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Hey lizards, you should all check out this great blog run by Chet Bolingbroke:

http://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/2015/04/game-187-operation-overkill-1990.html

He's exploring BBS door games for the first time, so if you want to jump in on some ideas for him, I'm sure he'd appreciate constructive guidance.

-Dustin

Has anyone played http://www.shartak.com/ online?

It's interesting. There's no plot or story, but the world map is of a massive island. Simple graphical layout.

Different types of users (cannibals, pirates, island natives, outsiders) with different character classes (medics, scouts, warriors, scientists, etc.) The terrain is jungle, beach, grassland, swamps, mountain, caves, water, deep water, etc. There are animals roaming around: elephants, monkeys, rats, bats, rhinos, alligators, birds, silverbacks, and more. Various weapons and items to acquire.

While simple, it's worth a look. I have a character playing as an "outsider" of a village called "York", if you end up joining.

I've been experimenting with databases online, and could see Overkill (or a new game!) ported over to a web-browser.

nawww.. its not the worst mapset I've played on. There are worse. Its going to be a challenge though. Once I can get some floppy disc's.. I'll blow up some walls 
 
DF

 
  I am always on the lookout for a new mapset to play on. Ever since memphistw bbs went off the grid (he had an original mapset that I never did get totally mapped) I've been poking around the usuall suspects. Vidland.. Blitze..Malkrie..Stealth.. HighPass.. etc. I recently logged into DigitalDistortionBbs.com to find that Humoungus had taken out OK a bit back and dropped the sysop a note about a game reset. He surprised me with a mapset that I have yet to play on. Abyss.  This ought to be interesting..
 
DF
 
**an incarnation of that Danned Dwarf..**

Worst. Map. Ever. 

Cool website! I like the telnet window right there on the main screen. See you there, Dam.

 
  I am always on the lookout for a new mapset to play on. Ever since memphistw bbs went off the grid (he had an original mapset that I never did get totally mapped) I've been poking around the usuall suspects. Vidland.. Blitze..Malkrie..Stealth.. HighPass.. etc. I recently logged into DigitalDistortionBbs.com to find that Humoungus had taken out OK a bit back and dropped the sysop a note about a game reset. He surprised me with a mapset that I have yet to play on. Abyss.  This ought to be interesting..
 
DF
 
**an incarnation of that Danned Dwarf..**

 Yes, its a game flag file. It pops up occasionally, and has to be manually "fixed"
 
DF

  The problem with disconnecting is that often doing so will hang the game. Its a glitch that pops up from time to time. The game thinks someone is still playing and won't allow another to enter the game till it's un-hung. (usually manually by the sysop) I have seen games stay hung on some systems for 6 months to a year, as the sysops rarely check OOII.
 
DF

if they're using a modern bbs software, when the user disconnects that process will be forced close.
if you're talking about a flag file that tells the game someone is online, yeah you should tell the sysop.

i havent had that issue yet and i've had people drop carrier in the game a lot, though.

yeah, people suck

Hello, on datastream bbs i am still running the 3 games that Bryan Turner setup that are of 3 different levels of difficulty.
Bryan Turner helped out extensively with OOII's development
http://dsbbs.net | telnet://dsbbs.net | telnet://dsbbs.net:2323

Oh.. I ran across an old place where I've played off and on for years.. I forgot it was still up and running. Pegasus Flight.

telnet://pegasus.ooii.org:2320
 
Who all recalls this place of OOII history..?
 
They still run 3 versions of the game.. hard medium and newb..
 telnet://DsbbS.net runs a hard/med/easy set of games as well.
 
DF

bryan turner's interest in bbsing dwindled and he didnt run pegasus flight for long.
on dsbbs.net i am still running the ooii games he setup, with 3 levels of difficulty


Dwarvish -- I can't connect to Pegasus Flight for some reason.  Is the telnet address you posted above correct?  Or, maybe my claws are too long and I'm typing it in wrong.