CompuServe Thread

BBS Games

6 messages in this thread
#15310From: Chris MorganFeb 17, 1991 8:08 AM
Hi there, I'm looking for Amiga BBS games, or a list of such. Does anyone know where I can find some. I don't care if there PD or Production games, I just need to know if they exist, where i can download them or buy them, and what there like. There are almost no Amiga bbs games in the Ottawa (Canada) area, and I would like to provide these on my BBS. One of the local boards (OMX) has a game called perihelion (which is good, but that board is hard to log on to because it's run by Steve Tibbets, and He's a popular guy!) and I have a copy of Empire, which I am trying (aaarrrghh!) t to get working on with my BBS software, but I would love to know if any others exist. If ANYONE can help, please drop me a line at 73500,505, it would be really appreciated.
#15425From: Allen MittsFeb 18, 1991 9:08 PM
Chris, What BBS software are you running? Regards, Allen
#15490From: Chris MorganFeb 19, 1991 7:01 PM
I'm using C-Net. The manual says that I should be able to run any networking game through it, because of its ability to acess AmigaDOS commands directly. It's a powerful package, and the best I've seen so far (not that I've gotten into the expensive stuff, but I can't really afford to do that anyway, since I'm operating at my own expense). Thanks for the Interest.
#15581From: Allen MittsFeb 20, 1991 11:33 PM
Chris, A lot of folks around my area like C-Net. I should be able to find something out for you in the way of games. I am currently running DLG Pro (formally called Dialog Professional). It is also a very nice BBS program. Will run anything that runs in a CLI environment. Regards, Allen
#15724From: Chris MorganFeb 22, 1991 7:28 PM
Thanks for the interest. I'm using C-net because it is the best I've seen to this point. Though I really haven't seen a great selection of them. I've seen all of the ones that are on Compuserv, and I wasn't really impressed. Oh, some of them aren't bad, but with all of the Amigas amazing abilities, a package should be able to harness those abilities. But no matter how good a BBS package is, without something to keep people interested. There is a lot of competition from the IBM BBS's with their high quality on-line games. Most Amiga users would rather use Amiga run BBS's, but, at least in this area, they are sadly similar, with little to offer. Once you have a few BBS's offering message bases and files sections, Adding another does little good. If you can help me provide something different up here in the Great White North, I would be more than grateful. Thanks again!
#15836From: Allen MittsFeb 23, 1991 11:27 PM
Chris, I agree completely! See my Email message you to for further details.