Bugglings 1.5 This is an Educational Game Mactivity's CD-ROM nr 10 advice: This application did run on a b/w 68030 processor under System 7.1. It was also tested on a big ColorScreen of a PowerMacintosh running System 7.1.2. The game was also tested on a Quadra with 68040 processor and a 13 inch Color Screen and System 7.1 by Mactivity. If you ever wanted to be the master of your own universe, here's the program for you... Bugglings is a program based on the Computer Recreations column in theMay 1989 issue of Scientific American. This program simulates life ina test tube, with tiny bugs swimming around, feeding on food particles. The bugs are driven by a set of 9 genes that determine how they swim about in the test tube. As the bugs feed on food particles,grow fat and fission into new bugs. When this happens, the two new bugsretain most of the genetic features of the parent bug, but one of them is slightly mutated. Through the course of several generations, bugs will evolve survivaltraits based on their environment. Some bugs will "learn" where foodshows up, moving in those areas only. Some evolve into bugs that can rapidly cover large distances, searching for food. Others will evolve into carnivores that feed on their weaker neighbors. You can affect the evolution of your bugs by modifying their environment while the simulation is running. Back to the Computer Games Index