tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776205147286643847.post7758506037193734334..comments2023-12-18T13:55:50.256-08:00Comments on Thinking as a Profession: My Favorite Games: Robot OdysseyDerekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776917750757825408noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776205147286643847.post-74685352191194695172010-12-10T16:39:13.304-08:002010-12-10T16:39:13.304-08:00There is in fact a free clone of Robot Odyssey, al...There is in fact a free clone of Robot Odyssey, although it hasn't been updated in years, called Droidquest:<br /><br />http://www.droidquest.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776205147286643847.post-81557538885513940082010-11-26T11:17:03.610-08:002010-11-26T11:17:03.610-08:00hi Derek,
You hit my soft spot. I played with Rob...hi Derek,<br /><br />You hit my soft spot. I played with Robot Odyssey in the 80s, since I had an Apple II, and realised what you tried to explicate in your blog here: 1. It is an amazing game; 2. It is an instructional game par excellance; 3. It can/may be used to fill in a serious cavity in modern education: a soft route to learning programming as a thinking adventure. I really miss it, and I hope I find a version that may be run on my lousy MS Windows 7 machine. And if someone can direct me to an OS version I will send it to my son..Shafeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01706877482789548962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776205147286643847.post-88840749098929592172009-06-09T15:44:36.294-07:002009-06-09T15:44:36.294-07:00Sounds cool. Thanks for the recommendation. Ack, i...Sounds cool. Thanks for the recommendation. Ack, it's $60 on Amazon, but it looks like it's about $37 through Google Product Search. I'll add it to my wish list.Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02776917750757825408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776205147286643847.post-38698926735790786992009-06-09T09:35:12.553-07:002009-06-09T09:35:12.553-07:00I highly recommend RoboRally (http://bit.ly/2yL94d...I highly recommend RoboRally (http://bit.ly/2yL94d). It's a board/strategy game. Players control robots who race from point A to B across a dangerous factory floor. You get a random hand of program cards that contain movement options (Move 1, Move 2, Move 3, Turn Left, Turn Right, U-Turn or Back-Up) and you have to program 5 operations per turn. You have to coordinate your movements along with the factory movements (like conveyor belts that move you or gears that turn you. For the most part that would be easy to make it from A to B, but the other player's robots can push you off course, which means your pre-chosen operations might just walk you into a crusher and kill your little robot. <br /><br />It's a TON of fun. I highly recommend it!Kenny Wylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129538093718977326noreply@blogger.com