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Re: Reviving Classic Unix Games: A 20-Year Journey Through Software Archaeology

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Subject	Re: Reviving Classic Unix Games: A 20-Year Journey Through Software Archaeology
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Beej Jorgensen wrote:
> In article <10eseoj$3tejo$1@dont-email.me>,
> Juan Manuel Méndez Rey  <vejeta@gmail.com> wrote:
>>Regarding BASIC games and magazines. Here in Spain there was an effort 
>>to scan
>>from the 90s:
>>https://microhobby.speccy.cz/mhforever/
>>https://www.devuego.es/pres/revistas/microhobby
>
> This is great--the information is certainly being lost faster than we
> are bringing it back, so all efforts are welcome.
>
> I have a few more besides Moria, as well:
>
> https://github.com/beejjorgensen/Wizards-Castle-Info
> https://github.com/beejjorgensen/conquest
> https://github.com/beejjorgensen/trn-4.0-test77
> https://github.com/beejjorgensen/starlanes-info [WIP]
> https://github.com/beejjorgensen/Super-Star-Trek-Info [WIP]
>
> My MO is to reverse-engineer the BASIC code and come up with a complete
> spec that can then be used for ports.

  funny, my very first experience of using any computer
besides a simple calculator was to play star trek on a 
teletype dialed into a small local community college.
it was slow enough you could read it as fast as it 
printed on the paper.

  i didn't know that a few years later i'd go off to
college to study computer science.


  songbird

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Reviving Classic Unix Games: A 20-Year Journey Through Software Archaeology Juan Manuel Méndez Rey <vejeta@gmail.com> - 2025-11-09 21:09 +0100
  Re: Reviving Classic Unix Games: A 20-Year Journey Through Software Archaeology Beej Jorgensen <beej@beej.us> - 2025-11-10 06:08 +0000
    Re: Reviving Classic Unix Games: A 20-Year Journey Through Software Archaeology Juan Manuel Méndez Rey <vejeta@gmail.com> - 2025-11-10 11:28 +0100
      Re: Reviving Classic Unix Games: A 20-Year Journey Through Software Archaeology Beej Jorgensen <beej@beej.us> - 2025-11-18 21:19 +0000
        Re: Reviving Classic Unix Games: A 20-Year Journey Through Software Archaeology songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2025-11-18 19:13 -0500
  Re: Reviving Classic Unix Games: A 20-Year Journey Through Software Archaeology songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2025-11-14 20:19 -0500

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