25 Jun
2014
25 Jun
'14
5:27 a.m.
Hi Everyone,
I know this is slightly off topic, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of,
or is a member of, any mailing lists that are related to computer games,
preferably older, but with the same quality as this list.
Thanks for your time and happy hacking.
- Josh
25 Jun
25 Jun
5:57 a.m.
On 2014-06-25 8:27 AM, Josh Miller wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I know this is slightly off topic, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of,
or is a member of, any mailing lists that are related to computer games,
preferably older, but with the same quality as this list.
Thanks for your time and happy hacking.
This isn't a computer games mailing list, but if you happen to be in the
southern Ontario, Canada area, it is an event that you don't want to
miss! -->
http://www.gamenight.ca/
This happens twice a year, the game systems played are mostly vintage
and there is usually around 200 people attending! The site is also home
to the Personal Computer Museum:
http://www.pcmuseum.ca/
Cheers,
Bryan
7:03 a.m.
I don't know of any mailing lists anymore, but these are popular
http://www.reddit.com/r/retrogaming
http://www.reddit.com/r/retrogameswap
http://www.reddit.com/user/ZadocPaet/m/retrogamingnetwork
----- Original Message -----
From: Josh Miller <jam at synthetica.org>
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:27 AM
Subject: Classic Computer Gaming Communities
Hi Everyone,
I know this is slightly off topic, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of,
or is a member of, any mailing lists that are related to computer games,
preferably older, but with the same quality as this list.
Thanks for your time and happy hacking.
- Josh
7:41 a.m.
I don't know of any mailing lists.However I'd -really- like to get some people
testing and finding bugsin the classic computer games i've ported.
it's really hard these days to find testers willing to play text adventures,or text
based versions of trek. :(
Right now I have two such games in desperate need of testers (one moreso than the
other),they can all be downloaded from http://trek7.sourceforge.net
trek7 is a classic 70's game originally on PDP then ported to vax, and now available
for PC, vax, and linux.
but the one I really need tested and bugs found is the classic game "The New
Castle"which is available from the same place for PC, MAC, and linux (sorry no vax
version exists any more).
Although I'd really love it if someone could make trek7 network playable on pc, mac or
linux again (linux is probably the most likely there) or even vax. and to me was, is and
always will be the best trek game ever made (yes, far superior to ntrek).
I know the ancient fortran (and ocr issues) cause major headaches tho....
From: jam at synthetica.org
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Classic Computer Gaming Communities
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 05:27:47 -0700
Hi Everyone,
I know this is slightly off topic, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of,
or is a member of, any mailing lists that are related to computer games,
preferably older, but with the same quality as this list.
Thanks for your time and happy hacking.
- Josh
9:06 a.m.
It's tangential, but the demoscene community continues to release
demos for vintage hardware.
Search <http://www.pouet.net>
--
"The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book
<http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline>
The Computer Graphics Museum <http://ComputerGraphicsMuseum.org>
The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org>
Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://LegalizeAdulthood.wordpress.com>
10:58 a.m.
Indeed. For fans of the Amiga I suggest you check out the
Amiga Demoscene Archive...
http://ada.untergrund.net/index.php
... for some of the latest productions from the demoscene.
(no, it's not my site)
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard" <legalize at xmission.com>
To: "cctalk" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: Classic Computer Gaming Communities
It's tangential, but the demoscene community
continues to release
demos for vintage hardware.
Search <http://www.pouet.net>
--
"The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book
<http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline>
The Computer Graphics Museum
<http://ComputerGraphicsMuseum.org>
The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org>
Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://LegalizeAdulthood.wordpress.com>
12:15 p.m.
@Dan
I pulled down the Linux version of it, playing around with it now. First
thing I notice, is that it requires CAPS LOCK and it also seems to need an
extra <CR> for it to acknowledge some commands. For example, HELP <CR> just
sits there, doing nothing. A second <CR> will cause it to print the HELP
messages. Same for ATTACK, etc.
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Dan Gahlinger <dgahling at hotmail.com> wrote:
I don't know of any mailing lists.However I'd
-really- like to get some
people testing and finding bugsin the classic computer games i've ported.
it's really hard these days to find testers willing to play text
adventures,or text based versions of trek. :(
Right now I have two such games in desperate need of testers (one moreso
than the other),they can all be downloaded from
http://trek7.sourceforge.net
trek7 is a classic 70's game originally on PDP then ported to vax, and now
available for PC, vax, and linux.
but the one I really need tested and bugs found is the classic game "The
New Castle"which is available from the same place for PC, MAC, and linux
(sorry no vax version exists any more).
Although I'd really love it if someone could make trek7 network playable
on pc, mac or linux again (linux is probably the most likely there) or even
vax. and to me was, is and always will be the best trek game ever made
(yes, far superior to ntrek).
I know the ancient fortran (and ocr issues) cause major headaches tho....
From: jam at synthetica.org
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Classic Computer Gaming Communities
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 05:27:47 -0700
Hi Everyone,
I know this is slightly off topic, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of,
or is a member of, any mailing lists that are related to computer games,
preferably older, but with the same quality as this list.
Thanks for your time and happy hacking.
- Josh
1:08 p.m.
Also, check out Moby Games <http://www.mobygames.com/> for the huge
game database and they also have forums, but I haven't used the forums
just the database.
--
"The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book
<http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline>
The Computer Graphics Museum <http://ComputerGraphicsMuseum.org>
The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org>
Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://LegalizeAdulthood.wordpress.com>
1:25 p.m.
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014, drlegendre . wrote:
@Dan
I pulled down the Linux version of it, playing around with it now. First
thing I notice, is that it requires CAPS LOCK and it also seems to need an
extra <CR> for it to acknowledge some commands. For example, HELP <CR> just
sits there, doing nothing. A second <CR> will cause it to print the HELP
messages. Same for ATTACK, etc.
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Dan Gahlinger <dgahling at hotmail.com> wrote:
Dan,
I tried to compile for VMS/Alpha, but am getting protection violation
exceptions in the RANDO function. I'll take a dump and fire up the
debugger later to see if I can come up with anything.
Do you have this stuff in source control somewhere?
--
Jason
Sent from my DEC 3000 running VMS 8.4
I don't know of any mailing lists.However
I'd -really- like to get some
people testing and finding bugsin the classic computer games i've ported.
it's really hard these days to find testers willing to play text
adventures,or text based versions of trek. :(
Right now I have two such games in desperate need of testers (one moreso
than the other),they can all be downloaded from
http://trek7.sourceforge.net
trek7 is a classic 70's game originally on PDP then ported to vax, and now
available for PC, vax, and linux.
but the one I really need tested and bugs found is the classic game "The
New Castle"which is available from the same place for PC, MAC, and linux
(sorry no vax version exists any more).
Although I'd really love it if someone could make trek7 network playable
on pc, mac or linux again (linux is probably the most likely there) or even
vax. and to me was, is and always will be the best trek game ever made
(yes, far superior to ntrek).
I know the ancient fortran (and ocr issues) cause major headaches tho....
From: jam at synthetica.org
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Classic Computer Gaming Communities
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 05:27:47 -0700
Hi Everyone,
I know this is slightly off topic, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of,
or is a member of, any mailing lists that are related to computer games,
preferably older, but with the same quality as this list.
Thanks for your time and happy hacking.
- Josh
4:17 p.m.
only place it exists is on sourceforge.
and far as I know only compaq fortran will work.
it's old fortran/I V code I believe
from vms 4.2
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:25:39 -0400
From: jason at smbfc.net
Subject: Re: Classic Computer Gaming Communities
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014, drlegendre . wrote:
@Dan
I pulled down the Linux version of it, playing around with it now. First
thing I notice, is that it requires CAPS LOCK and it also seems to need an
extra <CR> for it to acknowledge some commands. For example, HELP <CR> just
sits there, doing nothing. A second <CR> will cause it to print the HELP
messages. Same for ATTACK, etc.
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Dan Gahlinger <dgahling at hotmail.com> wrote:
Dan,
I tried to compile for VMS/Alpha, but am getting protection violation
exceptions in the RANDO function. I'll take a dump and fire up the
debugger later to see if I can come up with anything.
Do you have this stuff in source control somewhere?
--
Jason
Sent from my DEC 3000 running VMS 8.4
I don't know of any mailing lists.However
I'd -really- like to get some
people testing and finding bugsin the classic computer games i've ported.
it's really hard these days to find testers willing to play text
adventures,or text based versions of trek. :(
Right now I have two such games in desperate need of testers (one moreso
than the other),they can all be downloaded from
http://trek7.sourceforge.net
trek7 is a classic 70's game originally on PDP then ported to vax, and now
available for PC, vax, and linux.
but the one I really need tested and bugs found is the classic game "The
New Castle"which is available from the same place for PC, MAC, and linux
(sorry no vax version exists any more).
Although I'd really love it if someone could make trek7 network playable
on pc, mac or linux again (linux is probably the most likely there) or even
vax. and to me was, is and always will be the best trek game ever made
(yes, far superior to ntrek).
I know the ancient fortran (and ocr issues) cause major headaches tho....
From: jam at synthetica.org
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Classic Computer Gaming Communities
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 05:27:47 -0700
Hi Everyone,
I know this is slightly off topic, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of,
or is a member of, any mailing lists that are related to computer games,
preferably older, but with the same quality as this list.
Thanks for your time and happy hacking.
- Josh
2:17 p.m.
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014, drlegendre . wrote:
@Dan
I pulled down the Linux version of it, playing around with it now. First
thing I notice, is that it requires CAPS LOCK and it also seems to need an
extra <CR> for it to acknowledge some commands. For example, HELP <CR> just
sits there, doing nothing. A second <CR> will cause it to print the HELP
messages. Same for ATTACK, etc.
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Dan Gahlinger <dgahling at hotmail.com> wrote:
Dan,
I tried to compile for VMS/Alpha, but am getting protection violation
exceptions in the RANDO function. I'll take a dump and fire up the
debugger later to see if I can come up with anything.
Do you have this stuff in source control somewhere?
I don't know of any mailing lists.However
I'd -really- like to get some
people testing and finding bugsin the classic computer games i've ported.
it's really hard these days to find testers willing to play text
adventures,or text based versions of trek. :(
Right now I have two such games in desperate need of testers (one moreso
than the other),they can all be downloaded from
http://trek7.sourceforge.net
trek7 is a classic 70's game originally on PDP then ported to vax, and now
available for PC, vax, and linux.
but the one I really need tested and bugs found is the classic game "The
New Castle"which is available from the same place for PC, MAC, and linux
(sorry no vax version exists any more).
Although I'd really love it if someone could make trek7 network playable
on pc, mac or linux again (linux is probably the most likely there) or even
vax. and to me was, is and always will be the best trek game ever made
(yes, far superior to ntrek).
I know the ancient fortran (and ocr issues) cause major headaches tho....
From: jam at synthetica.org
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Classic Computer Gaming Communities
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 05:27:47 -0700
Hi Everyone,
I know this is slightly off topic, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of,
or is a member of, any mailing lists that are related to computer games,
preferably older, but with the same quality as this list.
Thanks for your time and happy hacking.
- Josh
1 Jul
1 Jul
3:18 p.m.
Depends what you're looking for exactly but I think the swcollect list is
right up your alley. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/swcollect
(mailing list). I guess they haven't been chatty lately but most seem to
be game collectors and players who are happy to talk.
I remember one forum having a retro game challenge or something at one
point but that may have been roms or something sort of like a book club
where folks agreed on a game to play and beat that week. Having trouble
remembering where it was though :-/
Surely there's some sort of retrogaming list out there though..
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 7:27 AM, Josh Miller <jam at synthetica.org> wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I know this is slightly off topic, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of,
or is a member of, any mailing lists that are related to computer games,
preferably older, but with the same quality as this list.
Thanks for your time and happy hacking.
- Josh
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