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The question was raised to me, and I'm drawing an almost complete blank.
What other popular door games were there on the old 80's bbs systems.
There was "Legend of the Red Dragon" but I know there were others I didn't play but were popular.
 

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Runaway Proton wrote:
The question was raised to me, and I'm drawing an almost complete blank.
What other popular door games were there on the old 80's bbs systems.
There was "Legend of the Red Dragon" but I know there were others I didn't play but were popular.

I use to play alot of them. only kewl one I remember is: B.R.E or Barren Realms Elite (use to be able to attack people on other servers, via some Renegade BBS addon). ..of course there were some games for adults that were really fun to play: Pimp Wars, and another similarly themed game.. hehe
 

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Dominions was one we ran on our WWIV BBS. It was written in Pascal and we modified the heck out of it - including adding something some didn't care for - a Dominions version of T-Edit.

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I ran a renegade bbs in the mid 90's and i ran several fun games, some of the poplar ones werE:

Lemonade Stand
Falcon's eye
Barren Realms Elite
Tradewars
Legend of the red Dragon
pimp wars
solar realms elite
lunatics
usurper
arrow bridge & arrow bridge II [i loved this game]
and VGA planets

but there were many many many more ....

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I also remember Kannons and Katapults. Very simple but fun. I think the list is pretty complete with Lord Talon there...

Did a little bit of research on some of them and it seems like they are all still supported and sold etc... alot like Trade Wars is through EIS right now.

Though the Wiki entries states that the code of Solar Realms was "lost" by the owner in like 1998 I think... That's too bad...

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Wasnt there one call "Food Fight" or something. I kinda remember it.

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Ah and don't forget Major Mud
 


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Ah and don't forget Major Mud


Does anyone remember how MajorMud came to be? Was it from the guys who did MajorBBS or is there no relationship? Or was it the Sysop of the MajorBBS?

I'm pretty sure there is a strong connection but my memory doesn't go that far. Seems like MajorMud is still out there.

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anyone remember a bbs/server called "Nails"? or a game called nails? Was a mmud type game I think.. I cant remember where it was or the actual name   heh.


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I fondly remember a doors game called "Yankee Trader", a game a little like Tradewars but it played differently. Anyone remember that one?

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I fondly remember a doors game called "Yankee Trader", a game a little like Tradewars but it played differently. Anyone remember that one?


I have it running on my BBS...

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Sage wrote:
I fondly remember a doors game called "Yankee Trader", a game a little like Tradewars but it played differently. Anyone remember that one?


I remember at one point I couldn't find a Tradewars game but could find several Yankee Trader games out there. I remember playing another clone but I forget the name.

Sadly Yankee Trader and this other one couldn't bring me the enjoyment I felt with Tradewars at the time. Sad really.

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Lehmund wrote:
Sage wrote:
I fondly remember a doors game called "Yankee Trader", a game a little like Tradewars but it played differently. Anyone remember that one?




I remember at one point I couldn't find a Tradewars game but could find several Yankee Trader games out there. I remember playing another clone but I forget the name.



Sadly Yankee Trader and this other one couldn't bring me the enjoyment I felt with Tradewars at the time. Sad really.





was it Planets:TEOS?

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No it wasn't it.... lol. So long ago.

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