A Bibliography of Programming Games

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.