When I was 8-11 I played this game obsessively. I did a fourth grade project on logic gates because of it. Probably contributed to why I ended it up in robotics.<p>It was an incredibly hard game. I got to the last level on my own but didn't unlock the fourth robot, leading to a soft lock. I also used unoptimal solutions for maybe half the levels. Ie. Using a random bouncer and patience to traverse the ventilation shafts.<p>Some of my fondest memories of growing up with an Apple II.
A thread from 2018: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17421175" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17421175</a><p>2014: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7118649" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7118649</a>
When I was a kid, this game was an incredibly effective teaching tool! What it taught me was that I was a dumb dumb dummy dumb-head who would never be able to comprehend how electronics worked.<p>Not sure that was the lesson its developers were aiming for. But if so, job well done :-D