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TradeWars 2002, The Pit, and Legend of the Red Dragon reminds me of many pleasant Friday nights, in high school. Thanks for posting this.

xenophonf 11y ago
Dunno about the rest but TradeWars is still being maintained! As are some really nice helpers, like SWATH. One of these days, I'd like to maybe run my own server again. (I had no problems getting TWGS to run jailed under Wine/VNC/screen on my FreeBSD servers, and SWATH ran well under Wine on my Mac.)
- bane 11y ago
  Oh my, SWATH. When I was just a kid, a nice fellow player on a big board bought me a copy so we could form a cartel and own a little slice of the galaxy. It was an awesome experience, learning to cooperate with somebody who I'd never met, never heard the voice of, didn't know what they looked like, what gender they were or anything. All I knew was their handle and what slice of this virtual universe we owned. It could have been a gecko or an advanced time-travelling AI for all I know.
- tlack 11y ago
  Are there still any active servers? TW2002 is by far my favorite game of all time, but I had a lot of trouble getting a good reasonable-turns game (~750 - 1250) with high engagement humans.. or at least passable bots! :)
  - cpeterso 11y ago
    TradeWars seems like it would be a great mobile game. The limited number of turns per day mechanic would be appealing for busy gamers who don't want to spend too much time. The new mobile game Subterfuge has a similar feel to me: http://subterfuge-game.com/ http://subterfuge-game.com/
  - xenophonf 11y ago
    There are a few! Ice9 used to be pretty good, but I don't know how well maintained it is these days. Cruncher's is well maintained but sparsely populated. http://www.oregonsouth.com/ice9/ http://www.oregonsouth.com/ice9/ http://cruncherstw.blogspot.com/ http://cruncherstw.blogspot.com/ Here's another list: http://wiki.classictw.com/index.php?title=Jumpgate http://wiki.classictw.com/index.php?title=Jumpgate I think I might just dust off my copy of SWATH and go exploring. :)
caseyf 11y ago
LoRD! Wow. I had forgotten that that game ever existed. Nostalgia is magic. A little nostalgia for PC Magazine too. haha.
AndyNemmity 11y ago
tradewars++ lord++ So many nights, dialing in at 12:01 to finally be able to run turns, and auto dial until you can get in.

xenophonf 11y ago

Dunno about the rest but TradeWars is still being maintained! As are some really nice helpers, like SWATH. One of these days, I'd like to maybe run my own server again. (I had no problems getting TWGS to run jailed under Wine/VNC/screen on my FreeBSD servers, and SWATH ran well under Wine on my Mac.)

bane 11y ago
Oh my, SWATH. When I was just a kid, a nice fellow player on a big board bought me a copy so we could form a cartel and own a little slice of the galaxy. It was an awesome experience, learning to cooperate with somebody who I'd never met, never heard the voice of, didn't know what they looked like, what gender they were or anything. All I knew was their handle and what slice of this virtual universe we owned. It could have been a gecko or an advanced time-travelling AI for all I know.
tlack 11y ago
Are there still any active servers? TW2002 is by far my favorite game of all time, but I had a lot of trouble getting a good reasonable-turns game (~750 - 1250) with high engagement humans.. or at least passable bots! :)
- cpeterso 11y ago
  TradeWars seems like it would be a great mobile game. The limited number of turns per day mechanic would be appealing for busy gamers who don't want to spend too much time. The new mobile game Subterfuge has a similar feel to me: http://subterfuge-game.com/ http://subterfuge-game.com/
- xenophonf 11y ago
  There are a few! Ice9 used to be pretty good, but I don't know how well maintained it is these days. Cruncher's is well maintained but sparsely populated. http://www.oregonsouth.com/ice9/ http://www.oregonsouth.com/ice9/ http://cruncherstw.blogspot.com/ http://cruncherstw.blogspot.com/ Here's another list: http://wiki.classictw.com/index.php?title=Jumpgate http://wiki.classictw.com/index.php?title=Jumpgate I think I might just dust off my copy of SWATH and go exploring. :)

caseyf 11y ago

LoRD! Wow. I had forgotten that that game ever existed. Nostalgia is magic. A little nostalgia for PC Magazine too. haha.

AndyNemmity 11y ago

tradewars++ lord++ So many nights, dialing in at 12:01 to finally be able to run turns, and auto dial until you can get in.