Tag: BBS Door Games
December 3, 2017
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Posted in Commodore Amiga, Commodore News, News, Retro Computing History, Retro Gaming, Retro News, Scene News
We were contacted by Robert Hurst about a project he’s behind aiming the revival of a BBS Door game. Here is what he has to say about it: “One of the first BBSes we had in our state of Rhode Island was The Roundtable, which was more of an online game for social networking rather than the files & posts that…
January 15, 2016
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Before browser-based games, before the Internet, there was darkness….oops, I mean BBS Door games. PCMag has published today a featured article talking about this way people used to play games online at the time online meant BBS (Bulletin Board Systems). “Once connected to these mostly hobby-run services, users could bring up a list of games to play. These early online games…