chasing down an old game

[Paul Anderson]

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.
> >
> >
> >
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