Rocket: Robot on Wheels is a video game for Nintendo 64, developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Ubisoft, released in 1999. In the game the player takes control over Rocket, the title robot, who despite the title has only one wheel. This was the first game developed by Sucker Punch Productions, who would later develop the Sly Cooper series and Infamous for Sony. Rocket was also notably the first game on a home platform to use a realistic physics engine to drive the gameplay. Players were often required to solve puzzles dealing with mass, inertia, friction, and other physical properties. The game had been developed under the title Sprocket until three months before its release, when it was changed due to copyright concerns.
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“Let’s start with the three fundamental Rules of Robotics.... We have: one, a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. And three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.”
—Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
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