Re: Jetball

From: "Bob McLain" <mclain@voicenet.com>

Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 16:55:34 +0000

The problem with 'resurrecting' old PBM games is their code. I still own a
number of old PBM games, some of them dating back to the 1980s, and it would
take a substantial programming effort to make these games run again with
modern equipment, not to mention the additional programming work needed to
enable e-mail play, a GUI for submitting orders and viewing turn reports,
etc. It's just not worth it. You're better off taking the concepts and
programming your own game.

Some people have pulled it off, though. Vlad Degen of Lost World Games has
done a marvelous job with Feudal Lords. The modern version of that classic
game, called Right of Kings, has a GUI and color maps, as well as
substantially enhanced rules (whether 'enhanced' rules are 'better' rules is
open to debate).

Bob McLain

"dpearson" <dpearson@totalise.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3f0046c0$1@news.star.co.uk...
> Years ago I used to play a game called Jetball, which was run by GamesBy
> Mail in the UK.
>
> Does anyone know if this is still running, and if not who has it, as I
would
> be interested in running it non-commericially.
>
> There seems to be a multitude of excellent old PBM's that could be
> resurrected this way.
>
>
>

References

Jetball
"dpearson" <dpearson@totalise.co.uk>
Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:52:09 +0000