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From: acy@abic.UUCP (Adnan Yaqub)
Newsgroups: net.sources.games
Subject: Re: multi-player unix games
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Date: Tue, 6-May-86 08:06:13 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  6 08:06:13 1986
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> I have always liked multi-user games, and think there is a lot of potential
> for networked microcomputers, with their graphics screens.  Imagine something 
> like Star Raiders (Atari) or a flight simulator, with interactive dogfights.
> Or something like the arcade Star Trek game, with each ship having its own
> view of what's going on outside.  With the appropriate protocols,
> communication could be kept minimal while preserving realistic movement
> (e.g. send a message only when taking a specific action, like changing
> speed or acceleration, or firing a shot.).  
> 
> Steve Hand	         decvax!mcnc!ncsu!hand     

	I think Sun has a dog fight program which runs on a cluster
of networked Sun workstations.  You can choose any plane from a
WWI tri-plane to an F-16.  (You'ld be surprised how hard it is to hit
a tri-plane when going Mach-3!  They just sit over your airport
and bomb it to bits!)
-- 

		At least that's the way I see it,

		Adnan Yaqub @ Allen-Bradley Company Inc.
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