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Purple Ocean
{{Unreferenced, date=June 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) Purple Ocean was a bulletin board system A bulletin board system (BBS), also called computer bulletin board service (CBBS), is a computer server running software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program. Once logged in, the user can perform functions such as ... founded in June 1984. The Purple Ocean BBS was best known for its numerous gaming features including numerous different versions and scenarios of Trade Wars 1000, 2000, and 2002. At the high point of its visibility, over 100 different Trade Wars universes were operated simultaneously with thousands of players logging on each day. The Purple Ocean BBS was also the first BBS in Texas to offer 38.4 kbit/s transfer rates for every node. Bulletin board systems ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulletin Board System
A bulletin board system (BBS), also called computer bulletin board service (CBBS), is a computer server running software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program. Once logged in, the user can perform functions such as uploading and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and exchanging messages with other users through public message boards and sometimes via direct chatting. In the early 1980s, message networks such as FidoNet were developed to provide services such as NetMail, which is similar to internet-based email. Many BBSes also offer online games in which users can compete with each other. BBSes with multiple phone lines often provide chat rooms, allowing users to interact with each other. Bulletin board systems were in many ways a precursor to the modern form of the World Wide Web, social networks, and other aspects of the Internet. Low-cost, high-performance asynchronous modems drove the use of online services and BBSes t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Wars
''Trade Wars'' is a series of video games dating back to 1984. The video games are inspired by '' Hunt the Wumpus'', the board game ''Risk'', and the original space trader game '' Star Trader''. History The first game with the title, "Trade Wars" by Chris Sherrick, was developed in BASIC for the TRS-80, and immediately ported to the IBM PC for the Nochange BBS system in 1984. Sherrick conceived his game as a cross between Dave Kaufman's BASIC program '' Star Trader'' 1974, the board game ''Risk'', and Gregory Yob's '' Hunt the Wumpus'' 1972. Because Sherrick released his earliest versions with a free license, many variations of the game appeared over the next few years, including ''TWV - Galactic Armageddon'', '' Yankee Trader'', and ''TW2'' (a development of the original by John Morris who took over from Chris Sherrick). The most definitive version was the ''TradeWars 2002'' series (Gary Martin, John Pritchett, 1986). ''TW2002'' was designed originally as a WWIV chain (a way of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
