OpenVMS/Alpha Games?

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
Date: Wed Aug 28 18:23:25 2002

----- Original Message -----
From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 7:35 AM
Subject: OpenVMS/Alpha Games?


> I'm trying to get a selection of games that will work on a Serial Terminal
> up and running on my OpenVMS server (a PWS 433au running OpenVMS 7.2-1H1).

I have a Space Invaders clone game (can't think of the name) that runs on
VMS and plays on
a VTxxx terminal (Not X based). I'll dig it out.

> I'm finding that most games that are available for VMS date back to
VAX/VMS
> V3 or earlier. Does anyone know of any besides the following that will
> work?
>
> Advent 4.0A - Native
> Dungeon 3.2B - Native
> Empire 4.0 - Native
> NetHack 3.3.1 - Native
> Moria 4.5 - Vested
> Rogue 3.0 - Vested (doesn't seem to display right)
> King - Native
> Spacwr - Native (very old Star Trek game)
> Spacemine - Native (Ported from an old book of Basic Games I've had
> for about 20 Years)
> Angband 2.8.0 - Native (but requires DECwindows)


> I'm really looking for copies of the following that will work on an Alpha
> running OpenVMS:

I'd be interested in copies of anything for native VMS/Vax (currently 6.x)

> Angband (that will work on a serial terminal)
> Rogue (a version that works right)
> zcode emulator
> Decent Star Trek game
> DND
> Moria 4.8 or 5.0
> Newer version of Empire
> Conquest
>
> I'm also interested in any other good ones that I might not know about.

Ditto.

Geoff in Oz.
Received on Wed Aug 28 2002 - 18:23:25 BST