Rocky's Boots

1985 Warren Robinett and Leslie Grimm The Learning Company

"Rocky's Boots" is a 1985 educational game developed by Warren Robinett and Leslie Grimm, and published by The Learning Company. This is version 4.0. It runs on any Apple II with 48K.<div><br /></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Description from MobyGames:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Rocky's Boots</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is a simple educational puzzle game where you can learn about logic circuits.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">You control a nondescript square, moving it about several rooms. Each room contains basic electronic parts like AND, OR and NOT gates, flip-flops, delays and clocks. You can pick these up and combine them to build simple or complex circuits.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">After a helpful tutorial, the task in the game is to build "kicking" machines: Objects of different colors move through an area and turn sensor outputs on and off. You now have to build a circuit that activates a kicking device which kicks the right objects out. When you do it just right, Rocky the raccoon dances a little jig to a joyful melody for you!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The game also features an editor where you can build you very own kicking puzzle.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Documentation</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/A2_Rockys_Boots_manual" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Rocky’s Boots Instruction Manual</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/Inventing_The_Adventure_Game/page/n33?q=Rocky%27s+Boots" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Adventure as an Educational Simulation: Rocky’s Boots, Chapter 4 </span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">of Inventing the Adventure Game by Rocky's Boots designer Warren Robinett</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Reviews</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/HomeComputerMagazine_Vol5_01/page/n37?q=Rocky%27s+Boots" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Rocky’s Boots and Robot Odyssey I “dual review”</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> in Home Computer Magazine Volume 5 Issue 1</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/The_Apple_II_Review_Spring-1986/page/n43?q=Rocky%27s+Boots" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Roots of Rocky’s Boots</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> in The Apple II Review Spring 1986</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/cgw_10/page/n31?q=Rocky%27s+Boots" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Review and Runthrough</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> in The Learning Game column of Computer Gaming World Issue 10</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/ERIC_ED267731/page/n27" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Write up of Rocky’s Boots</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> in the Educational Software Best-Sellers in the Home Market (1984) Report</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/ERIC_ED234772/page/n9" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Evaluation performed by MicroSIFT</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> (Microcomputer Software and Information for Teachers) for the Courseware Evaluation of 81 pieces of software for educational applications </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Physical Books</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/The_Apple_IIgs_Book_Jeanne_DuPrau/page/n123?q=Rocky%27s+Boots" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Rocky’s Boots included in “Classic Applications”</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> section of the Apple IIGS Book </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/mystudentsusecom0000unse_d4p2?q=Rocky%27s+Boots" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">My Students Use Computers</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/childrenmicrocom00chen?q=Rocky%27s+Boots" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Children and Microcomputers: Research on the Newest Medium</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Alternate version available</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/msdos_Rockys_Boots_1985" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Rocky’s Boots for MS-DOS</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/Rockys_Boots_1984_TLC" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Rocky’s Boots for C64</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Media</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/rockys-boots/cover-art/gameCoverId,206711/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Rocky’s Boots Box Art</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/A2Video_Rockys_Boots_v10" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Rocky’s Boots Boot Video</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Softkey and Crackingn</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://ia800407.us.archive.org/31/items/RockysBootsv40_4amCrack/Rocky%27s%20Boots%204.0%20%284am%20crack%29.txt" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Extensive crack notes for Rocky’s Boots</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/computist-scan-14/page/n23" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Tracking Down Rocky’s Boots</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> which is an instruction on how to copy and break copy protection in Rocky’s Boots in Hardcore Computist Issue #14</span></p><br /><a href="https://archive.org/details/computist-scan-88/page/n15" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Softkey for Rocky’s Boots</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> in Computist Issue #88</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">  </span><br /></div>

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