Stickman Door
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Iron_Slug · 2023-12-09 20:47

Back in the early 90s, my buddy Bill Reamy wrote his first and only
door  for my BBS.  Like most of the code Bill ever wrote, it was
awesome and  different.


Here was a platform shooter that used nothing but ANSI and stick
figures.  It didn't take the world by storm, but I and many others
thought it was very cool.


Sadly, Bill has recently passed away.


For anyone interested, I've put up a webpage for Stickman as a
memorial  to my friend:


[https://www.ipingthereforeiam.com/bbs/stickman/](https://www.ipingthe
reforeiam.com/bbs/stickman/)


Included are some screens as well as instructions for installing under
Synchronet and 64-bit Windows using Dosbox-X.


There's also info for those wishing to request a branded registered
version.

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joenyc69 · 2023-12-09 22:21

That’s actually really cool.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen an ansi
platformer.

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wndrbr3d · 2023-12-10 00:08

I love reading stories like these, but they also make me sad and feel
scrambled for time to preserve what we can from our little corner of
computer history. 🥺

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Iron_Slug · 2023-12-10 17:39

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Iron_Slug · 2023-12-10 17:39

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Iron_Slug · 2023-12-10 17:44

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byteknight6 · 2023-12-17 15:43

Loving this game!  Thanks for sharing Bill's work.  Digital Infinity
should really do a review of this door...

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jbledsoe2112 · 2023-12-20 23:10

Couldn't get it to work with your directions and using DOSBOX. I just
did it straight from SBBS and it worked great. Even on a 64-bit
version of Windows with NTVDMx64

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Iron_Slug · 2023-12-20 23:44

I don't know if DOSBOX-X works under NTVDMx64, but glad you got it
going.