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Running BBS Door Games on Windows 10 with GameSrv and DOSBox

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Re: Running BBS Door Games on Windows 10 with GameSrv and DOSBox

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Post by Ataraxy »

fapjacks wrote: post #9
stryk wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It sure does! Does anyone remember MUDs? Some of those boggled the mind with how creative some folks can be with text and symbols. Good times, great memories from back before being a nerd was en vogue.

MajorMUD! Also, for anyone interested in MUME (Multi-Users in Middle Earth), a Tolkein-based MUD running since 1992, albeit via telnet and not as a BBS door game... It is still running, all these years later [0]. [0] http://mume.org

MajorMUD was a huge part of my youth and an introduction to programming via scripting it.

Re: Running BBS Door Games on Windows 10 with GameSrv and DOSBox

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Post by j_s »

NuSkooler wrote: post #5

Don't forget that there are many active BBS's still around - and even new software being developed for nostalgic fun. Many include hook ups to BBSLink, DoorParty!, and a few other game servers that serve up tons of doors with large player bases. See http://telnetbbsguide.com/ (seems to be being funky right now) or self plug! https://xibalba.l33t.codes/

And it is possible to connect old hardware:

The Wonderful WiFi232: BBSing Has Never Been Easier | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14481296 (June 2017)

Re: Running BBS Door Games on Windows 10 with GameSrv and DOSBox

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Post by Fjolsvith »

Well this is serendipity! I've been crafting a BBS as a newly re-discovered hobby. The owner of CNet Amiga BBS software is preparing a new release, and I've been running my Amiga BBS in WinUAE on my Windows 10 computer.

Just the day before yesterday, I discovered that CNet could send a user out on a Telnet, which opened up the world of DOS Doors through Gamesvr.

Re: Running BBS Door Games on Windows 10 with GameSrv and DOSBox

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Post by Clubber »

Fjolsvith wrote: post #13

Well this is serendipity! I've been crafting a BBS as a newly re-discovered hobby. The owner of CNet Amiga BBS software is preparing a new release, and I've been running my Amiga BBS in WinUAE on my Windows 10 computer. Just the day before yesterday, I discovered that CNet could send a user out on a Telnet, which opened up the world of DOS Doors through Gamesvr.

I ran CNet BBS for C64 for many years as a kid. It's biggest draw was they supplied the source code, so we could modify it however we liked.

Re: Running BBS Door Games on Windows 10 with GameSrv and DOSBox

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Post by VikingCoder »

aepiepaey wrote: post #10

Relatedly, http://telehack.com/ is, to quote itself: a full multi-user simulation, including 25,000 hosts and BBS's from the early net, thousands of files from the era, a collection of adventure and IF games, a working BASIC interpreter with a library of programs to run, simulated historical users, and more. Pretty fun to play around with for a bit.

Can you give me a script of things to try?

Re: Running BBS Door Games on Windows 10 with GameSrv and DOSBox

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Post by DanHulton »

rpeden wrote: post #2

This brings back some nice memories. I was into the Toronto BBS scene pretty heavily back before public internet access became affordable and readily available. As much as I love modern games, I have to admit I sort of miss some of the classics like TradeWars 2002 and L.O.R.D.

If I can drop a tiny plug for a project I'm working on: I grew up on LORD and MUDs and have been trying to recreate the feeling in a game I've been developing in my spare time for a couple years. It's still in dev/testing, but I'd love any feedback or bug reports anyone may come across: http://www.chatandslash.com

Re: Running BBS Door Games on Windows 10 with GameSrv and DOSBox

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Post by adamkittelson »

Ataraxy wrote: post #11
fapjacks wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MajorMUD! Also, for anyone interested in MUME (Multi-Users in Middle Earth), a Tolkein-based MUD running since 1992, albeit via telnet and not as a BBS door game... It is still running, all these years later [0]. [0] http://mume.org

MajorMUD was a huge part of my youth and an introduction to programming via scripting it.

I'm working on websocket MUD based on MajorMUD in Elixir. There are quite a few people actively building new mud engines in modern languages in 2018. There's even a community with a slack org / newsletter etc at https://mudcoders.com/

Re: Running BBS Door Games on Windows 10 with GameSrv and DOSBox

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Post by tyfon »

rpeden wrote: post #2

This brings back some nice memories. I was into the Toronto BBS scene pretty heavily back before public internet access became affordable and readily available. As much as I love modern games, I have to admit I sort of miss some of the classics like TradeWars 2002 and L.O.R.D.

I think the games I played most in addition to those two is T.E.O.S. (The exploration of space) :) I ran my own on MBBS (Mike's BBS, Norwegian specific software) and later PCBoard. I still have images of the MS-DOS 6.22 floppies and PCBoard 15.3.. Maybe I'll have a go at them again on my old pentium pro.

I'd like to have Desqview though for more than one node and that is one piece of software I have not been able to keep.

Re: Running BBS Door Games on Windows 10 with GameSrv and DOSBox

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Post by Torgo »

adamkittelson wrote: post #17
Ataraxy wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MajorMUD was a huge part of my youth and an introduction to programming via scripting it.

I'm working on websocket MUD based on MajorMUD in Elixir. There are quite a few people actively building new mud engines in modern languages in 2018. There's even a community with a slack org / newsletter etc at https://mudcoders.com/

post dat github

Re: Running BBS Door Games on Windows 10 with GameSrv and DOSBox

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Post by [deleted] »

NuSkooler wrote: post #5

Don't forget that there are many active BBS's still around - and even new software being developed for nostalgic fun. Many include hook ups to BBSLink, DoorParty!, and a few other game servers that serve up tons of doors with large player bases. See http://telnetbbsguide.com/ (seems to be being funky right now) or self plug! https://xibalba.l33t.codes/

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