New BBS up with TW2002, LORD, and more coming from BBS link demigoth.com:23 reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sithra907 · 2021-01-15 23:13 Howdy folks, Been trying not to go stir crazy while my city is on lockdown, and got to chatting with a friend about all the classic BBS games that first got me into computers as a kid in the 90s. And since I had an unused domain name, I spun up a virtual server and now there's a new BBS on the market. So far it's mostly some classic door games. I'm obviously starting with Trade Wars 2002. I registered a TWGS server to plugin, and it's got 3 games running currently. One is a 5k sector game that's configured vanilla - so perfect for hitting the classic nostalgia. The second is a creative mode - inspired by the same mode in minecraft. I've set a huge 30k universe, with plenty of turns and a generous start package. It's geared more towards low-key casual play from someone that doesn't want to engage with the more player vs player fights for dominance that tend to occur. And finally I'm trying to experiment with a highlander tournament style game. If I can actually generate enough players, I would like to start a new tournament game every month or so. This is set with a small universe and has configurations for competitive play in which death is permanent: because in the end, there can be only one! I'm currently working with BBS Link to ensure we've got plenty of populated games, starting with Legend of the Red dragon. I will also be adding a few other classic door games over the weekend. So feel free to telnet over and check us out at demigoth.com port 23. EDIT: We've created a discord server as well for the BBS. Join us at: [https://discord.gg/TMMDVuVpjB](https://discord.gg/TMMDVuVpjB) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TheeAbyssWalker · 2021-01-15 23:34 90’s Renegade menu colour scheme! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- the_darkener · 2021-01-15 23:53 Hey hey, don't knock anyone for launching a BBS in 2021!! Vanilla or not! Keep them all alive, we're one big community now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Clintcar · 2021-01-16 01:46 Thanks so much for doing this! Feeling like a noob here, but how do I send this email to you in the system as required? Seems the help menus have everything except the command to send... what am I missing? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TheeAbyssWalker · 2021-01-16 02:04 I should clarify: I love this colour scheme as it brings me back to the days of running a renegade BBS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- the_darkener · 2021-01-16 02:14 Touche! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sithra907 · 2021-01-16 02:23 Yeah, I'm going to have to work on that part because it's not very intuitive. But if you hit escape and select to save it'll send. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ancient2 · 2021-01-16 02:47 Renegade and Telegard were my favorite to setup. Everything worked so well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NaughticalSextant · 2021-01-16 03:59 Any plans for Planets? That was my jam back in the day...lol ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sithra907 · 2021-01-16 04:04 I'll add it to the to-do list for this weekend! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sithra907 · 2021-01-16 04:05 Ha, thanks! Nostalgia was definitely one of my motivators for this whole project. :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TheeAbyssWalker · 2021-01-16 05:42 Do you have any WaReZ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sithra907 · 2021-01-17 08:18 Alright, Planets TEOS has been added via BBS Link! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dmine45 · 2021-01-18 15:03 Already gone I see. :( ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sithra907 · 2021-01-18 19:04 Hmm...not sure what happened, but the service wasn't listening correctly. Regardless, I restarted it and it's back up now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- THE-BS · 2021-01-29 17:17 What about BRE? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sithra907 · 2021-01-29 20:27 >BRE Barren Realms Elite? I never actually played that one, but sounds fun. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sithra907 · 2021-01-29 22:47 Alright, got it added via BBS link. Tossed up a couple other new ones while I was at it, too ---------------------------------------------------------------------- THE-BS · 2021-01-29 22:53 Right on, that was my favorite game.. I remember riding my bike home as fast as I could from school to get my turns in :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sithra907 · 2021-01-29 23:17 I started a barony on it myself. No idea what I'm doing, but it seems awesome. I'm honestly surprised I never played it during the golden age of BBS games. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- THE-BS · 2021-02-01 18:32 It was a favorite of mine, lots of fun & adolescent rage came from that game. I'm looking forward to setting up my own BBS so me and my old buddies can play these games, especially BRE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sithra907 · 2021-02-01 19:09 Go for it! It's surprisingly do-able these days. Getting into it, I expected the hardest part would be populating my BBS, but with just a couple advertisements (including this post) I've already got 50 users in the first couple weeks.