From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 19997 invoked from network); 28 Feb 2023 07:49:14 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 28 Feb 2023 07:49:14 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5373B432D8; Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:49:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oi1-x231.google.com (mail-oi1-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::231]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 334EC432D6 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:48:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oi1-x231.google.com with SMTP id c11so7299530oiw.2 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2023 23:48:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; t=1677570536; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:sender:mime-version:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=gIcpSffpK+/DZahsO47xsMWFFhOzhlPC2sDosrcPq9k=; b=T8O5PJ+PlfvnOG7bACTiP6tzXc9/UO2gXDtNNycRFdcEQE6tOavUO7EQ+6DDW/CW7F GZe7SG/asQ+1NX9neR2eAf+nQ/lVOidAl6JnjgEV08hdrEA+5VgSgQcMOvsAN39lTMBN 3F6a0mosE/t/zgU96H4n5xoZd7WNC8Eew8YDY7sG2M+6tkJacyhNjj8V0Z5zeSbg8CUE dXuLzoS+w/AUStYz5cU8ibB5r4T6YUPhgcu6w0rw41iq2GrrtiQJNVMIEuEdmudGj1V9 5LFqXTLkX8CRVNJHC+D/IofueC1AdU5i27FouTju7WGGhw7rOAP7FyJWWwspFHYyWWcl 81TA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; t=1677570536; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:sender:mime-version :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=gIcpSffpK+/DZahsO47xsMWFFhOzhlPC2sDosrcPq9k=; b=jZo0jORQ13dCzUmDcBFsT5qw+IE65UUawJskdpcHcFazAWnPN4JbxnOwA1v4QwK1DN qOR3tWeSUh1gy7ddwV5cWZ67Ous6PtTC+kFskug8O8tqHAQFmxNFc3l66JjxBG007/13 MF8p5/dV6wQNi1HDd9BBssayKEvUnjPpCepXZ7Wp1Yvg/k/PuHIirKSSSOT0/AV/rEFt uPpghutlvEyRUl2RxINNviYerXAlrjH8xNQyEYqcY7EUHuXXwYUIDvgrEOYbwE30ddej nT3NSB0D8dDwxjMxuRXLZ0WzIJTsIUg4fmVe1Mv6eapXQ++3SX+YQTh1y+oCf5qsUzzS zAwQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKUaRiqRceNVRDt0dTBecGkUi9ie0erPce/Jh02VCQmiOwltwpQF Szz1mFIr1TCtSWL8HxK2LBDBJbb0MrRuQ+EXOdFLiGrs X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set+gRy3v9JZl7D7N+ST1WdBHlovkI1b4BuI+zImnNeY39ig0TpFnIt/kKoXEKGgOKxIqQtq6IrULYLijuMuHAHQ= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6808:1509:b0:37a:2bed:5758 with SMTP id u9-20020a056808150900b0037a2bed5758mr5848954oiw.2.1677570536242; Mon, 27 Feb 2023 23:48:56 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: andy.kosela@gmail.com Received: by 2002:a05:6359:a8f:b0:103:921d:98f3 with HTTP; Mon, 27 Feb 2023 23:48:55 -0800 (PST) From: Andy Kosela Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 08:48:55 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: l0D4A4dZy0mza5KsCEHBE0zPWtI Message-ID: To: Dan Cross Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000e6034205f5bdd324" Message-ID-Hash: SEYBW757R7F4GB5XCVDBK2EW3ME3RFXC X-Message-ID-Hash: SEYBW757R7F4GB5XCVDBK2EW3ME3RFXC X-MailFrom: andy.kosela@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: Paul Ruizendaal , "tuhs@tuhs.org" X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Unix/Linux games [was Re: Early GUI on Linux] List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --000000000000e6034205f5bdd324 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Monday, February 27, 2023, Dan Cross wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 12:22 PM Paul Ruizendaal via TUHS > wrote: > > Thanks all for the insights. Let me attempt a summary. > > > > Oh, and lots of games; I had a nice > Solitaire version that I can no longer recall the name of. > > Coming from the 8-bit microcomputer world (Atari 8-bit, C64), and then upgrading to 16-bit (Amiga and PC MS-DOS) I experienced a myriad of unforgettable games on those platforms. They were mostly commercial but they were very much different from modern games. It was the era of innovation and pouring all your soul into the games you produce. I still think that some of them have not been surpassed in quality and playability. I still play them on period correct hardware as they are still extremely fun and challenging. This is my top 10 list (sorted by year): * Prince of Persia * The Secret of Monkey Island * Civilization * Dune II * Master of Orion * Reunion * Warcraft * Ascendancy * Quake * Half-Life As I started to play with Linux in the mid 90s I remember a port of Doom and then Quake, but not that many other games. Can you elaborate more on what Unix afficionados played in the late 80s/early 90s? --Andy --000000000000e6034205f5bdd324 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Monday, February 27, 2023, Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 12:22 PM Paul Ruizendaal via TUHS <= ;tuhs@tuhs.org> w= rote:
> Thanks all for the insights.=C2=A0 Let me attempt a summary.
>
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=C2=A0Oh, and lots of games; I h= ad a nice
Solitaire version that I can no longer recall the name of.=C2=A0


Coming from the 8-bit microcomputer world = (Atari 8-bit, C64), and then upgrading to 16-bit (Amiga and PC MS-DOS) I ex= perienced a myriad of unforgettable games on those platforms. They were mos= tly commercial but they were very much different from modern games. It was = the era of innovation and pouring all your soul into the games you produce.= I still think that some of them have not been surpassed in quality and pla= yability. I still play them on period correct hardware as they are still ex= tremely fun and challenging.

This is my top 10 lis= t (sorted by year):
=C2=A0 * Prince of Persia
=C2=A0 * = The Secret of Monkey Island
=C2=A0 * Civilization
=C2= =A0 * Dune II
=C2=A0 * Master of Orion
=C2=A0 * Reunion=
=C2=A0 * Warcraft
=C2=A0 * Ascendancy
=C2=A0= * Quake
=C2=A0 * Half-Life

As I started= to play with Linux in the mid 90s I remember a port of Doom and then Quake= , but not that many other games. Can you elaborate more on what Unix affici= onados played in the late 80s/early 90s?

--And= y
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