OpenVMS/Alpha Games? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

28 Aug 2002

...
 I'm trying to get a selection of games that will
work on a Serial Terminal
up and running on my OpenVMS server (a PWS 433au running OpenVMS 7.2-1H1). 
I'm finding that most games that are available for VMS date back to VAX/VMS
V3 or earlier.  Does anyone know of any besides the following that will
work? 
Look at the Freeware CD stuff:

http://www.openvms.compaq.com/freeware/freeware50/FREEWARE/00FREEWARE_ABSTR…

as there are a few there.

The V4 Freeware disks had a few more:

http://www.openvms.compaq.com/freeware/freeware40/FREEWARE/00FREEWARE_ABSTR…

Obviously many of the later games required X11 but there are 
some in there that I believe to be text based.

There used to be a reasonable collection of games 
on the various DECUS tapes. I recall the L&T/VMS
tape sets having a fair smattering of bits and pieces.

I also don't see LARN in your list. I know it was available
on OpenVMS (I used to have it, I don't know where it would
be now ...)

There is also the stuff Patrick Moreau maintains:

http://membres.lycos.fr/pmoreau/decw/index.html

(a little French helps, and much of this is now on the
Freeware CDs I think).

Antonio