Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!drutx!druco!cac
From: cac@druco.ATT.COM (Curtis A. Conkey)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: multiplayer games
Message-ID: <5148@druco.ATT.COM>
Date: 16 Oct 90 14:26:50 GMT
References: <1990Oct14.044632.17482@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Organization: AT&T, Denver, CO
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in article <1990Oct14.044632.17482@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, umcarls9@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Charles Carlson) says:
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< I just downloaded Linewars, a multiplayer game that can be played over a modem.
< I gave it to a friend and we loved fighting each other instead of a computer!
< 
< But alas, we have grown board of it and want something new to try!
< Does anyone know of any other PD/shareware games that can be played over
< the modem?  I have TREK28, but I can't see how anyone could play it with
< so many different things to watch out for, and so many key combinations.
< <Maybe its just me...But after doing school work all day, I want a game I
<  can sit down and learn in a few minutes, and not have to read another 20
<  page book before I can play!>
< 
< As for commercial games, I know about BattleChess, Populous, and Falcon AT.
< 
Another good one is 688 Attack Sub where two modem players can each command a
submarine in search of the other.