<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: OT: TTYQuake --> <!--X-From-R13: "Oqnz X. Fubeagba" <nqnzNcubravk.Bevaprgba.SRG> --> <!--X-Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 12:22:51 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 19981016152016.B21315#tucson,Princeton.EDU --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.SOL.3.96.981016073657.10500B-100000#korillov,dtek.chalmers.se --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.SGI.3.96.981016111438.19044A-100000#zazu,angel.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: OT: TTYQuake</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00228.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00230.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00228.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00219.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00229">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00229">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00229">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: OT: TTYQuake</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: OT: TTYQuake</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Adam J. Thornton" <<A HREF="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 15:20:16 -0400</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 11:19:47AM -0700, Adam Wiggins wrote: > > <A HREF="http://webpages.mr.net/bobz/ttyquake/">http://webpages.mr.net/bobz/ttyquake/</A> > Actually I was a bit disappointed. I was *really* hoping for: > > % n > You enter a large chamber, similar to all the others. > There is a space marine here. > % switch to railgun > You put away your rocket launcher, and pull out your railgun. > The space marine fires a grenade from her grenade launcher. > The grenade bounces around near your feet. > % strafe left > You glide left, keeping your gun trained forward. > % fire railgun at marine > You squeeze the trigger on your railgun and a blue spiral follows the > projectile straight into the space marine's chest! > The space marine is dead! R.I.P. > You get your share of 1 kill(s). > % > A friend of mine actually did something like this for a little arcade game > he wrote. It was a Defender-style game, but you could hit various > function keys to enter different "modes". There was old movie mode, which > turned the palette black and white, K-RAD D00DZ mode which surrounded the > screen with weird demo effects, and of course internet mode, which > switched to a text screen and let you "play" the game by typing commands > like "pull up", "dive", "fire cannon", etc. He even added little bursts > of simulated lag. Actually, there's something called FOOM on the IF-archive, ftp.gmd.de. It's in /if-archive/games/tads, probably. It's the first level of DOOM, done as a text adventure. Adam -- adam#princeton,edu "There's a border to somewhere waiting, and a tank full of time." - J. Steinman </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00223" HREF="msg00223.html">[MUD-Dev] OT: TTYQuake</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Niklas Elmqvist <d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se></LI></UL></LI> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00228" HREF="msg00228.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OT: TTYQuake</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Adam Wiggins <adam#angel,com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00228.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OT: TTYQuake</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00230.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Current Projects</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00228.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OT: TTYQuake</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00219.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00229"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00229"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: GameStorm</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00258" HREF="msg00258.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: GameStorm</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Tue 20 Oct 1998, 02:39 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00245" HREF="msg00245.html">[MUD-Dev] FW: Book?</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Mon 19 Oct 1998, 16:34 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00223" HREF="msg00223.html">[MUD-Dev] OT: TTYQuake</A></strong>, Niklas Elmqvist <a href="mailto:d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se">d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se</a>, Fri 16 Oct 1998, 05:41 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00228" HREF="msg00228.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OT: TTYQuake</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Fri 16 Oct 1998, 18:22 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00229" HREF="msg00229.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OT: TTYQuake</A></strong>, Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Fri 16 Oct 1998, 19:22 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00219" HREF="msg00219.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 15 Oct 1998, 21:47 GMT <UL> <li><Possible follow-up(s)><br> <LI><strong><A NAME="00252" HREF="msg00252.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 19 Oct 1998, 23:37 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00253" HREF="msg00253.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 20 Oct 1998, 00:05 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00255" HREF="msg00255.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>, Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,slimy.com">jleonard#divcom,slimy.com</a>, Tue 20 Oct 1998, 01:37 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>