<s>
Robot	B-Application
Odyssey	I-Application
is	O
a	O
programming	B-Language
game	I-Language
developed	O
by	O
Mike	O
Wallace	O
,	O
Dr.	O
Leslie	O
Grimm	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
The	O
Learning	O
Company	O
in	O
December	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Color	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
,	O
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
of	O
Robot	B-Application
Odyssey	I-Application
is	O
to	O
program	O
and	O
control	O
robots	O
(	O
Sparky	O
,	O
Checkers	O
,	O
and	O
Scanner	O
with	O
a	O
fourth	O
added	O
in	O
later	O
levels	O
)	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
escape	O
Robotropolis	O
,	O
a	O
labyrinthine	O
underground	O
city	O
filled	O
with	O
hundreds	O
of	O
rooms	O
of	O
puzzles	O
that	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
solved	O
to	O
progress	O
any	O
further	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Except	O
for	O
their	O
color	O
and	O
initial	O
programming	B-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
three	O
robots	O
are	O
identical	O
inside	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
equipped	O
with	O
four	O
thrusters	O
and	O
bumper	O
sensors	O
,	O
a	O
grabber	O
,	O
a	O
radio	O
antenna	O
(	O
for	O
basic	O
communication	O
with	O
other	O
robots	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
battery	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
periscope	B-Language
to	O
use	O
while	O
riding	O
inside	O
a	O
robot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
presented	O
with	O
various	O
challenges	O
which	O
require	O
programming	B-General_Concept
the	O
three	O
robots	O
to	O
accomplish	O
various	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
done	O
by	O
wiring	O
a	O
synchronous	O
digital	O
circuit	O
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
logic	O
gates	O
and	O
flip-flops	B-General_Concept
,	O
inside	O
of	O
the	O
robots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Loading	O
a	O
chip	O
in	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
will	O
erase	O
the	O
previous	O
programming	B-General_Concept
stored	O
in	O
the	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
reviewed	O
Robot	B-Application
Odyssey	I-Application
and	O
ChipWits	B-Device
,	O
preferring	O
the	O
former	O
to	O
the	O
latter	O
but	O
stating	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
"	O
incredibly	O
vivid	O
simulation	O
experiences	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Warren	O
Robinett	O
,	O
and	O
variants	O
of	O
it	O
were	O
used	O
in	O
many	O
of	O
The	O
Learning	O
Company	O
's	O
graphical	O
adventure	B-Application
games	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
including	O
Rocky	B-Device
's	I-Device
Boots	I-Device
,	O
Gertrude	B-Device
's	I-Device
Secrets	I-Device
,	O
Gertrude	B-Device
's	I-Device
Puzzles	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Think	O
Quick	O
!,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
similar	O
but	O
easier	O
logic	O
puzzle	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
and	O
visual	O
design	O
were	O
derived	O
from	O
Robinett	O
's	O
influential	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
video	O
game	O
,	O
Adventure	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carnage	B-Device
Heart	I-Device
involves	O
programming	B-General_Concept
mechas	O
that	O
then	O
fight	O
without	O
any	O
user	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cognitoy	O
's	O
MindRover	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
relatively	O
recent	O
game	O
which	O
is	O
similar	O
in	O
spirit	O
to	O
Robot	B-Application
Odyssey	I-Application
,	O
but	O
uses	O
different	O
programming	B-General_Concept
concepts	O
in	O
its	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ChipWits	B-Device
by	O
Doug	O
Sharp	O
and	O
Mike	O
Johnston	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
computers	O
,	O
is	O
similar	O
in	O
both	O
theme	O
and	O
implementation	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
interface	O
to	O
program	O
your	O
robot	O
differed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epsitec	O
Games	O
created	O
Colobot	B-Application
and	O
Ceebot	O
in	O
recent	O
years	O
for	O
Windows	O
machines	O
which	O
are	O
in	O
many	O
ways	O
spiritual	O
successors	O
to	O
Robot	B-Application
Odyssey	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
using	O
logic	O
flops	O
,	O
switches	O
,	O
etc.	O
,	O
these	O
two	O
games	O
instead	O
teach	O
the	O
player	O
the	O
fundamentals	O
of	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
like	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
or	O
C#	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
Girl	O
One	O
Laptop	O
productions	O
created	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
called	O
Gate	O
which	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
digital	O
logic	O
puzzles	O
as	O
Robot	B-Application
Odyssey	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
clone	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
DroidQuest	B-Application
,	O
which	O
contains	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
levels	O
and	O
an	O
additional	O
secret	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
