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  1. How do buy it now? by mystik · · Score: 1 · on (Hack) and Slash: Doing the LORD's Work

    It seems that LORD is in a weird copyright state.

    http://lord.lordlegacy.com/new...

    Original developer sold the rights, but the company that holds those rights seems to have gone MIA. It seems he's tried reaching out to them, but they're not responding to him or anyone else, or even new sales. He still has the sources, but legally cannot release them.

    All it would take is these guys:

    http://www.gameport.com/contac...

    to grant permission, and LORD *COULD* be ported to more modern systems, rather than trying to figure out bizzare ways to emulate a 16bit systems and expose them to the public internet.

    (or waiting 70+ years)

  2. BBS Games? by Zardoz44 · · Score: 1 · on Attempting To Create A Gaming Canon
    Maybe not as popular, but certainly a genre of their own. A comprehensive canon should probably include a few. I'd like to see this included:

    Legend of the Red Dragon

    I'm sure others can suggest more.

  3. Re:One more word. by zaren · · Score: 2, Informative · on The 25th Anniversary of the BBS

    LORD.

  4. Plenty of BBSes still online... by mrbrown1602 · · Score: 1 · on Remembering the BBS

    Yup, there are plenty of BBSes still up and running, especially in the Houston area... and hell, door games are still supported, including LORD - www.gameport.com

  5. Legend of the Red Dragon, BBS Links - repost by DrZimp · · Score: 3, Insightful · on BBS Documentary Starting To Film

    Lord's still around.. http://lord.lordlegacy.org .. Being ported to Win32 w/ door32, OS/2, and Linux. (some people might ask "why os2?" its easy for me to do win32 and os2 versions. change compile target, recompile, poof. done.) A telnet server and web version are both planned as well.

    Seth Able, the original author, got burned out on bbs coding.. Sold all of his software (Lord, Lord2, Teos, and TLord) to Metropolis.. They had the games for a good 2 years before allowing me to work on them.. This next June will make 3 years that Ive been working on them.

    Want to see what the games like nowadays? telnet://bbs.lordlegacy.org .. Make sure to use a good telnet client, such as Mtelnet..

    BBS's, while not as popular as they once were, are still going pretty strong. With telnet helping out, theyre making a good come back. Check out Synchronet, EleBBS, or Mystic for good telnet softwares.

    Maybe looking for bbs chat? Grab an IRC client and go to irc.lordlegacy.org or irc.thebbs.org in #bbs

    Looking for a list of boards? TheDirectory has a telnet list and a dialup list.

    Looking for the bbs files? TheBBS's Archives is huge.

    Looking for some good links? Sysops Corner has them

  6. Re:LORD and boards by DrZimp · · Score: 1 · on BBS Documentary Starting To Film

    Lord's still around.. http://lord.lordlegacy.org .. Being ported to Win32 w/ door32, OS/2, and Linux. (some people might ask "why os2?" its easy for me to do win32 and os2 versions. change compile target, recompile, poof. done.) A telnet server and web version are both planned as well.

    Seth Able, the original author, got burned out on bbs coding.. Sold all of his software (Lord, Lord2, Teos, and TLord) to Metropolis (http://www.gameport.com).. They had the games for a good 2 years before allowing me to work on them.. This next June will make 3 years that Ive been working on them.

    Want to see what the games like nowadays? telnet://bbs.lordlegacy.org .. Make sure to use a good telnet client, such as Mtelnet..

    BBS's, while not as popular as they once were, are still going pretty strong. With telnet helping out, theyre making a good come back. Check out Synchronet, EleBBS, or Mystic for good telnet softwares.

    Maybe looking for bbs chat? Grab an IRC client and go to irc.lordlegacy.org or irc.thebbs.org in #bbs

    Looking for a list of boards? TheDirectory has a telnet list and a dialup list.

    Looking for the bbs files? TheBBS's Archives is huge.

    Looking for some good links? Sysops Corner has them

  7. Re:lets do LORD in PHP by Wyndo · · Score: 1 · on A Little Bit Of BBS Nostalgia

    Make sure you contact GamePort, the owners of LORD, before you start on this.
    :::: Mike Snyder

  8. Re:I'm running a web-based LORD system by Wyndo · · Score: 1 · on A Little Bit Of BBS Nostalgia
    :::: Be sure you contact GamePort, who now owns L.O.R.D., before doing any kind of port like you're describing. Since they own the game and might have plans (who knows) like that, you could potentially dilute its value and run into legal problems. How about a game of your own? Try a LORD-like game with a different setting.

    :::: I stay in contact with Seth Robinson, and while I'm sure he's happy that people still remember (and even play) this old classic, in previous discussions about another unauthorized web "LORD," I get the impression that he (like anybody) doesn't want his work stolen. It's in GamePort's ballpark now though -- better check with them before you proceed.


    :::: Mike Snyder