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Submission + - Multiplayer Zork (icculus.org) 1

Submitted by netfunk on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @01:15PM

netfunk writes: I took Zork 1 and made it into a multiplayer game! You can try it yourself by telnetting to multizork.icculus.org with some friends. Telnet seemed appropriate for a game from 1980, at least until I can figure out how to efficiently send everyone a 300 baud modem. A detailed technical explanation about hacking the Z-Machine to make this work is over here and source code is, of course, available. Enjoy, and don't get eaten by a grue!

Ryan Gordon Wants To Bring Universal Binaries To Linux 487

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 25, 2009 @08:12AM from the grossly-obese-binaries dept.

wisesifu writes "One of the interesting features of Mac OS X is its 'universal binaries' feature that allows a single binary file to run natively on both PowerPC and Intel x86 platforms. While this comes at a cost of a larger binary file, it's convenient on the end-user and on software vendors for distributing their applications. While Linux has lacked such support for fat binaries, Ryan Gordon has decided this should be changed."

Stallman Says Pirate Party Hurts Free Software 546

Posted by kdawson on Friday July 24, 2009 @03:15PM from the arrr-not-so-fast dept.

bonch writes "Richard Stallman has written an article on the GNU Web site describing the effect the Swedish Pirate Party's platform would have on the free software movement. While he supports general changes to copyright law, he makes a point that many anti-copyright proponents don't realize — the GPL itself is a copyright license that relies on copyright law to protect access to source code. According to Stallman, the Pirate Party's proposal of a five-year limit on copyright would remove the freedom users have to gain access to source code by eventually allowing its inclusion in proprietary products. Stallman suggests requiring proprietary software to also release its code within five years to even the balance of power."

Comment Re:It's a stupid rant (Score 1) 437

by mrluisp on Thursday December 11, 2008 @06:54AM (#26072835) Attached to: iPhone App Pricing Limits Developers

You've completely missed the point. The problem that the author (and various other developers in the iPhone community) are complaining about is the ranking of applications in the AppStore. Getting your app into the top 100 apps list is how you make the majority of your money, how you get noticed.

The problem is, criteria for the top 100 app is purely on units sold. A $5 app needs less sales to break even, but is also a lot less likely to enter the Top 100 (as it is currently decided). The complaint the developers are putting forward is to reform this Top 100 to something more sensible (something as simple as gross revenue would address this).

As it is now, most apps get priced at $1 so that they'll even have a chance to sell.

You can argue that there other ways to market your apps, and I would agree with you, but the top 100 is the main way to attract attention from iPhone customers, since the majority of them aren't spending their time reading reviews outside of the AppStore.

Comment Re:IF, just, IF (Score 1) 129

by netfunk on Saturday September 15, 2007 @02:19AM (#20613681) Attached to: Valve Looking to Port Games to Linux?

I hardly think Valve is a timid animal

...this is the company that allegedly canceled a completed Mac OS 9 version of the original Half-Life, you know.

--ryan.

If Next-Gen Is Too Pricey Go Retro 109

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday December 13, 2006 @01:47AM from the so-forward-it-is-backwards dept.

Via RetroGaming with Racketboy, a story in the San Francisco Chronicle suggesting that you go retro if the new consoles are too expensive. They single out the (still excellent) Sega Dreamcast console as the best buy for your money vs. enjoyment. The folks at SF Gate also mention several other older games and consoles that will allow modern gamers their fun without breaking the bank. From the article: "Scenario 4: I'm poorer than any of the characters from 'Angela's Ashes' but not quite as poor as Jim Braddock's family when the heat got shut off in 'Cinderella Man.' (I pulled this newspaper out of the recycling bin at BART.): You've presented a challenge, but not an impossible one. I saw a copy of the PC game Grim Fandango, a complete masterpiece that most people never played, for $6 on eBay. Since it came out in 1998, you can probably find an abandoned computer on the curb that will play it. You'll be experiencing about 98.5 percent of the fun that the Getty heir who bought the PS3 is having, at about 1 percent of the price. "

PlayStation 3 Gets Software Update On Launch Day 27

Posted by Zonk on Thursday November 09, 2006 @03:21PM from the patching-to-play dept.

narramissic writes "Just as the long-awaited PlayStation 3 games consoles go on sale in Japan this Saturday, Sony will also be offering the first software update. The firmware update, offered as a free download, adds support for the PlayStation Network online service." From the article: "In late November the company also plans to offer a firmware update for its PlayStation Portable (PSP) games device. The update will bump the firmware to version 3.0 and add PlayStation Network support. With the new firmware in both devices the PSP will be able to access contents stored on the PlayStation 3 via a wireless LAN connection using a system Sony has dubbed 'Remote Play.' It will also make it possible to purchase and download PSP games content."

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