Anybody remember those old BBS games????????

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jfrisby2

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BTW, what brought the nostalgia?

I searched for stud wars BBS game as I was reminiscing about the old Oakland, California BBS days pre-AOL and Prodigy. I found the gentleman's thread "anyone remember BBS..."

I am even more proud to see the posts just below from another player who was probably a teenager like me racking up the household phone bill playing BBS games on a 28.8k (24.4k?) modems downloading one porn pic a night!

The best BBS I can remember was "FUBAR" of Oakland. Anyone remember it?
 

jfrisby2

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ohhh how about pimpwars? Usurper?

http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/library/PROGRAMS/DOORS/PIMPWARS/

pimpwar.jpg


http://www.pimpwar.com
 

jfrisby2

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don't forget studs and studettes :)

My game name was "Shaft." I would type a verse to the movie theme song everytime I disconnected and had to wait through another day of high school to rush home and dial-up. I found Pimpwars, any know of an online or windows version of Studs?
 

Possessed Freak

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Jesus what a necro and a triple first posting too.

I loved BRE. We had an inter-BBS league and I remember sending my forces out and a week later the report would come back how they did. I ran a very lean setup that made it appear I was weak when I was not.

Extillus (spelling) had a fun error where you could do negative transactions to get unlimited funds.

LORD side games could also be poorly implemented and have interesting side effects.