Subj : Non-game games
To   : All
From : Bob Worm
Date : Wed Aug 23 2023 15:53:20

Way back in time, long before the Internet arrived, I'm sure we all found ourselves sat in front of a computer belonging to someone else or a school or workplace which didn't have any games or playthings installed.

I know I used to tool around with any computer I could get access to and it would keep me amused. In school that might have involved editing AUTOEXEC.BAT to briefly display "infected by fart virus" during boot so I could watch the poor metalwork tech who inherited responsibility for the school's computers trying to clean it with Norton AntiVirus half a dozen times.

My mate Martin, being way more pure of heart, had a game with his friends where they would use 2 BBC Micro computers with a shared floppy disc drive (yes with a "c" in Acorn land. They would take it in turns to "bury" a file somewhere in the directory structure for the other to find it, then the other would hunt  around to find it. I think they were allowed to move it mid game if the hunter allowed the disc to spin down so that the hider could access it again.

Nerds.

Anyway - sorry for the novel, here's my question: What non-game games did you used to play (or do you still play) on retro tech?

Thanks!

BobW
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