Kruptos

The King of Frob

Core War

I just got involved with Core War; I am just a beginner but this appears to be the game for me. I have already submitted a warrior to a competition. It did not do well at all, but that was to be expected. The rules were very limiting and it was my first attempt. I am just glad that I did not place last. I placed 20 out of 22. I know that does not seem that good, but I am glad that I even entered. At the time the contest was being run I had just gotten started. Translation: While looking for the redcode instruction set I ran across the competition. I had very little time to think about what kind of warrior I was going to make. That is also one reason I named it Dumb_Luck.

I hope this page will grow as I play the game more often and find more resources.

Here is the score list.

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_Score__Wins__Loss__Ties__Name_________________Author______________
  6882  2174   678   360  h1_36.red            Dave Hillis
  5716  1765  1026   421  R-clear              Ken Espiritu
  5690  1787  1096   329  Petit Mal            Ransom Smith
  5634  1737  1052   423  00 Clear             Christian Schmidt
  5577  1623   881   708  invicta              John Lewis
  5273  1692  1323   197  Philosopher's Stone  John Metcalf
  5134  1535  1148   529  Target Practice      Brian Haskin
  4924  1532  1352   328  Those Lovely Bananan mjp
  4912  1509  1318   385  pumpkin 4x           simon wainwright
  4876  1343  1022   847  Little scare         Beppe Bezzi
  4318  1156  1206   850  Obvious              Leonardo H. Liporati
  4308   928   760  1524  Ring Thing           Simon Duff (sduff@cs
  4109  1088  1279   845  MyGunIsQuick         P.Kline
  4037  1273  1721   218  Red Carpet           Robert Macrae
  3892   913  1146  1153  IMT#2_w2             Herve Lepaisant
  3889   912  1147  1153  Nano paper III       Maurice Fernandez
  3771   854  1149  1209  Chihuahua Chalupa    David Moore
  3621   950  1491   771  hehehe               Anders Rosendal
  3562   966  1582   664  Mini-Me              WFB
  3078   973  2080   159  Dumb_Luck            Kevin Brunelle
  2732   325  1130  1757  A Little Something   Planar
  2307   543  1991   678  Evolved              C. Stubbs

Hold on Kevin. I don't even know what Core War is.

• Quick Guide to Core War
  This is a very good explantion of the game; except for the fact that he says it is between two programs. It can also be played with many programs running at a time. That is uncommon in tournaments though.
• The home page for the above link
  It has some good links and other stuff of interest.
• Ilmari Karonen: Core War
  This is one of the best pages I found. The guide he has is very informative for a person who wants to learn to play.
• Very good page
  This page has links to almost everything you could want to know about Core War and programs you will need to play. It has links to even more information and other pages.

"Okay, so this page is just dedicated to a stupid game. Who cares? What makes this game different from other games?"
You may have been asking yourself this. Well, this game is very different from other games. One of the big difference is that is leads to much more complicated topics. Computer program evolution and even AI (Artificial Intelligence).

• Chaos, cheating and cooperation: potential solutions to the Prisoner's Dilemma
  Yes. This page is very well done and full of information. This is an excellent paper based on Core Wars. It is just as verbose and complicated as it sounds.
• Core Wars Genetics: The Evolution of Predation
  This is about the evolution of warriors from random code that is then changed in a random manner. It lends itself to very interesting discussion. Unfortunately this has never lead to really advanced fighters (ones that can split and have cohesive attacks). But it is still really cool.

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Please send all comments and suggestions to
kbrunell@winnie.fit.edu