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Acornsoft Life

Release Date calendar
1981
Platform joystick
Acorn Atom
Game Type type
Released
Max Players players
1
Overview

Acornsoft Life is an implementation of Conway's Game of Life. The player draws patterns by moving a cursor over the screen and upon pressing the return key the patterns will start to evolve based on three rules: - If an empty square is surrounded by exactly three organisms a new one is born. - If an organism is surrounded by four or more organisms it dies of overcrowding. - If an organism has less that one neighbour it dies of loneliness. There are seven predefined pattern that the player can add in any orientation to any position of the screen: - Glider which moves diagonally - Small spaceship which moves horizontally or vertically - Flying machine which moves horizontally or vertically - Glider gun which fire out gliders - Queen bee which is an oscillating shape - 15 cycle which is an oscillator with a period of 15 - Eater which eats various small blocks of life

Alternate Names
  • Atom Life
  • Life
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Cooperative

No

ESRB

Not Rated

Developers
Acornsoft
Publishers
Acornsoft
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