[HN Gopher] M.U.L.E. Online
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       M.U.L.E. Online
        
       Author : panic
       Score  : 62 points
       Date   : 2023-06-02 06:51 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (puzzud.itch.io)
 (TXT) w3m dump (puzzud.itch.io)
        
       | bbarnett wrote:
       | Awesome! Wish it explained what the files I get, when I buy, are.
       | 
       | Or an install howto. Or an FAQ. (I looked, did I miss these
       | things?)
        
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         | lowercased wrote:
         | you get one download file. an exe on windows. a .app file on
         | mac (I think). I just downloaded the mac file, moved to
         | applications, and ran it. starts up just fine.
         | 
         | some link to 'rules' might help, but it's about as 100% close
         | to the original as I can imagine for the 'local' player mode.
         | the 'online' mode seems to need to talk to some server or have
         | an open port, and I just keep getting 'unable to reach server'
         | message. but local single player mode is OK enough for now for
         | me against computer players.
         | 
         | hopefully author will update that itch.io page with a bit more
         | info.
        
           | aidenn0 wrote:
           | https://www.mocagh.org/ea/mule-manual.pdf <-- original manual
        
       | ofrzeta wrote:
       | It was interesting to learn that Ozark Software is kept alive by
       | Dan Bunten's daughter Melanie.
        
         | pessimizer wrote:
         | I wish she had kept Bunten's website up; I spent hours reading
         | it. The Seven Cities of Gold really had an effect on me,
         | probably hundreds of hours of play.
         | 
         | https://web.archive.org/web/20110725030033/http://www.anticl...
        
       | mgkimsal wrote:
       | Prebought this last week. It's incredibly accurate to the
       | original 8 bit versions. The _only_ nitpick I have so far is a) I
       | don 't know how to use the 'mouse' (clicked macbook trackpad, but
       | can't quite figure it out?), and b) the background 'grey' may be
       | 'right' (as originally displayed on CRTs), but seems a bit dark
       | on my current monitor.
       | 
       | Music is great, animations, characters, text... it's all there.
       | So well done. Looking forward to trying 'online' version later.
        
       | michaelcampbell wrote:
       | I remember the most mindblowingly cool idea from M.U.L.E. on the
       | Atari 8-bits I used to play it on, was the real-time joystick
       | auction mode.
        
         | karmakaze wrote:
         | Yeah the 4-player realtime auction really made the game. The
         | two best Atari games I remember playing are Archon and M.U.L.E.
        
           | rstupek wrote:
           | Archon, MULE, star raiders, and seven cities of gold were my
           | favorites
        
             | karmakaze wrote:
             | Oh and (Bill Budge) Pinball Constuction Set blew my mind!
        
         | rstupek wrote:
         | Agreed. It so perfectly modeled supply and demand to me as a
         | kid
        
         | mdswanson wrote:
         | Absolutely! A simple, visual, intuitive, and interactive way to
         | perform an auction.
        
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