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Shall we have a game?

Mk.558

Mk.558

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Anybody remember the game Bolo?

I remember playing it on the first SE/30 we had back in...'95?

I was thinking once I get my current SE/30 fired up, we can relive the classic maps and the classic battles. Heck I can already do that on my iBook G3 900MHz with 9.2.2, but I want to see if we can network each other (figure 3v3v3) and get nasty.

Ah come on. Y'all remember this.

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Now I remember BattleTank. But this looks like it takes it to the next level!

You can download Bolo from the maker's home page here:

http://www.lgm.com/bolo/archive/

Oh hey, look at what I found on the links page:

http://www.twinforces.com/tf/bolo3d.html

Lets you play Bolo in 3D. 8-o

We all could even chat via 68kmla's irc channel (or at #BoloMac on irc.freenode.net) using Shadow IRC, runs on system 7 through 9. Or MacIrssi for Mac OS X. ;)

http://www.lgm.com/bolo/guides/bolofaq.html

Bugs in OS 9: There are several weird DNS-related Bolo bugs under OS 9.x, thankfully not seen in OS X. For example, new games may or may not be registered to the tracker, nobody fully understands why. As a workaround, after you start a game, you must access the tracker from the same Mac (using telnet, web, or Bolo Buddy). The tracker will then start to ping your Mac and your game will show up properly. As another example, sometimes the hostnames don't show up in the player list and you just get "unknown machine name". To avoid that, at the dialog where you select new game or enter the IP address of machine to join, you need to do this silly dance: Cancel, Okay, {New|Join}. Likewise, to enter a different tracker address: Cancel, Okay, Bolotracker, enter new tracker hostname, Okay.
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I might have time after Christmas. ;) Looks like a lot of fun to play. :D

 
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I played WinBolo, and while it was a worthy try, it feels different. As does nuBolo, which doesn't self-burst easily.

The original. Nothing feels like it. Honestly, this game is one of the top ranking games of computing history, since I have yet to find a game that matches its easy-to-learn-hard-to-master, simplicity yet oftimes intense action, purity and a complete lack of excess fat and blubber. The only reason I play iOS games is because they are just like that - oftimes causal, but can get very intense sometimes. (That's why I don't play games made after about 2002 for that very reason.)

Yeah, once I get my SE/30 fired up and connected to the 'net, I think we can relive an old game on our 68k machines. I have never played online, but my bro and I used to to play against Standard Autopilot, then we discovered aIndy. I can take two on at once (sometimes 3) and usually win.

What we should do is get all organized via an IRC chat (I use Colloquy on my 10.4 iBook) and then join a specific IP address, if that's how you connect. The idea is to skip the whole tracker together, and we'll just advertise what IP address and port to join at.

P.S. I have quite a lot of practice at this game. :)

ETA: I went through Stuart's map archive and downloaded the entire map database there, so I think (unlikely) we're more likely to run out of time in a year than maps. :)

It also runs in Classic (OS X), but I think we ought to stick to nothin' a whole lot faster than a stock IIfx in the name of purity. :)

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This is another good map, one of sluggo's vast creations of art.

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I'm up for a game, though I've never played it. Looks like a good practice for beating luditite at hunt... :D

 
It would not be contrary to forum rules to attach my Bolo folder? Bolo is shareware, as is BMapEdit, and all maps are freeware.

Those of you not versed in the game should run through the tutorial, choose a better key config than the stock one, and practice :) :approve:

 
Yeah, I plan on practicing.

People can download Bolo from the link I gave in my last post. BMapEdit is available there as well.

You could attach your map folder for convenience. ;)

 
We're ready to roll!

I need to do a test setup.

Open Bolo. Select UDP/IP. Enter 24.205.226.26 for the machine name or address. Enter your special name. Click Join. (Port is 50000 if you need that.)

For now I'm just doing Everard Island, the relentless original for simplicity. We'll do more maps later.

Let me know what you get! It'll be online for at least a day. Appears we have a 120ms ring delay (maybe that's ping).

 
Wow - I completely missed this post....

I'll set myself up with a Mac at home tonight and see if I can get online and play.

Thanks for the effort!

 
It'll be back on again for today.

EDIT: I'm also having a hard time setting up an IRC client. I guess I could use Colloquy on my host Mac, the internet traffic is routed through it anyways. MacIRC doesn't work (requires color), I tried Ircle but that couldn't work properly, and...I'm looking for others -- just need something that works. (The SE/30 bombs when I try to change the colors of the background, text etc with a -16 error)

Once we get a sizable game going we should play the quintessential favorite, Wash DC Map. That map is born and made for mayhem.

 
Have you tried Homer 0.94? (Link is in previous post.)

According to the page it works in Mini vMac, which runs only in b&w. So it should run on your SE/30. ;)

 
Umm... MacIRC does NOT require color. I was using it on my PowerBook 145B. Just to chime in on this. There is a button set that is completely blacked out when trying to connect. you need to click the RIGHT one. that will allow you to connect. It certainly was not designed around B&W Macs, but it will launch and work perfectly well on a black and white mac. Try it again with my suggestions...

 
Have you connected to the 68kmla IRC network?

I'd like to see your settings so I can copy them (minus the username). I hope NickServ can be handled by this machine.

 
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