[aclug-L] Re: Where can I get text-based console games

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There aren't many any more.  Most of those (that were any fun) were made for
DOS.  I would suggest setting up a second machine running DOS and some free
BBS software running under OS/2 Warp 3 (which you can get for $1.99 at
Trailing edge) simply for games.  Do all your e-mail, message boards, etc,
in Linux, but then your door games from DOS.

A low-end Pentium would be fine for the DOS machine.. possibly even a 486 if
you don't have many users.  You'll want enough RAM--probably 24 or 32mb
minimum to begin with.  As cheap as computer hardware that old is, it
shouldn't be hard to do.



On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 01:53:57AM -0500, Patrick R. Klee wrote:
> Hello all,
>     I am running my Linux box as a dialup BBS, using Linux as the
> software, and I was wondering where could I find console games,
> preferably multiplayer, that run at the command prompt?
> 
> Cheers,
> Patrick
> 
> 
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