<s>
robotfindskitten	B-Application
is	O
a	O
"	O
Zen	B-Application
simulation	O
"	O
,	O
originally	O
written	O
by	O
Leonard	O
Richardson	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
video	O
game	O
with	O
an	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
interface	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
user	O
(	O
playing	O
the	O
eponymous	O
robot	B-Algorithm
and	O
represented	O
by	O
a	O
number	O
sign	O
""	O
)	O
must	O
find	O
kitten	O
(	O
represented	O
by	O
a	O
random	O
character	O
)	O
on	O
a	O
field	O
of	O
other	O
random	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Walking	O
up	O
to	O
items	O
allows	O
robot	B-Algorithm
to	O
identify	O
them	O
as	O
either	O
kitten	O
,	O
or	O
any	O
of	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
"	O
Non-kitten	O
Items	O
"	O
(	O
NKIs	O
)	O
with	O
whimsical	O
,	O
strange	O
or	O
simply	O
random	O
text	O
descriptions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
not	O
possible	O
to	O
lose	O
(	O
though	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
that	O
adds	O
a	O
1	O
in	O
10	O
probability	O
of	O
the	O
NKI	O
killing	O
robot	B-Algorithm
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simon	O
Carless	O
has	O
characterized	O
robotfindskitten	B-Application
as	O
"	O
less	O
a	O
game	O
and	O
more	O
a	O
way	O
of	O
life	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
robotfindskitten	B-Application
program	O
was	O
the	O
sole	O
entrant	O
to	O
a	O
contest	O
in	O
1997	O
at	O
the	O
now-defunct	O
webzine	O
Nerth	O
Pork	O
—	O
the	O
object	O
:	O
create	O
a	O
depiction	O
of	O
"	O
robotfindskitten	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
The	O
robotfindskitten	B-Application
concept	O
was	O
originally	O
created	O
by	O
Jacob	O
Berendes	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
only	O
submission	O
he	O
received	O
depicted	O
kittens	O
meeting	O
an	O
untimely	O
end	O
at	O
the	O
hands	O
of	O
malevolent	O
robots	B-Algorithm
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
author	O
rewrote	O
the	O
program	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
in	O
1999	O
,	O
it	O
gained	O
popularity	O
and	O
now	O
has	O
its	O
own	O
website	O
and	O
mailing	O
lists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
and/or	O
implemented	O
on	O
over	O
30	O
platforms	B-Device
,	O
including	O
POSIX	O
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
,	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
,	O
the	O
Z-machine	O
,	O
the	O
Sony	B-Operating_System
PSP	I-Operating_System
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
many	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graphical	O
versions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
OpenGL	B-Application
version	O
with	O
emblazoned	O
on	O
an	O
otherwise	O
featureless	O
cube	O
,	O
also	O
exist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Remakes	O
of	O
it	O
are	O
also	O
used	O
as	O
programming	O
tutorials	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
for	O
Gambas	B-Language
.	O
</s>
