9 Dec
2018
9 Dec
'18
7:09 p.m.
I had a version that played on the VT11. Still trying to find it.
Paul
On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 7:56 AM Kevin McQuiggin via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Might be the old ?Star Trek? game? It is still
around, I think.
Sent from my iPad
On Dec 9, 2018, at 01:20, Dr Iain Maoileoin via
cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Many many years ago in a distant galaxy (called Strathclyde University
Computer
Science) we ran a game on the
PDPs. It was great at testing out terminal line
speed handing and
debugging curses (well that is what we told the
bosses).
I remember the game as being called ?search?. But since we had the
source code it
could have been anything.
It was played on 24 x 80 dumb terminals. It was multi user. In the
game you
moved around the universe in your
craft - the display was a kind of 3-D picture
(you got closer to a plant
and the planet got bigger - try drawing increasing
circles on a 24x80!).
You could travel through the universe shooting other craft (friend of
foe). The
only craft name I think I remember is
?shankers? - becuase we had source a lot of the
craft names turned into
locally relevant names.
You could team up with other players and (1 line) communication with a
group or
with that player.
I have searched (on and off) for the game.
I cant find anything like it.
I would like it to test out the DZ cards on my PDP! - OK that is my
excuse ;-)
Is anybody aware of what I am talking about? Does anyone have any old
code
anywhere?
Aye, it was not as good as the old GT40 - but it was a different era.