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From: rdd@cactus.org (Robert Dorsett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Mac modem games
Summary: comp.sys.mac.games
Message-ID: <6782@cactus.org>
Date: 5 May 91 19:40:47 GMT
References: <1991May1.171059.344@otago.ac.nz>
Organization: Capital Area Central Texas Unix Society, Austin, TX
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In article <1991May1.171059.344@otago.ac.nz>, stanger@otago.ac.nz (Nigel Stanger) writes:
> Hi guys... Someone here on a local BBS asked the question: why
> aren't there any games about that we can play over the modem?
> 
> So, what I want to know is, what (two-player) games are about for
> the Mac that can be played over a modem? I think Falcon can be, I
> can't remember offhand. 

TRACON // (an air traffic control simulator) for the Mac can be played over a 
modem.  It requires that Flight Simulator be running at the other end, and, at 
the current time, means the other guy has to be running on a PC.  FS 
aircraft show up as targets on the radar screen, messages can be sent,
and TRACON aircraft can be "seen" in the out-the-window FS view.  It requires
FS 3.0 or 4.0.

If/when the Mac Flight Simulator re-write is completed, there's a good
chance TRACON will support it, as well.  And if it doesn't at first, it will
eventually... :-)



Advertisement: yes, there's a conflict of interest.  I wrote the Mac port.
For more info, call Wesson Intl at 512-328-0100. :-)




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