Best programming based games [closed]

Answer 1

I think .NET Terrarium is one of the best 'learn-to-program' games for the .NET platform.

Answer 2

I was also keen on these kind of games. One modern example which I have used is http://www.robotbattle.com/. There are various others - for example the ones listed at http://www.google.com/Top/Games/Video_Games/Simulation/Programming_Games/Robotics/

Answer 3

I've never heard or Core Wars before, but it looks interesting. I do have to vouch for RoboCode, though. That's fun and challenging, especially if you have a group of people competing against either other.

Answer 4

I got myself addicted to uplink a few months ago. It's not really coding based, more hacking. It's still fun and super geeky.

Answer 5

Although not strictly programming-based, I enjoyed a lot Robot Odyssey, a game where you wired logic gates to sensors and motors in a robot, to make it move and react to environment, to get out of a city, escaping obstacles. I played in on Apple //e, it was one of the best games on this computer (with Lode Runner! :-)).

Answer 6

Core Wars