MindRover: The Europa Project, also known as simply MindRover, is a
video game for
PC, developed by CogniToy.
Gameplay
The game, which can be thought of as a successor to the Learning Company's
Robot Odyssey, revolves around three activities:
Assemble virtual robots from a library of stock parts.
Programming robots using a special graphical interface (referred to in the game as "wiring") with a paradigm more based on multicomponent circuitry construction than on traditional programming.
Participate in events such as
robot battles and racing games with newly programmed robot.
Development
The game had a budget of $500,000.[4] In October 2000, CogniToy signed a contract with Tri Synergy to distribute the game to retail stores.[5]
The game was developed for
Microsoft Windows and was released for online retail in 1999, and for traditional retail stores a year later. Add-ons were available to control
Lego Mindstorms robots.
The PC version received favorable reviews. Carla Harker of NextGen called the retail version "A truly amazing title for anyone looking for something unique and challenging."[12]
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