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In article <9APR92.16231988@enh.nist.gov> tjb@enh.nist.gov writes:
>Hi,
>I noticed that some flight simulators allow playing against someone
>else using a modem. I was wondering if it is possible to make
>such a game that would link to the internet and allow many
>players to play at the same time.

There is such a beast that is part of the games package on your 
standard Silicon Graphics machines.  There are several types of
planes one can fly if I remember right.  There is some basic
scenery and an airport also.  I think one can play up to 5 or 6
people simultaneously.  I do know the network traffic can be quite
demanding - there are rumors that a group of grads disconnect some
of the SGI's around here from the main backbone late on weekend nights
to duel it out amoung themselves.  One of the system's programmers 
here seems to be pretty good at it.  I myself can't keep the plane
up, much less release SAMs while performing some exotic manouver.

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