OMEGA is a computer game published by Origin Systems in 1989. The game puts the player in the role of a cyber-tank designer. Given a limited budget, the player must design a tank that can defeat a series of ever more challenging opponent tanks. Each successful design yields a higher security clearance, and a larger budget, ultimately resulting in an OMEGA clearance and an unlimited budget. What makes this game different is that the real focus isn't on the combat but on programming the tank itself. The built-in text editor allows the player to program the tank using various AI script commands, similar in structure to BASIC. While commands exist to allow the player to exert anything from minor to full control of the tank, successful designs tend to be automated. Decision making is an important part of the design process as the programming must reflect the equipment placed on the tank. Origin Systems, Inc. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BASIC is a family of high-level programming languages. ...

The original game came on 5 1/4" floppies, but had no copy protection, so could be copied to 3 1/2" or a hard drive.

Omega is also a roguelike game, programmed by Laurence Brothers in the late 1980s. It was one of the first roguelike games featuring a large countryside and elaborate plot development. Omega is a roguelike game, programmed by Laurence Brothers in the late 1980s. ... The roguelikes are usually superficially two-dimensional dungeon crawling computer games, most with simple text or ASCII graphics and many with tiles which replace the rather limited character set with a wider array. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...