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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Gaming => Topic started by: DeXXo on June 11, 2003, 01:59:23 PM

Title: Breakthrough in gaming -> Pong: The Text-Based Game
Post by: DeXXo on June 11, 2003, 01:59:23 PM

Hours of fun!
Check it out in here (http://www.karber.net/textbased/pong/)  ;-)

Title: Re: Breakthrough in gaming -> Pong: The Text-Based Game
Post by: jd997uk on June 11, 2003, 02:05:52 PM

@DeXXo

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Hours of fun!

The link was busted, but I found it anyway.

I have to say, it's pretty lame. To the point of probably belonging in the "Groaners Corner" thread in the DMZ :-D

-john

Title: Re: Breakthrough in gaming -> Pong: The Text-Based Game
Post by: DeXXo on June 11, 2003, 02:39:31 PM

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jd997uk wrote:

The link was busted, but I found it anyway.

The link is working fine for me....

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I have to say, it's pretty lame. To the point of probably belonging in the "Groaners Corner" thread in the DMZ :-D
-john

Well, it was meant as a joke... (see the breakthrough in gaming subject  :-D )

Title: Re: Breakthrough in gaming -> Pong: The Text-Based Game
Post by: DJRJ on June 11, 2003, 02:54:32 PM

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Well, it was meant as a joke... (see the breakthrough in gaming subject  :-D )

Speaking of text based, does anyone else here remember a real text-based version of Breakout that was available on the Prime series of mini-computers?  (We're talking early 80's timesharing jobs here, with hard drives that were about 3 feet high IIRC)

It was only possible to really play this thing when all the other users on the system (or most of them at any rate) were logged off.  (I think that's why a friend of mine kept hacking it, to kick everyone off so he could enjoy his game...  :-D )

Doug