Hugh Falk wrote:
By the way, Jim, the back of the Yserbius box say 1993, but MobyGames
says 1992. 1992 may be taken from the date of the online game, but I
think 1993 is right in either case IIRC.
I think 1992 was taken from a title screenshot. I'll look into it.
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Pedro Quaresma wrote:
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> This raises another question. Which one was the first known MPOG sold
in
> a box? I'd risk saying Shadows of Yserbius o
Lee K. Seitz wrote:
Of www.textfiles.com? Cool! (Hey, where'd the site go! I hope it's
only temporary.) Glad to see his documentary is in capable hands.
I should correct a misconception: He is doing 99.% of the work; I
am only advising on technical/style/research issues. But he is, so f
Jim Leonard stated:
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>BBS nostalgia is extremely high, actually. In fact, I'm working with
>Jason Scott on his upcoming BBS documentary. 3 DVD-9s are planned (!)
Of www.textfiles.com? Cool! (Hey, where'd the site go! I hope it's
only temporary.) Glad to see his documentary is in capable ha
Pedro Quaresma wrote:
This raises another question. Which one was the first known MPOG sold in
a box? I'd risk saying Shadows of Yserbius or Neverwinter Nights.
Yserbius wasn't online-only, so I'm not sure it should count.
Actually, Yserbius *was* online-only *until* they put it in a box. It
wa
Lee K. Seitz wrote:
Dan Chisarick stated:
I've seen people comment on missing the days of BBSs, but
there's not the nostalgia for it yet that there is for, say, classic
computer games. (Of course, we're also talking a smaller population
of computer users back then that were into BBSs.)
BBS nostal
row old. They grow old because they quit playing.' - Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Dan Chisarick stated:
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>One class of games that may not fit the category of 'collectable' but
>was still fun would be BBS games. Log in, take your handful of turns,
>come back the next day and see what happened. I've never seen any of
>these games in a 'boxed' format, and even if they were,
Most of the more recent games that I would have mentioned have already
mentioned... (whoever mentioned Deus Ex, what about System Shock 2, and
Thief)? SS2 was really good, but Thief didn't really do it for me as
far as gameplay. I love the atmosphere, but the game struck me as
tedious in plac
