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From: cbema!las@cbnews.ATT.COM (cbema!las)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Sobokan
Keywords: game, sobokan
Message-ID: <6439@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 10 May 89 17:18:43 GMT
References: <2320@mit-caf.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: cbema!las@cbnews.ATT.COM (Larry A. Shurr)
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OH (actually an AGS consultant)
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In article <2320@mit-caf.MIT.EDU> gavin@mit-caf.UUCP (Gavin C. H. Zau) writes:
>I read in the news that there is a game called "Sobokan"?? for
>the pc.  Can anyone please tell me where I can anonymous
>ftp a copy of it.  Thanks.

I snarfed a copy of sokoban2 as it went by on comp.sources.games.  The
history of this implementation is sort of wierd since it was apparently
copied (i.e., reimplemented) from a game originally seen on a PC to
begin with.  The original author (of the reimplementation) created a 
Unix-C-and-curses implementation which was later ported to the PC.  Mike 
Ching takes credit for adding EGA support using Turbo C BGI.  I have 
compiled it and the EGA version looks pretty neat.  It's supposed to 
revert to a text-and-curses implementation if you do not have an EGA but 
I have yet to try this out.

Perhaps I should submit to c.b.i.p? (I'm not clear on Rahul's attitude
towards games - I was under the impression that he did not want to post
them, but the recent revival of the raging controversy over unmoderated
binaries groups reveals, if I understood correctly, that he simply
relegates games to a lower priority.)

regards, Larry
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