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Availability of source code under an open source license would enable ports to other platforms.

by snvzz 3y ago

pmontra 3y ago
I played the Unix version in the 80s. I guess that there is a Linux port in the games package of many distros. Let me check... Not in a distro but probably this one will do https://github.com/jj1bdx/bsdtrek https://github.com/jj1bdx/bsdtrek
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dspillett 3y ago
There is a version in the bsdgames package in Debian¹, IIRC it has been there as long as I've been using Debian (many moons ago!) and I'm pretty sure it was in RedHat with a similar issue name back then too, so probably still is. Not sure how true to any other version it is, for there have been many, but there will be a source package (and links to upstream of it is still active) to play with for this implementation at least. -- [1] https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/bsdgames https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/bsdgames
- tyingq 3y ago
  The game talked about here is apparently based on "Super Star Trek", which has some extended ideas on top of regular "Trek". This page has an ANSI C implementation of "Super Star Trek", and (somewhat dated) ports to Linux, Windows, MacOS, etc: https://almy.us/sst.html https://almy.us/sst.html
  - starkparker 3y ago
    The Debian version is BSD Trek, which was also a SST-like extension of Trek. Sounds like BSD Trek and SST diverged around 1978: http://www.catb.org/~esr/super-star-trek/ http://www.catb.org/~esr/super-star-trek/ That link's from Eric S. Raymond himself, who has a (still maintained!) GitLab repo for SST2K, under a BSD license: https://gitlab.com/esr/super-star-trek https://gitlab.com/esr/super-star-trek That link also mentions Jason Shankel's OpenTrek, which was a GNU GPL-licensed, cross-platform, TNG-flavored port of SST in rudimentary 3D, ca. 1995-1999: https://web.archive.org/web/20070210032231/http://shankel.best.vwh.net/opentrek.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070210032231/http://shankel.be... (the source download link on that IA snapshot works)
mysterydip 3y ago
https://github.com/philspil66/Super-Star-Trek https://github.com/philspil66/Super-Star-Trek

Availability of source code under an open source license would enable ports to other platforms.

by snvzz 3y ago

Availability of source code under an open source license would enable ports to other platforms.

I played the Unix version in the 80s. I guess that there is a Linux port in the games package of many distros. Let me check... Not in a distro but probably this one will do https://github.com/jj1bdx/bsdtrek https://github.com/jj1bdx/bsdtrek

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dspillett 3y ago

There is a version in the bsdgames package in Debian¹, IIRC it has been there as long as I've been using Debian (many moons ago!) and I'm pretty sure it was in RedHat with a similar issue name back then too, so probably still is. Not sure how true to any other version it is, for there have been many, but there will be a source package (and links to upstream of it is still active) to play with for this implementation at least. -- [1] https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/bsdgames https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/bsdgames

tyingq 3y ago
The game talked about here is apparently based on "Super Star Trek", which has some extended ideas on top of regular "Trek". This page has an ANSI C implementation of "Super Star Trek", and (somewhat dated) ports to Linux, Windows, MacOS, etc: https://almy.us/sst.html https://almy.us/sst.html
- starkparker 3y ago
  The Debian version is BSD Trek, which was also a SST-like extension of Trek. Sounds like BSD Trek and SST diverged around 1978: http://www.catb.org/~esr/super-star-trek/ http://www.catb.org/~esr/super-star-trek/ That link's from Eric S. Raymond himself, who has a (still maintained!) GitLab repo for SST2K, under a BSD license: https://gitlab.com/esr/super-star-trek https://gitlab.com/esr/super-star-trek That link also mentions Jason Shankel's OpenTrek, which was a GNU GPL-licensed, cross-platform, TNG-flavored port of SST in rudimentary 3D, ca. 1995-1999: https://web.archive.org/web/20070210032231/http://shankel.best.vwh.net/opentrek.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070210032231/http://shankel.be... (the source download link on that IA snapshot works)

mysterydip 3y ago

https://github.com/philspil66/Super-Star-Trek https://github.com/philspil66/Super-Star-Trek