MindRover

MindRover
Developer(s)	CogniToy
Publisher(s)	CogniToy
Platform(s)	Linux, Windows, Mac
Release date(s)	2000 Windows NA 2000 Linux NA May 23, 2001 EU December 13, 2002 Mac NA 2003
Genre(s)	Strategy
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone

Mind Rover is a video game, developed by CogniToy. The game, which can be thought of as an successor to the Learning Company's Robot Odyssey, revolves around two activities:

• Assemble a 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.

Availability

The game was developed for Microsoft Windows. Add-ons were available to control LEGO Mindstorms robots.

The game was ported to Linux by Loki Software and Linux Game Publishing and to the Mac by MacPlay.

External links

• BattleSpot
• Mindrover Home