The Ogre, Melee and WarpWar microgames from Metagames were the first wargames I bought with my own money. $2.95 each, I believe. I still have them, somewhere.
Yeah, I recall the original IBM PC/AT's keyboard had a nice feel, too. The one I'm thinking of wasn't that,m though - they had a bunch pf PF keys, and a whole bunch of cryptically-labeled function keys all over the place. Or so says my distant memories - I only used the thing for a 1-semester highschool class, in 1982.
I recall that the ones we had would fall back to the standard protocols, but if there was another Telebit modem supporting PEP on the other end, they'd go a lot faster.
They also had some kind of optimization for UUCP communications, which was nice, because my company was at the time using UUCP to send files to customer sites overnight. We were actually using the UUCP part of the Waffle BBS system to do it.
We eventually retired the Telebits when regular modems started supporting higher speeds, and also we switched from UUCP to ZMODEM for the transfers. Now all the file slinging is done through the internet, but the option remains in place in our software.
Same here. I started with a 300 baud modem for my Atari, but the weirdest tone was a Trailblazer negotiating PEP.
Another sound was the metallic 'ping' noise made by the keys of some sort of 3270 terminal my highschool had. They connected to a nearby university's IBM mainframe. I haven't encountered a similar keyboard since, not even my beloved Model M.
I want an turn based "defender" where I control a massive army against an overpowered computer AI player
Back in high school, a friend and I drew up designs for a game called "Offender", where you played the aliens trying to steal the humanoids from the planet. We got as far as designing sprites, but never coded anything.
I agree. A couple of times, I've accidentally scrolled down on YouTube far enough to see the comments Before my brain could shut down in self-defense, I was overwhelmed with horror at the illiteracy and idiocy I saw...
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Indeed, Atari's BASIC was a non-Microsoft implementation.
This is a nice bit about the tokenizer, that hopefully will clear up some of the arguing here.
Agreed, this should be one for the Hall of Fame.
... which is great fun, unless your phone happens to be lost under your bed/car seat/desk/etc...
That is one possibility.
Hmm, the Car Wars wikipedia page has a link to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkwind:_War_on_Wheels
which definitely sounds like it's worth a look. Now to somehow make it through 4 more hours of work...
Wow, yes, a Car Wars MMO would be great.
I still have my original ziplock bag version. My friends and I had a lot of good, wholesome, psychopathic fun with that game.
The Ogre, Melee and WarpWar microgames from Metagames were the first wargames I bought with my own money. $2.95 each, I believe. I still have them, somewhere.
Wow, The Morrow Project. I just unpacked some boxes and found my original rule books for that.
Also found my Fringeworthy (and a couple of other games by the same company) stuff. My friends and I loved the damage system.
This little guy might have benefited from some body armor.
Yeah, I recall the original IBM PC/AT's keyboard had a nice feel, too. The one I'm thinking of wasn't that,m though - they had a bunch pf PF keys, and a whole bunch of cryptically-labeled function keys all over the place. Or so says my distant memories - I only used the thing for a 1-semester highschool class, in 1982.
This might be what I'm remembering...
I recall that the ones we had would fall back to the standard protocols, but if there was another Telebit modem supporting PEP on the other end, they'd go a lot faster.
They also had some kind of optimization for UUCP communications, which was nice, because my company was at the time using UUCP to send files to customer sites overnight. We were actually using the UUCP part of the Waffle BBS system to do it.
We eventually retired the Telebits when regular modems started supporting higher speeds, and also we switched from UUCP to ZMODEM for the transfers. Now all the file slinging is done through the internet, but the option remains in place in our software.
Same here. I started with a 300 baud modem for my Atari, but the weirdest tone was a Trailblazer negotiating PEP.
Another sound was the metallic 'ping' noise made by the keys of some sort of 3270 terminal my highschool had. They connected to a nearby university's IBM mainframe. I haven't encountered a similar keyboard since, not even my beloved Model M.
I was thinking that I could fill my 1040-EZ with chess notation and bring down the IRS...
"Remember, the enemy's pants are DOWN!"
Your factory will be required to meat all OSHA and EPA standards.
Upton Sinclair, is that you?
Talk about insightful typos... :-)
I'd suggest just under 100 of them. Be sure they're reflective of light in the 630-740nm range.
I want an turn based "defender" where I control a massive army against an overpowered computer AI player
Back in high school, a friend and I drew up designs for a game called "Offender", where you played the aliens trying to steal the humanoids from the planet. We got as far as designing sprites, but never coded anything.
Summoning Shudde M'ell isn't all that expensive - in monetary costs, anyway...
Don't worry about it. "serve" -> "server" is even more common :-).
We're all screwed, come i Day.
Nice. I was going to suggest "The Boggie", but then the Harvard Lampoon might come after them...
Not if his name is Bilbo. I know people that have been named after characters in the book.
A 'bilbo' is also a type of rapier-like sword. I recall reading somewhere that it's where Tolkien got the name, but I don't know whether that's true.
Maybe all these nonsensical patent trolls will cease to exist... wishful thinking intended.
See? Even remembering YouTube comments made me miss a period in my last post.
I agree. A couple of times, I've accidentally scrolled down on YouTube far enough to see the comments Before my brain could shut down in self-defense, I was overwhelmed with horror at the illiteracy and idiocy I saw...