Subj : Re: Door Games Ported to HTML/PHP
To   : alt.bbs.doors
From : "Mike Snyder" <wyndo@prowler-pro.com>
Date : Sun Nov 02 2003 08:19 pm

You're correct, the game is run only as a pay-to-play service (not for
sale). One server is still licensed with a copy of the game, but I don't
think they're running it at present.

Browser-based games work far better as either an exclusive service, or as
something freeware/open-source. Selling Lunatix licenses had a long string
of problems. The unfortunate thing with BBS-games-turned-web-games is that
the people doing it aren't getting permission. But that's another discussion
entirely. :)

Mike Snyder
Prowler Productions

> i don't think they allow licensing of lunatix anymore..unless they
recently
> changed back...they had some problems with some licensee of the pkg
>
> but if i'm wrong what do they charge for it these days?
>
> brad
> formerly sysop lost-gonzo.com
>
>
>
> "RhythmNp" <rhythmnp@aol.comSTOPSPAM> wrote in message
> news:20031101141942.01517.00000076@mb-m04.aol.com...
> > >r> Hello, I just found this newsgroup and was wondering if anyone knows
> > >r> if any of the old door games have been ported and if so where I
> > >r> could
> > >r> find them?
> > >
> > >Ported to what?
> > >
> >
> > He means ported to HTML/PHP -- see the subject line! :)
> >
> > To answer his question, almost no doors have been ported, but a few have
> been
> > cloned:
> >
> > - Legend of the Green Dragon is a LORD clone in php, open source
> > - Black Nova Traders, Nova Gaming System, and similar offshoots are
clones
> of
> > TW2002 in php, open source
> >
> > All of the above seem FAR inferior to the original doors, though.
> >
> > There's also an HTML version of Lunatix, written in Perl, but it's a
> > pay-to-play system.  You can host your own Lunatix server but its a bit
> pricey
> > (and understandably so, since it seems like it would easily pay for
itself
> > after a couple months of being on-line).
>
>

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