The Programming Games Bibliography is an attempt to compile a complete list of articles / papers on the subject. A Programming Game is played by writing programs to compete against each other, typically by attempting to disable opponents in the memory of a virtual computer or by controlling simulated battle robots.
Please help complete the list by leaving a comment if you remember an article not listed, even if you can only recall vague details. :-)
Bibliography
- Vyssotsky, Victor A. Darwin: A Game of Survival and (Hopefully) Evolution.
New Jersey: Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1961. - ℵ0 "Computer Recreations: Darwin."
Software: Practice and Experience 2 (Jan-Mar 1972): 93-96. - Nelson, Theodor H. "Survival of the Fittest."
Computer Lib / Dream Machines. Self-published, 1974. 49. - Nelson, Theodor H. "Survival of the Fittest."
The CoEvolution Quarterly (Summer 1975): 141. - Taylor Rollo, Mary "Robot War: Strategy for Learning."
Softtalk (Jan 1981): 18-20. - Voskuil, Jon "Robotwar."
SoftSide (Sep 1981): 92-93. - Lubar, David "Robotwar."
Creative Computing (Oct 1981): 68-69. - White, Harry "Robot War."
The Space Gamer 45 (Nov 1981): 4. - Edmunds, William "Robotwar: A Wargame for All Programmers."
Computer Gaming World (Nov-Dec 1981): 13-16,33. - "Computer Gaming World's Robotwar Tournament."
Computer Gaming World (Nov-Dec 1981): 17. - Feigel, Curtis "Robotwar."
BYTE (Dec 1981): 24-34. - Hunter, David "Olympic Metals: The RobotWar Tournaments."
Softline (Jul 1982): 28-30. - "Robotwar: Tournament Results."
Computer Gaming World (Mar-Apr 1983): 30-31. - Hoffman, Paul S. "Robots Maneuver Humans Into Programming."
The Rainbow (Apr 1983): 140-142. - Calle, Carlos "Robot Battle."
HOT CoCo (Sep 1983): 53-54. - "We Have a Draw! Robotwar Tournament Results."
Computer Gaming World (Apr 1984): 36. - Dewdney, A. K. "Computer Recreations: In a game called core war hostile programs engage in a battle of bits."
Scientific American (May 1984): 14–22. - "4th Annual Robotwar Tournament."
Computer Gaming World (Jan 1985): 9. - Dewdney, A. K. "Computer Recreations: A Core War bestiary of viruses, worms and other threats to computer memories."
Scientific American (Mar 1985): 14-23. - "Nobody Wins 4th Annual CGW Robotwar Tournament."
Computer Gaming World (Jun-Jul 1985): 9. - Cottrell, Jon "Core Wars."
Your Computer (Sep 1985): 72–74. - Martínez Lara, Sergio "Batcode, una auténtica batalla dentro de tu ordenador."
MICROHOBBY 70 (18-24 Mar 1986): 22-23. - Martínez Lara, Sergio "Batcode, una auténtica batalla dentro de tu ordenador (II)."
MICROHOBBY 71 (25 Mar - 1 Apr 1986): 28-30. - Martínez Lara, Sergio "Batcode (III)."
MICROHOBBY 73 (8-14 Apr 1986): 28-29. - Martínez Lara, Sergio "Batcode, una batalla dentro de tu ordenador (y IV)."
MICROHOBBY 74 (15-21 Apr 1986): 28-29. - Eliraz, Ziv "Core Wars."
Dragon User (Sep 1986): 16-21. - Dewdney, A. K. "Computer Recreations: A program called MICE nibbles its way to victory at the first Core War tournament."
Scientific American (Jan 1987): 14-20. - Edgar, Gerald A. "Darwin: A survival game for programmers."
Computer Language (Apr 1987): 79-86. - Giustozzi, Corrado "Core Wars."
MCmicrocomputer 67 (Oct 1987): 118-120. - Giustozzi, Corrado "Redcode e Mars."
MCmicrocomputer 68 (Nov 1987): 138-142. - Giustozzi, Corrado "Strategia e tattica."
MCmicrocomputer 69 (Dec 1987): 142-146. - Fisch, Henrik and Joachim Graf. "Kampfprogramme: Schlacht im Computer."
Happy Computer (Dez 1987): 26-32,117-125. - de Weger, Mark "Battle of the RAM."
The Micro User (Jan 1988): 42-43. - Wörrlein, Hartmut and Henrik Fisch. "Das Kampfprogram für den C64."
Happy Computer (Jan 1988): 51,66-67. - de Weger, Mark "The program strikes back."
The Micro User (Feb 1988): 52-54. - Fisch, Henrik "Die Schlacht im Computer (Teil 2)."
Happy Computer (Feb 1988): 131-133. - White, Ron "Pulse Train: Spawning a Computer “Virus”."
80 Micro (Mar 1988): 16-18. - "25th Anniversary of Computer Games Weekend."
The Computer Museum Report 22 (Spring 1988): 1-2. - Giustozzi, Corrado "Il torneo di Boston."
MCmicrocomputer 76 (Jul-Aug 1988): 88-91. - Giustozzi, Corrado "Il torneo italiano."
MCmicrocomputer 77 (Sep 1988): 128-132. - Spork, Maz "Slaget om Siliciummet."
DataTid (Sep 1988): 92-94. - Giustozzi, Corrado "Fiat Lux."
MCmicrocomputer 79 (Nov 1988): 142-144. - Tausend, Thomas "Kampf in der RAM-Arena."
ATARI magazin (Jan 1989): 38-39. - Dewdney, A. K. "Computer Recreations: Of worms, viruses and Core War."
Scientific American (Mar 1989): 110-113. - Simeoni, Fabio "La Guerra dei Nuclei."
Commodore Computer Club (May 1989): 20-23. - Spira, Jeff and William R. Buckley. "Core Wars."
Commodore Magazine (May 1989): 60-61. - Gualdi, Marco "RedCode."
MCmicrocomputer 88 (Set 1989): 276-278. - Giustozzi, Corrado "CW: il secondo Torneo Italiano."
MCmicrocomputer 92 (Jan 1990): 128-131. - "Final Omega Tournament Results."
Computer Gaming World 70 (Apr 1990): 38. - Giustozzi, Corrado "Crobots."
MCmicrocomputer 97 (Jun 1990): 159-162. - Giustozzi, Corrado "Il Primo Torneo di Crobots di MC-Link."
MCmicrocomputer 108 (Jun 1991): 148-150. - Zientara, Wojciech "Wojny rdzeniowe."
Moje Atari (Lip-Sie 1990): 6-8. - Giustozzi, Corrado "Il Primo Torneo di Crobots di MCmicrocomputer."
MCmicrocomputer 115 (Feb 1992): 156-160. - Giustozzi, Corrado "Il Secondo Torneo di CRobots di MCmicrocomputer."
MCmicrocomputer 124 (Dec 1992): 248-253. - Giustozzi, Corrado "Il Terzo Torneo di CRobots di MCmicrocomputer."
MCmicrocomputer 135 (Dec 1993): 262-267. - Giustozzi, Corrado "Il Quarto Torneo di CRobots di MCmicrocomputer."
MCmicrocomputer 146 (Dec 1994): 270-274. - Giustozzi, Corrado "Il Quinto Torneo di CRobots di MCmicrocomputer."
MCmicrocomputer 157 (Dec 1995): 264-268. - Giustozzi, Corrado "Il Sesto Torneo di CRobots di MCmicrocomputer."
MCmicrocomputer 168 (Dec 1996): 302-307. - Giustozzi, Corrado "Il Settimo Torneo di CRobots di MCmicrocomputer."
MCmicrocomputer 179 (Dec 1997): 218-222. - Giustozzi, Corrado "L'Ottavo Torneo di CRobots di MCmicrocomputer."
MCmicrocomputer 190 (Dec 1998): 144-147.