EditHistory
Arena was released as Shareware by Richard Brown in 1985.
EditStory
Arena is a simulation of gladiatorial combat in the future, where the
combatants are robots programmed by their “Controllers.” Fighting up to
six to a side, the winning robots are those who still stand after the
smoke clears. Robots are given intelligence, weapons, and armor to have a
fighting chance of survival. Your position, luckily for you, is of one of
the controllers. You are given a factory where you can build up to six
robots, program them, and send them to the arena to fight the creations of
your opponent.
EditLanguage
Intel x86 Assembly-like language for programming the robots.
ARENA is written to be both an enjoyable game and an introduction into
the world of assembly language. The language is based on Intel’s
Mnemonics, and thus is ideal for learning Z80, 808x, and 80×86. It is not
a complete set (missing are stack operations, interrupts, logical
operators, and other processor specific commands). Version 3 will be
geared after the 8088/8086 processor, to help all those with IBM PCs and
compatibles. This program is designed to run on the above machine, and
any machine that uses MS-DOS.
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