Just so you know it exists:

I am running Tradewars version 1.03 at Blue Lobster BBS. It is the old BBS game that accepts one player at a time, 60 turns and 60 minutes a day, no limpet mines, no interdictor cruisers, no transporters, no non-Earthlike planets, etc. It's the old game we probably all played back in the 1990s.

It only runs on a BBS, otherwise I would have put it on the TWGS.

Telnet://bluelobster.dyndns.org

[Some of you may remember me putting this TW version online a few years ago. At that time I was having trouble with the game's warp calculations, which were taking 60-90 seconds each time. That has been fixed, and the game is playable this time around.]

Yeah, I started on 1.03p

Can't connect.


Connecting to telnet://bluelobster.dyndns.org:23 (press Esc to cancel)...

[TELNET] FAIL: Host not found. (The specified class was not found.)

Weird. Leave the ":23" off. I only put that in to distinguish from the TWGS on port 2002. The BBS runs on the default telnet port.

I edited the original post and took it out.

It wasn't you, it was me, operator error... sorry.

Thanks a lot for putting up that old game. I'm going to have to putter around in that one. 60 turns per day, now that's fun!

And SD is hidden too!


Trade Wars 2002 Game Configuration and Status

Initial Turns per day 60, fighters 30, credits 300, holds 20.
Inactive players will be deleted after 180 days.
Maximum players 150, sectors 1000, ports 400, planets 150.
The Maximum number of Planets per sector: 5, Traders on a Corp: 5,
No Ships may remain in FedSpace Overnight

Photon Missiles are disabled.
Ver# 1.03 running under Blue Lobster BBS
The local display is ON at all times.
This is a registered copy of TW2002.
This game has been running for 10 days.

-=-=-=- Current Stats for 10:11:16 PM Wed Jul 16, 2023 -=-=-=-

384 ports are open for business and have a net worth of 27,753.
2 planets exist in the universe, 50% have Citadels.
4 Traders (100% Good) and 10 Aliens (40% Good) are active in the game.
10,470 Fighters and 50 Mines are in use throughout the Universe.
0 Corporations are in business.

After poking around in the game, I decided 60 turns weren't enough. I have changed the settings to 250 turns, players start with 100 fighters, 1000 credits, and 40 holds

Stardock is still hidden, though. In my mind, that's a big part of the old game.

Oh wow. Gonna love to login to this one. I actually know how to play it!

Where does the line start? (lol)