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Newest version:   1.7.4.2 (Thu, 16 Aug 2012)

Robocode is a programming game, where the goal is to develop a robot battle tank to battle against other tanks in Java or .NET. The robot battles are running in real-time and on-screen.

Robocode Links

- ReadMe for Robocode, which gives a good overview of Robocode
- News for Robocode. You can also follow Robocode at Twitter and Facebook
- Versions - Details about different versions of Robocode
- Project at SourceForge
- Download Robocode
- Java 5.0 or newer is required for running Robocode
- Getting started - Introduction and tutorials for Robocode on the RoboWiki
- Robocode API (Java) - the Robot API and API for controlling Robocode for Java
- Robocode API (.NET) - the Robot API for .NET
- FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about Robocode
- My First Robot (Java) - tutorial about how to create your first Java robot
- Create a .NET robot - tutorial about how to create a .NET robot with Visual Studio
- Forums for technical issues and feedback on Robocode
- Request a new feature for Robocode
- Report a bug in Robocode
- the administrator of Robocode

About Robocode

- developerWorks - Articles about Robocode from IBM developerWorks
- Wikipedia page that describes Robocode briefly

Robocode Communities

- RoboWiki - A collaborative site all about Robocode
- Google Group for Robocode - A group/forum for Robocode where you can ask questions, discuss robot strategy, share code snippets etc.
- Old RoboWiki - The old RoboWiki site, which is now read-only
- Mailing List Archive for the Robocode Yahoo Group above

Hardcore Robot Development

- RoboRumble@Home - The ultimate collaborative effort to have a live, up-to-date ranking of bots
- Robocode Repository - Online repository, where you can download and upload your robots
- RoboResearch is a tool you can use to test your bot's performance in different challenges
- Robocode with JGAP - Genetic Programming (GP) using JGAP

Robocode Development

- Developers Guide for building Robocode itself using Eclipse
- Robocode Developers Discussion Group - Discussion group for the everybody that want to discuss or review the current and future development of Robocode

Robocode Sites

- www.robocode.de - A German site about Robocode
- www.robokod.ru - A Rusian site about Robocode

Past Competitions

- Virtual Combat held by CodeFest'11, the annual international online coding festival of Computer Engineering Society, IT-BHU. Virtual Combat is a competition designed as an extension to Robocode.
- Robocode UdL held by the Universitat de Lleida.
- Robocode Ireland - Robocode Ireland, Games Fleadh Game Festival 9th to 10th March 2011
- IPL Robocode competition 2010 - Belgian Robocode Competition held by IPL in April 2010
- Robocode Thailand Contest 2009 - The First National competition in Thailand
- Cubic Thailand National Robocode Tournament 2008 - Robocode league for high-schools students in Thailand
- IdWC Robocode Tournament - Intergalactic developerWorks Council (IdWC) Robocode Tournament - Australia vs New Zealand

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