[HECnet] VMS games?

[Dave McGuire]

On 10/10/2013 04:51 PM, Paul_Koning at Dell.com wrote:
Is there a collection of 'standard' games for VMS (VAX or AXP) =
downloadable from somewhere?

What I'm referring to is something like the 'bsdgames' package available =
on most Linux distros..

VMS, as well as the hardware it runs on, was a relatively expensive in its
day.   VMS systems were NOT purchased for games play.   There are games that
were produced and submitted to DECUS, but there's never been any definitive
packaging thereof.

Then again, CDC Cyber systems are *way* more expensive than any VAX, and nevertheless much of the innovation in games (especially role playing games and multi-user interactive games) was done there.

(Read up on "PLATO" for the details.)

  Very true, but to be fair, PLATO was a teaching system, aimed (mostly) at
children.

                            -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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