- BotFighters
BotFighters is a
mobile game developed by It's Alive!, mainly known because it was one of the world's first mobile games to take advantage oflocation-based service s. It was released in 2000 in Sweden, and later also in Russia [ [http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12250 The Inquirer: Botfighters - a new Russian addiction] ] , Finland, and Ireland [ [http://www.laois-nationalist.ie/news/story.asp?j=3057 Laois Nationalist: Mobile could be playing an expensive game] ] .In 2002, it was awarded with an Award of Distinction in the Net Vision category in the
Prix Ars Electronica [ [http://www.aec.at/en/archives/prix_archive/prix_projekt.asp?iProjectID=11697 Ars Electronica Archive] ] .The mission of the game was to locate and destroy other
robot s, and when a target was destroyed, the player advanced on the high score list and earned credits. The credits could be used for buying new weapons, recharge the robot's battery and other upgrades of the robot on the BotFighters website.References
External links
* [http://www.gamespot.com/mobile/action/botfighters/ BotFighters on GameSpot]
* [http://www.wired.com/gadgets/wireless/news/2002/02/50205 Have Cell Phone, Will Shoot] - article on BotFighters and other location-based games from Wired
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,774494,00.html Ready, aim, text] - article on BotFighters from The Guardianee also
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Location-based game
*Alternate Reality Game
*Location-based service
*Sentient computing
*Ubiquitous computing
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