Andrew (Television Executive)Aug 17, 2017

Hi! I'm looking for examples of mainframe games.

(That is, multiplayer games that are played by the users of a shared server over ssh/telnet.)

Linux BBS games would also work, I guess. Games can be turn based or real time.

MUDs fall in to this box, as do a few games in the bsd-games package.

Whatcha got?

Show threadLes OrchardAug 17, 2017
@ajroach42 I used to have a Synchronet BBS running on a Linux server with an open ssh port and DOSEMU running what DOOR games would cooperate... I should try setting that up again someday
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Aug 17, 2017
@lmorchard that's essentially what I'm trying to do. You wanna help?
Show threadLes OrchardAug 17, 2017
@ajroach42 Hmm, maybe! I'm super rusty on how to get all the fiddly bits running. If it helps, this is the BBS software I used http://www.synchro.net/
Show threadLes OrchardAug 17, 2017
@ajroach42 Lots of fussy instructions for DOSEMU + synchronet here. Always thought it would be a big deal if someone managed to wrap it all up in a Docker container http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:dosemu
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)
@lmorchard Yeah, I remember reading through some of that. I may give it another shot this week, while I procrastinate a different project.
Aug 17, 2017 at 5:36pmWeb