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Those BBS games back in the day were only 1 or 2 people though because they required one to tie up a phone line to play and most home setups couldn't support mo
by narrator 6y ago
Those BBS games back in the day were only 1 or 2 people though because they required one to tie up a phone line to play and most home setups couldn't support more than a few nodes, at least until the 90s.
- reaperducer 6y agoThose BBS games back in the day were only 1 or 2 people Not entirely. Even with phone connections, networks like ARB could do multi-player. But they turn-based, and as I said, took a long time. If you wanted more real-time, you went with something like CI$.
- StanislavPetrov 6y agoCompuserve had a multi-player game called British Legends (also known as MUD 1) in the mid 80s. I very fondly remember paying $6.25 an hour to play at 300 baud. You can still play it here: https://www.british-legends.com/CMS/ https://www.british-legends.com/CMS/