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BBS Door Games are the game apps that run on BBS systems like Noisebridge BBS. BBS Door Games/big

OG BBS Door Games[edit]

BBS games are called "Door" games because they each have a "door" command to enter them from the BBS main menu.

Trade Wars 2002[edit]

To play, create an account on the BBS using a Telnet client like Netrunner.

  1. Add the Noisebridge BBS to the Directory
  2. Connect
  3. Create a Noisebridge BBS account
  4. Once you get to the Door List, type in tw02
  5. Join the Brokedown game server
  6. Press T to play
  7. Create an account
  8. Enter numbers of systems to hyperspace jump.
  9. Plot a course to Sol (System #1) to pick up colonists to ferry back to your home planet.
  10. Good luck figuring out the rest, I haven't played since I had a modem!
  11. If you want to join the Noisebridge corp, contact LX on Discord.

Trade Wars: Space sim BBS door game sandbox similar to modern space sims like Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen but with text.

The Trade Wars 2002 splash screen:

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What you see when you create your first character.

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Darkness[edit]

Darkness is a badass cyberpunk game.

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You can kill your fellow Runners for fun, fame and profit.

File:Darknesss first kill.JPG

There are ancient ruined computer systems to hack into filled with remnants of Cyberpunk-era black ICE (Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics).

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