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Tradewars 2002!

Posted: 2003-11-03 02:35am
by Alferd Packer
God, I loved that game. I used to be able to get into an ISS in about 5000 turns. I could never figure out how to be good at playing evil, though.

Anyone else remember this classic? Have any good tales of text-based interstellar war to share? :D

Posted: 2003-11-04 02:31am
by TrailerParkJawa
I have no memory of this game. What was it about?

Re: Tradewars 2002!

Posted: 2003-11-04 02:31am
by SirNitram
Alferd Packer wrote:God, I loved that game. I used to be able to get into an ISS in about 5000 turns. I could never figure out how to be good at playing evil, though.

Anyone else remember this classic? Have any good tales of text-based interstellar war to share? :D
I was never good at it, but I was obsessed none the less.. I wish I could set up a server...

Posted: 2003-11-04 05:25pm
by Alferd Packer
TrailerParkJawa wrote:I have no memory of this game. What was it about?
It's a BBS game. The premise is simple: You're a space merchant who, by trading goods between space ports, skim profit for yourself. You then use the money to buy better ships, weapons, means of making planets or even your own space stations.

And of course, if you ran into a competing trader, you could blow his ass out of space. :D

The game was beautiful in its simplicity and dangerously addictive.

More info(warning, Geocities site with popups aplenty)

Posted: 2003-11-05 12:39pm
by SirNitram
Anyone know where a good server is these days? Or better yet, anyone able to set up a server?

Posted: 2003-11-05 12:59pm
by Slartibartfast
I know there's some PHP clone, but I hate it.