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Article #355Re: play by internet?
From: David Taylor
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 17:15
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 17:15
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>Well, have you ever seen netrek. It is a game that allows 16 players at once. >4 races, 6 ship types, best net game ever. Actually, xtank is probably just a wee-bit nicer, but not in the team-sport sense. Netrek encourages team-effort like nobody's business, and that's just not easy to do. Xtank isn't client-server based, unfortunately, so you tend to get games where friends fight each other 'cause they're the ones who organize the game. I wonder if UNIX games will ever be able to sell... (hope, hope), 'cause we've got a hum-dinger we'll have ready in Nov. =-ddt-> -- : "What rolls down stairs, alone or in pairs, rolls over the neighbor's dog? : : What's good as a snack, and fits on your back? It's Log, Log, Log! : : It's Looo-og, It's Looo-og, it's big, it's heavy, it's wood! : : It's Looo-og, It's Looo-og, it better than bad- it's good!" :
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!ccwf.cc.utexas.edu From: ddt@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David Taylor) Newsgroups: rec.games.programmer Subject: Re: play by internet? Message-ID: <70354@ut-emx.uucp> Date: 15 Apr 92 17:15:46 GMT References: <9APR92.16231988@enh.nist.gov> <1992Apr12.070348.27848@ecst.csuchico.edu> Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX Lines: 20