Re: chasing down an old game
I had a version that played on the VT11. Still trying to find it. Paul On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 7:56 AM Kevin McQuiggin via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Might be the old “Star Trek” game? It is still around, I think. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Dec 9, 2018, at 01:20, Dr Iain Maoileoin via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > Many many years ago in a distant galaxy (called Strathclyde University > Computer Science) we ran a game on the > > PDPs. It was great at testing out terminal line speed handing and > debugging curses (well that is what we told the > > bosses). > > > > I remember the game as being called “search”. But since we had the > source code it could have been anything. > > > > It was played on 24 x 80 dumb terminals. It was multi user. In the > game you moved around the universe in your > > craft - the display was a kind of 3-D picture (you got closer to a plant > and the planet got bigger - try drawing increasing > > circles on a 24x80!). > > > > You could travel through the universe shooting other craft (friend of > foe). The only craft name I think I remember is > > “shankers” - becuase we had source a lot of the craft names turned into > locally relevant names. > > > > You could team up with other players and (1 line) communication with a > group or with that player. > > > > I have searched (on and off) for the game. > > > > I cant find anything like it. > > > > I would like it to test out the DZ cards on my PDP! - OK that is my > excuse ;-) > > > > Is anybody aware of what I am talking about? Does anyone have any old > code anywhere? > > > > Aye, it was not as good as the old GT40 - but it was a different era. > > > > > > > >
Re: chasing down an old game
Might be the old “Star Trek” game? It is still around, I think. Sent from my iPad > On Dec 9, 2018, at 01:20, Dr Iain Maoileoin via cctalk > wrote: > > Many many years ago in a distant galaxy (called Strathclyde University > Computer Science) we ran a game on the > PDPs. It was great at testing out terminal line speed handing and debugging > curses (well that is what we told the > bosses). > > I remember the game as being called “search”. But since we had the source > code it could have been anything. > > It was played on 24 x 80 dumb terminals. It was multi user. In the game you > moved around the universe in your > craft - the display was a kind of 3-D picture (you got closer to a plant and > the planet got bigger - try drawing increasing > circles on a 24x80!). > > You could travel through the universe shooting other craft (friend of foe). > The only craft name I think I remember is > “shankers” - becuase we had source a lot of the craft names turned into > locally relevant names. > > You could team up with other players and (1 line) communication with a group > or with that player. > > I have searched (on and off) for the game. > > I cant find anything like it. > > I would like it to test out the DZ cards on my PDP! - OK that is my excuse ;-) > > Is anybody aware of what I am talking about? Does anyone have any old code > anywhere? > > Aye, it was not as good as the old GT40 - but it was a different era. > > >
chasing down an old game
Many many years ago in a distant galaxy (called Strathclyde University Computer Science) we ran a game on the PDPs. It was great at testing out terminal line speed handing and debugging curses (well that is what we told the bosses). I remember the game as being called “search”. But since we had the source code it could have been anything. It was played on 24 x 80 dumb terminals. It was multi user. In the game you moved around the universe in your craft - the display was a kind of 3-D picture (you got closer to a plant and the planet got bigger - try drawing increasing circles on a 24x80!). You could travel through the universe shooting other craft (friend of foe). The only craft name I think I remember is “shankers” - becuase we had source a lot of the craft names turned into locally relevant names. You could team up with other players and (1 line) communication with a group or with that player. I have searched (on and off) for the game. I cant find anything like it. I would like it to test out the DZ cards on my PDP! - OK that is my excuse ;-) Is anybody aware of what I am talking about? Does anyone have any old code anywhere? Aye, it was not as good as the old GT40 - but it was a different era.
