BBS Doors

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:27 pm

Is it possible to setup modern-day versions of BBS door games? Not that I need another thing to fail at doing, disappointing everyone, but the way people were gushing about Tradewars really made me think.

Anyone currently playing anything like that on a BBS with hosting? (I know it's trivial to do it if you are running your BBS off your own computer, but I do not have that luxury.)

Worm · Post by **Worm** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:31 am

My buddy had a BBS that we could Telnet into a few years back. He had LORD, LORD II, and Usurper(my favorite). I'm guessing he was emulating the software somehow. Also, some guy on Caltrops a while back had a little game written to run through an AIM bot, though you'd probably need to recode a door game to do that.

Merk · Post by **Merk** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:03 pm

You can always just run a BBS locally. I used Renegade. Also, many door games will have a LOCAL mode -- you can run the game without even having a BBS (my own Lunatix 4.xx has a /LOCAL parm, for instance).

Worm · Post by **Worm** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:42 am

Hey! I'm pissed that ICJ isn't yet wasting his time, and his money to entertain us with free BBS Door games. What the fuck is up?

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:11 am

If someone can direct me to a zip file filled with BBS Doory Goodness that I can extract/install to the webspace here, I'll put it up. It could be anything. Tradewars clone, Pimp Wars clone or even more hilariously a door that shows ANSI pictures of food. I don't care. I just don't have the ability to go and find any.

Worm · Post by **Worm** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:56 pm

Well, it sounds like Merk should get to work!