I'm here for the Trade Wars reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hot_Garbage_Exp · 2021-11-30 20:32 Actually I'm here for the nostalgia! 47f here from SF Bay Area. Was on San Jose based BBS's from 91-?? We just lost our original SYSOP and I felt nostalgic, so here I am. /wave ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RolandMT32 · 2021-11-30 20:37 When you say "our original SYSOP", who do you mean? I imagine there was more than one BBS in the area.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hot_Garbage_Exp · 2021-11-30 20:38 Sorry dear - Inferno BBS Sysop. :) I spoke of the collective 'we' from Inferno :D ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ten-oh-four · 2021-11-30 21:09 Nice to virtually meet you. I'm an east-coast-er during the BBS heyday, but have lived in the Bay Area for many years now. I've been known to host BBSes myself from time to time... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hot_Garbage_Exp · 2021-11-30 21:09 The pleasure is mine! /handshake and /curtsey ---------------------------------------------------------------------- zenodub · 2021-11-30 21:42 Where's the best place to play tradewars? I loved that game! Also, the Risk clone was fun. Sorry for your loss! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hot_Garbage_Exp · 2021-11-30 21:59 Thank you dear. This is where I go when I need to scratch an itch! [https://classicreload.com/trade- wars-2002.html](https://classicreload.com/trade-wars-2002.html) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- brikenjon · 2021-12-01 00:47 That’s awesome! Too bad about the ads, though. And I assume there’s no real way to save progress? Pretty sure I played an older or different version of Trade Wars, but just loading that up and entering a few commands was still a fun hit of nostalgia! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- viroiddfi · 2021-12-01 01:00 I have tradewars on telnet://defile.dynu.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- viroiddfi · 2021-12-01 01:01 Net2BBS is blocking non-ansi connections, if this is problematic, let me know. (Swath wont connect) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2021-12-01 01:02 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- viroiddfi · 2021-12-01 01:11 Netrunner is a good modern terminal program with ANSI support. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- codefenix · 2021-12-01 01:21 Running multiple TradeWars and TradeWars variants here: conchaos.synchro.net Yankee Trader is by far my most played one. Got a few regulars who log in night after night nuking the whole galaxy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2021-12-01 02:01 Am also here for the tradewars! Have been playing on various servers on and off over past couple years, also invested in the SWATH software. Always happy to see others who play, former BBS user from 613/Ottawa area in the 90's. Glad to see there is a bunch of you still out there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hot_Garbage_Exp · 2021-12-01 02:25 Pleased to meet you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hot_Garbage_Exp · 2021-12-01 02:26 Yeah - limitations are real. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hot_Garbage_Exp · 2021-12-01 02:27 Hell yeah. Tomorrow is going to be a good day at work ---------------------------------------------------------------------- zerosouls · 2021-12-01 03:12 SysOp for The VorteX BBS 408 area code here. The old 408 area code was great in the 90s. The Hungry I Grants Tomb Twisted Reality To name a few good 408 BBS's. Good times! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Taclink · 2021-12-01 04:50 I have it on my BBS. https://Centermass.Solutions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hot_Garbage_Exp · 2021-12-01 10:45 I was on Inferno, Phosphor, Magic Kingdom and a few others :) nice to meet you! My handle was always Jelylorum :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TheBr0fessor · 2021-12-01 14:40 I’m 41 and grew up on the East Bay bbs’s. Loser meets at Round Table Pizza…. Twas a simpler time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dperry324 · 2021-12-01 15:08 Was a San Jose Sysop from '91 to '97, when I became a Sacramento Sysop. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hot_Garbage_Exp · 2021-12-01 15:43 We did meetups for Magic: The Gathering and friendship times at Round Table in Fremont, I wanna say? Then for our big meetups we went to Harry's Hoffbrau. :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nelgin · 2021-12-01 18:53 I have a link to a Tradewars server which has multiple games available. telnet, ssh or rlogin to [endofthelinebbs.com](https://endofthelinebbs.com), hit the doors menu, then games, and you should see "Trade Wars Game Server". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TheBr0fessor · 2021-12-01 18:53 Ohhhhh Harry’s was the shitttttttttt But for magic you went to round table?! You had Matchplay and A Place to Play nearby?!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hot_Garbage_Exp · 2021-12-01 19:19 I never heard of those! What did I miss!? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hot_Garbage_Exp · 2021-12-01 19:19 Also I agree! Harry's was *the* SHIT. At one of our gatherings my friend Steven logged on to our BBS from the payphone with an acoustic modem just because he could :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TheBr0fessor · 2021-12-01 19:30 Lol If you said that to anyone who wasn’t around back then they’d think you were making it up. These kids don’t realize the sheer joy of coming home to a 14.4 modem that my dad picked up from the fry’s in Sunnyvale. They were two highly regarded mtg stores in the area back in the day. But, nobody plays competitively anymore so it’s a relic of a bygone era. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hot_Garbage_Exp · 2021-12-01 19:34 You just unlocked the Weird Stuff Warehouse memory in my brain. I remember dad treating me to any floppy game I liked in the all-sorts bin. I think that's how I discovered my love for Sierra games. I also remember getting the $100,000 Pyramid game and it became my whole summer that year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TheBr0fessor · 2021-12-01 19:53 Lol I bet there’s a bunch of YouTube videos on Myst. Like, at the time it was supposed to be revolutionary. I’m curious to see how it stands up. 🤔 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- brikenjon · 2021-12-02 00:32 Sweet! I downloaded both. It will probably have to wait until the weekend to figure out how to get it running. Something to look forward to! Thanks for the tip!