List of BBS door games

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The following is a list of 22 BBS door games.

Games[]

Game Description
Barren Realms Elite[1]
Food Fight[2]
Freshwater Fishing Simulator[3]
Global War[2]
Land of Devastation (1990)[4]
Murder Motel (1989)[5] Murder Motel is a death-match-style door game for bulletin board systems in which the player checks into a hotel and tries to find and kill other players, while eluding death himself.
Legend of the Red Dragon (1989)[2][6][7] LORD is one of the most famous door games, and it includes turn-based combat and quests.
Legend of the Red Dragon II[8] A sequel to the well-known LORD, with very different features including two-dimensional top-down player navigation that required faster connections.
"Mutants!"
Netrunner The object is to break into computers and steal as much money as you can using a cyberdeck while the host system tries to stop or kill you with ICE.
"Nukem" A Commodore 64 BBS Game. Take control of one of the ruling countries and destroy the others.
Operation: Overkill II[2][9] The goal is to locate the Overkill commander and exterminate him after surviving and fighting mutants for resources.
PimpWars[10][11] With limited daily interactions, the player seeks to be the first to purchase an expensive pair of sunglasses through prostitution and gambling.
Planets: The Exploration of Space (1992)[2] A simplified multiplayer space trading game involving factions and combat.
Solar Realms Elite (1990)[12]
Space Empire Elite (1987)[6]
Tele-Hang (1991)
DNDBBS (1990) DNDBBS The Dungeons And Dragons Bulletin Board Service Text Adventure System
The Pit (1989)[1][6][12][13] Become a gladiator. Earning fame, glory, and gold in The Pit battling for your life.
Trade Wars (1984)[6] (re: Star Trader[14]) The first multiplayer space trading game. It included a complex in-game economy that inspired several future games in the same genre, including Eve Online.
Trade Wars 2002 (1986)[1][12][15][16][17] A popular sequel to Trade Wars that incorporated more features and compatibility improvements for various BBS platforms.
Usurper (1985)[6]
VGA Planets (1991)[18][19]

References[]

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  19. ^ Cirulis, Martin E. (October 1993). "In Cyberspace, Everyone Can Hear Your Modem Scream: A Review of Tim Wisseman's VGA Planets 3.0". Computer Gaming World. pp. 106–107.
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