoCo.
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Gameplay
In Robot Odyssey, you advance through the game by solving various puzzles. The puzzles are solved by programming your robots to accomplish various tasks. This is done by wiring a synchronous circuit of logic gates inside of the robots to control their actions. These tasks range from navigating a simple maze to grab a needed item to complex tasks such as minefield navigation and many other challenges.
Although the recommended age for the game was 10 and up, it can prove challenging to adults.
This game is highly recommended to anyone with an interest in programming.
Playing Robot Odyssey
This game can be played in an emulator (there are disk images available at the links below). There is also a clone written in Java, Droidquest, which contains all of the original levels and an additional secret level.
Similar games
The engine for the game was previously used in several other games, including Rocky's Boots, a similar but easier game, Gertrude's Secrets, and Adventure.
Cognitoy's MindRover is a relatively recent game which is similar in spirit to Robot Odyssey, but uses different programming concepts in its gameplay.
External Links
- The Robot Odyssey Resource (http://members.aol.com/Fractal101/odyssey.htm)
- droidquest.com (http://www.droidquest.com/)
- Home of the Underdogs - Entry: Robot Odyssey, The (http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?name=Robot+Odyssey%2C+The)