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Reviving Classic Unix Games: A 20-Year Journey Through Software Archaeology

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Reviving Classic Unix Games: A 20-Year Journey Through Software Archaeology

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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 1 month ago
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Reviving Classic Unix Games: A 20-Year Journey Through Software Archaeology - VEJETA
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How I spent two decades tracking down the creators of a 1987 USENET game and learned modern packaging tools in the process. The Discovery: A Digital Time Capsule from 1987 Picture this: October 26, 1987. The Berlin Wall still stands, the World Wide Web is just text, and software is distributed through USENET newsgroups in […]

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  • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    Where?

    • twistypencil@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Gotta set it up first. Prefer conquer 4 or 5?

      • Vejeta@lemmy.world
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        18 days ago

        Unfortunately, although conquer v5 is playable, I believe it lacked the random events. Adam Bryant is still having the itch to finish that part :D Hopefully we can convince him when he see the renewal of interest.

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