Display of first networked personal computer game returning

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sun Jun 1 16:42:00 2003

--- Martin Scott Goldberg <wgungfu_at_csd.uwm.edu> wrote:
> Thanks to the Milwaukee Computer Society, MIDI Maze on the Atari ST will
> be returning as a computer display for the first time in 14 years. For
> those not familiar, MIDI Maze was the first networked
> personal computer game (using the ST series' built in MIDI ports).

There was a game for the PET that linked user ports that was available
years before the ST came out. It was well documented in Byte magazine.
I never bought it because I had only one PET. Each player had a fixed
base and a roving tank. The goal of the game was to lob an ICBM on
the other player's base. You located it by exploring with the tank.
I cannot recall the name at the moment, but it's come up for discussion
on the list before.

Beware making "first" claims. There's frequently an antecedent.

-ethan
Received on Sun Jun 01 2003 - 16:42:00 BST