Posted on 08/01/2014 11:35:34 AM PDT by ShadowAce
“The first version of Privateer came on floppies. Still love it and wish I could play it.”
You need to check out Star Citizen. The creator of Wing Commander (and Privateer) got boatloads of money off Kickstarter to revive the space combat/exploration genre. I fear the day that game is released ... I may as well say goodbye to my wife, son, family, friends :-) ...
Wow! First I’ve heard of Star Citizen. I’m checking it out now, it looks great!
Vectrex was GREAT! I was a video game reviewer, and got the how thing free. Sold long ago. Perfect Star Castle. Minestorm a classic. Responsive analog controller. I didn’t have the color wheel. I did have the pen.
The owners of the ROMs turned them over to the public domain.
Great Trivia Question Answer: Vectrex was the only game unit that didn’t have to pay royalties to Magnavox, because it didn’t hook up to a TV.
lots of GTs for me on Rites Of Passage.
Star Citizen looks like something that will cost me $$$$ in computer upgrades. :-/
telnet 198.212.189.111
Trying 198.212.189.111...
Connected to 198.212.189.111.
Escape character is '^]'.
EMPIRECLASSIC:hello player.warp
HP3000 Release: C.65.00 User Version: C.65.00 SUN, DEC 11, 2011, 6:41 PM
MPE/iX HP31900 C.25.06 Copyright Hewlett-Packard 1987. All rights reserved.
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| W E L C O M E T O W A R P ! |
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| The paradoxical world of Warp awaits you with |
| intrigue, suspense, and adventure! |
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| Please sit back and relax while I assemble the world. |
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| Brought to you by |
| * Rob Lucke and Bill Frolik * |
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Initializing, please wait ....................
Central Plaza.
You are standing in what appears to be the central plaza
of a small seacoast resort. There is a large fountain in the
center of this square, and the plaza extends quite a distance
to both the north and south. You can see the ocean in the
distance to the west, and to the east there is a large
building on which there is a sign that reads "WARP BUILDING".
I can see the following:
Fountain
Round Peg
>look at fountain
The fountain is obviously neglected, its bottom is covered with mud
and old leaves.
>get in fountain
That's not a vehicle!
>get peg
Round Peg taken.
>look at it
Round. Made of wood. Not very big.
>touch fountain
"Touch" is Danish to me. Try English.
>w
Easy Street.
You're in the middle of a long north-south street. To the west
you can see the ocean in the distance, and to the east you can
see a large building.
I can see the following:
Policeman
The policeman tips his hat to you as he moves on.
>look at policeman
Policeman? I don't see any policeman here.
>w
North Beach.
You're on a sandy beach. Ocean lies to the west; you can go
any other direction.
There is water lapping at your feet.
>e
Easy Street.
>look
Easy Street.
You're in the middle of a long north-south street. To the west
you can see the ocean in the distance, and to the east you can
see a large building.
>e
Central Plaza.
You are standing in what appears to be the central plaza
of a small seacoast resort. There is a large fountain in the
center of this square, and the plaza extends quite a distance
to both the north and south. You can see the ocean in the
distance to the west, and to the east there is a large
building on which there is a sign that reads "WARP BUILDING".
I can see the following:
Fountain
>e
Warp Building Lobby.
You're standing in the lobby of the Warp Building. On the
door to the north you read "MEN"; similarly, on the door to
the south, "WOMEN". There's a security desk between you and
the corridor to the east. The only other exit is to the west.
I can see the following:
Security Guard, who possesses:
a Gun
A stately policeman just wandered by.
>take gun
Gun taken.
The policeman tips his hat to you as he moves on.
>look at gun
It is a large, heavy handgun of Warpian manufacture. There is a
small engraving on the handle which reads,
WARPSON 19MM BLASTER
Treat With Respect
>shoot guard
>BANG!<
That was stupid.
The guard, seeing you reach for your Gun, whips out a hidden gun and
deftly shoots you through the head!
You sense yourself leaving your physical body --
A spiritual entity in a black haze. The bleakness
begins to clear, however, and you begin to recognize
familiar things, only everything appears in various
shades of grey.
Cemetary.
This small cemetary appears to serve the City of Warp, but it
does not have room to contain many graves. Small simple grave
markers show the location of those in eternal sleep. A large fence
prevents you from going east into a very deep ravine.
I can see the following:
Tombstone
>look at tombstone
*******
*****/ \*****
/ + / R.I.P \ + \
| LEE |
|/ COLLINS \|
| 6/1980-9/1981 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| PIONEER WARPIAN |
| PUZZLE SOLVER |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| "He died every |
| way |
| imaginable" |
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Not just Steam, but one of the most wildly popular games among kids, Minecraft, plays on Linux without a hiccup, assuming you’re okay with installing Java on your Nix desktop.
I LOVE my Ubuntu desktop. I think one of their bigger challenges, one I’m dealing with right now, is their LTS (Long-term Support) distros (i.e. Ubuntu 12.04) aren’t as “long-term” as say, Microsoft’s Windows. I’m having to upgrade all of my 12.04 servers to 14, and while it’s a pretty painless upgrade, there are some features that are tweaked just enough to make troubleshooting difficult on some products.
If they could come out with a universally stable OS that’s patched and updated for, say 2 or more years, they’ll have something that’s commercially viable.
12.04 LTS has been out 2 or more years. :)
April 2012 was the first release, so yeah, it’s been 2 years. They’re already putting up the warning messages in Landscape that security update development stops later this month.
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