Meet "Thieves' Guild' -- a BBS game with the best pixel art you've
never seen
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Kirkman14 · 2020-09-15 20:31

I mentioned last week I'd have a lot more to share about the graphical
front-end client for "Thieves' Guild", a BBS game for the Atari ST.

Today's the day! I'd like to share with you the fruits of my seven-
year labor to try to play this game properly.

[Please check out my blog
post](https://breakintochat.com/blog/2020/09/15/thieves-guild-
memories/): It's a deep-dive into this overlooked game, chock full of
screenshots, videos, and more.

ALSO -- [I have saved the source
code](https://github.com/Kirkman/mythyn-archive) for the game! Paul
Witte has given me permission to share it with the Atari/BBSing
community.

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Mr_Orbital_Laser · 2020-09-15 22:09

Thanks for taking the time to curate and share this. :o)

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Kirkman14 · 2020-09-15 22:13

You are so welcome. This game deserves some love.

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Jinxology · 2020-09-16 06:22

Great  bit of nostalgia, just read your blog post. Thanks for
sharing!!!!

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tele-arena · 2020-09-16 16:09

Super interesting, thanks for sharing! And agreed, Herb Flower's
artwork is amazing. His understanding of light really...shines
through.

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Kirkman14 · 2020-09-16 16:24

All of it, hand-drawn with a mouse in NEOchrome for the Atari ST.

I used NEOchrome myself as a kid, and the best I could come up with
was stuff like this:

https://breakintochat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/SAF.png

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ShooterJennings · 2020-09-26 03:52

Such a good read plus the interviews. Thanks for being so dedicated to
doing the work you do, man. I will try this out.

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Kirkman14 · 2020-09-26 14:54

Thanks Shooter, I really appreciate it!

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mmunson · 2020-10-03 21:50

Has anyone compiled the DOS version?

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Kirkman14 · 2020-10-04 18:20

I have not tried compiling it myself yet, but I hope someone can give
it a shot. But I know that the "release" version does not work in
DOSBOX, and the errors it produces matches errors I see in logs from
1995.