Game of Life

Moby ID: 135988

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Released

1978 on Altair 8800

Credits

1 person

Publishers

BYTE Publications, Inc.

Moby Score: n/a
Collected By: 1 players

Genre: Simulation
Perspective: Top-down
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Interface: Text parser

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: Type-in
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard, Teletype/Teleprinter

See Also

Game of Life (1975 on Wang 2200)
Game of Life (1976 on Apple I)
Game of Life (1977 on Altair 8800)
Game of Life (1977 on Altair 680)
Game of Life (1978 on Apple II)
Game of Life (1978 on TRS-80)
Game of Life (1979 on TI Programmable Calculator)
Game of Life (1979 on TRS-80)
Game of Life (1981 on TRS-80 CoCo)
Game of Life (1986 on Spectravideo)
Game of Life (2011 on iPhone)

Description

Game of Life is an implementation of Conway's Game of Life written for the IMSAI 8080 (clone of the Altair 8800) in BASIC E. The player can draw patterns and watch how they evolve based on the simple rules of Conway's Game of Life.

Any live cell with fewer than two live neighbours dies, as if caused by under-population.
Any live cell with two or three live neighbours lives on to the next generation.
Any live cell with more than three live neighbours dies, as if by overcrowding.
Any dead cell with exactly three live neighbours becomes a live cell, as if by reproduction.

The game is designed to play on a teletype, so the player can fill in the paper size at the start.

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Game of Life versions

Credits (Altair 8800 version)

Written by

William Englander

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MobyGames ID: 135988

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Game added October 13, 2019. Last modified March 9, 2023.