Subj : Re: Tournament Trivia BBS door - Linux port?
To   : Nightfox
From : Gryphon
Date : Tue May 06 2025 07:58:32

On 02 May 2025 at 06:16p, Nightfox pondered and said...
 
 Ni> When I ran my BBS on Windows, one door game I was Tournament Trivia.
 Ni> I've since moved my BBS to Linux, and I haven't seen a Linux version of
 Ni> Tournament Trivia. I have some other trivia games installed now, but I'd
 Ni> be curious if there is a Linux port of Tournament Trivia?
 Ni> 
 Ni> The author of Tournament Trivia has released the source code (as well as
 Ni> a key generator with source) here:
 Ni> https://github.com/evanelias/tournament-trivia
 Ni> 
 Ni> It uses OpenDoors (a Windows BBS door game toolkit) as well as Windows.h
 Ni> (a C/C++ header file with some Windows definitions), so it looks like it
 Ni> might not be trivial to port to Linux. I could have a look into it, but
 Ni> I'm curious if anyone has already tried porting this door game to Linux?

If the source is available, the very least that can be accomplished is a reverse-engineered version.

 "Amy Pond, there's something you better understand about me 'cause it's
 important, and one day your life may depend upon it. I am definitely a Mad
 Man with a Blue Box."
          .oO Madman with a Blue Box BBS Oo.oO madmanbbs.ddns.net Oo.

.... I don't want to go!

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