Hi Tom,
I think you are right. The game is probably 'Empire'.
Do you know if it's possible to download a copy of it somewhere?
Kind regards,
Alain
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Subject: Re: the name of the game
Author: HP3000-L ([log in to unmask]) at INET,MM
Date: 19/07/1996 11:26
From: Alain Beyer=EDSMTP:internet!MATRAMHS.FR!alain.beyer=B1
Subject: the name of the game
Hi, everybody,
A long time ago (regarding to computers), there was a game running
on
the HP3000. I can remember it was a multi-player game (involving
islands, economics and warfare) with high level of detail.
It was a thrilling game (to play after hours, of course :-))
I can't remember the name of this game. Does someone know of it?
Is it still floating around somewhere in the cyberspace?
I believe the game you are thinking of is Empire. This is very similar
to the public domain game of the same name that is floating out on the
internet, but in some ways better, some ways worse...
"Internet Empire" is a client/server type game -- somewhere someone
decides to start or host a game by running the server on their system an=
d
advertising that fact. Players then run the client which connects, via
sockets or something similar, to the host. IE is also "turn based",
meaning Players have a few hours to enter their "turn", then at regular
intervals, the server "updates everything" and notifies everyone of the
result.
"HP3000 Empire" is a real-time, shared-datafile game. In this case, the=
"clients" are also the "servers", with each client responsible for
updating the shared files in real time as the program runs. If nobody a=
t
all is currently "running" the game, then nothing happens to the data
files, but when the first person logs into the game, their copy of the
program updates everything since the last person exited the program.
You're right -- the game is incredibly fun, but since it is real-time,
there are cases when you just can't play "after hours..."
Tom Emerson
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