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    From Lockery@VERT to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thursday, May 03, 2018 11:07:25
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    Okay,
    What door games were the largest in size with regards to areas to explore or took the longest to beat? I am excluding running external Dos or Linux rogue (nethack) and text interpreter games as I want to focus on programs that were intended to be run on a BBS.
    73s,
    Lockery
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Lockery on Thursday, May 03, 2018 18:12:25
    Re: Largest Door games
    By: Lockery to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu May 03 2018 11:07 am

    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    Okay,
    What door games were the largest in size with regards to areas to explore or took the longest to beat? I am excluding running external Dos or Linux rogue (nethack) and text interpreter games as I want to focus on programs that were intended to be run on a BBS.
    73s,


    probably lord2, global war or scrabble was involving if you got people to keep playing.
    most doorgames dont take long to beat. you just go through the motions.
    they werent meant to be terribly involved.
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  • From Andrey S.@VERT to Lockery on Friday, May 04, 2018 09:38:40
    Dear Lockery,

    03 май 18 11:07, Lockery -> alt.bbs.synchronet:

    Okay,
    What door games were the largest in size with regards to areas to
    explore or took the longest to beat? I am excluding running external
    Dos or Linux rogue (nethack) and text interpreter games as I want to
    focus on programs that were intended to be run on a BBS. 73s, Lockery

    Hide and seek maybe.


    Best regards,

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  • From KK4QBN@VERT/KK4QBN to Lockery on Thursday, May 03, 2018 21:54:16
    Re: Largest Door games
    By: Lockery to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu May 03 2018 11:07:25

    What door games were the largest in size with regards to areas to explore or took the longest to beat? I am excluding running external Dos or Linux rogue (nethack) and text interpreter games as I want to focus on programs

    I like LORD2 and ARROWBRIDGE 2

    Arrowbridge is also an interbbs game through league10, CLANS is also a fun game.

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  • From Kirkman@VERT/GUARDIAN to Lockery on Sunday, May 06, 2018 10:18:01
    What door games were the largest in size with regards to areas to explore or took the longest to beat? I am excluding running external Dos or Linux rogue (nethack) and text interpreter games as I want to focus on programs that were intended to be run on a BBS.

    Have you tried either of Shooter Jennings' recent games? Both seem pretty big to me, with lots to explore.

    --Josh


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  • From Al@VERT/TRMB to Lockery on Sunday, May 06, 2018 14:01:42
    Re: Largest Door games
    By: Lockery to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu May 03 2018 11:07 am

    What door games were the largest in size with regards to areas to explore or took the longest to beat? I am excluding running external Dos or Linux rogue (nethack) and text interpreter games as I want to focus on programs that were intended to be run on a BBS. 73s, Lockery

    I always liked Operation Overkill ][, although I'm not sure if it falls into the category Dos or Linux rogue games. It is dos based and comes with several maps that will each take time to complete.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Kirkman on Sunday, May 06, 2018 17:42:29
    Re: Largest Door games
    By: Kirkman to Lockery on Sun May 06 2018 10:18 am

    What door games were the largest in size with regards to areas to explore or took the longest to beat? I am excluding running external Dos or Linux rogue (nethack) and text interpreter games as I want to focus on programs that were intended to be run on a BBS.

    Have you tried either of Shooter Jennings' recent games? Both seem pretty big to me, with lots to explore.



    pretty sure he wants to run them on his own system and most people
    dont run wildcrap. also arent those games just on the operator's bbs and not for download?
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Al on Sunday, May 06, 2018 17:43:01
    Re: Largest Door games
    By: Al to Lockery on Sun May 06 2018 02:01 pm

    Re: Largest Door games
    By: Lockery to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu May 03 2018 11:07 am

    What door games were the largest in size with regards to areas to explore or took the longest to beat? I am excluding running external Dos or Linux rogue (nethack) and text interpreter games as I want to focus on programs that were intended to be run on a BBS. 73s, Lockery

    I always liked Operation Overkill ][, although I'm not sure if it falls into the category Dos or Linux rogue games. It is dos based and comes with several maps that will each take time to complete.



    yeah that's a popular one but some parts run funny on today's computers and over telnet
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  • From Al@VERT/TRMB to MRO on Sunday, May 06, 2018 16:16:49
    Re: Largest Door games
    By: MRO to Al on Sun May 06 2018 05:43 pm

    I always liked Operation Overkill ][, although I'm not sure if it
    falls into the category Dos or Linux rogue games. It is dos based and
    comes with several maps that will each take time to complete.

    yeah that's a popular one but some parts run funny on today's computers and over telnet

    Yep, I'm going to install (given time) QEMU here and see how it runs.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Kirkman@VERT/GUARDIAN to MRO on Thursday, May 10, 2018 14:08:52
    Re: Largest Door games
    By: MRO to Kirkman on Sun May 06 2018 05:42 pm

    What door games were the largest in size with regards to areas to
    explore or took the longest to beat? I am excluding running
    external Dos or Linux rogue (nethack) and text interpreter games as
    I want to focus on programs that were intended to be run on a BBS.

    Have you tried either of Shooter Jennings' recent games? Both seem
    pretty big to me, with lots to explore.

    pretty sure he wants to run them on his own system and most people
    dont run wildcrap. also arent those games just on the operator's bbs and not for download?

    Yes, they are his own games, hosted on a central server.

    But neither of those questions has anything to do with OP's original query, which was "what door games were the largest".

    --Josh

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Kirkman on Thursday, May 10, 2018 16:58:12
    Re: Largest Door games
    By: Kirkman to MRO on Thu May 10 2018 02:08 pm

    Yes, they are his own games, hosted on a central server.

    But neither of those questions has anything to do with OP's original query, which was "what door games were the largest".



    LTR

    What door games were the largest in size with regards to areas to
    explore or took the longest to beat? I am excluding running
    external Dos or Linux rogue (nethack) and text interpreter games as
    I want to focus on programs that were intended to be run on a BBS.

    he's using language like 'running' games and programs; that probably means he is asking about programs he can download and setup.
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