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i tossed up a server because someone mentioned it in a thread. if anyone is interested in a little nostalgia..

telnet://tw.catsweat.com

only 5 user license, but if theres enough interest i can increase it

history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_Wars

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 43 minutes ago) (1 children)

Alright I was a bit too young to play anything like this at it's peak, but I am interested. Do I understand it correctly that the way to play this would on a windows machine in cmd? Quickly tried alacritty and kitty terminals (linux) and I don't think some of the stuff looks correct

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

its a telnet server, essentially. so any telnet client should work ok...

ubuntu has it built in ctrl+alt+t 'telnet tw.catsweat.com'

for windows i think swath used to be the hot client.. not sure about other windows telnet clients

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

i banged it at max sector count (30k) and max turns, and i think i increased the initial credits to 10k

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

If there's interest from othersin actively playing, might be nice to find an IRC channel to lurk in for general game discussion and hangout.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

I registered and created WEYLAND-YEETANI CORP. I'm a noob, so go easy if anyone encounters me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

Holy crap. Haven't thought about that game in forever! Nice!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

I may partake later tonight. Thanks!