Then there's Core War from 1984 [1]. 11 years ago I computationally evolved a warrior (a program competing for virtual resources) and submitted it to the nano hill [2], it's still ranked top 20 to this day. Every few months the hill emails me the stats of someone trying to beat us with a new warrior :)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_War

[2] http://sal.discontinuity.info/hill.php?key=nano