HI, Thanks for expanding on my thought there. I meant no disrespect to any other programmer who currently uses VB6. Just those 2 games which are one of the few multiplayer ones out there came to mind and used them as an example.
I take my hat off to all the programmers out there. I am old school, Cobol, Fortran, basic, rpg, and a few other now dead languages, are what I cut my teeth on many years ago. Got my associates in computer science but got burned out and never got back into programming. It is those of you who now pave the way for great games for me to play with that I salute you. Should have also said that even in the future, emulators and such will probably keep VB6 around for some time. just like those types of things keep dos and some really old, even arcade games, still around. Seems like where there is a will, there is a way. Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willem Venter" <dwill...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 5:15 PM Hi Richard. I really hope that we will be able to play all the VB6 games for many years to come, as many of my favorite games are written in vb6. Not only Jim's kitchensinc games and the games you mentioned are vb6, but also GMA games, bsc, LWorks, and many other games. I can actually think of more good vb6 games than non vb6 games. The reality is that VB6 is an old technology. And old technologies sooner or later become so hard to use that people will stop playing those games. for now things are still working fine, but we as a community need to find a sustainable way to make the vb6 games work, so they are not lost to us. This has nothing to do with putting down of programming languages etc and everything to do with keeping the games I like around as long as possible. I feel as a fellow programmer the least I can do to pay tribute to the creative sols that made all these games that I love so much is find a way to make them playable for as long as possible. I know it's terribly altruistic of me, but for now it's the only solution I can see. Added to that, I do have a degree in computer science, so this is squarely inside my domain. After all, games got me interested in programming in the first place. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
