Games and Recreation

Computer Games and Recreation

• Paradise Netrek. A multi-player graphical space combat game.
• Netrek. The parent sport for Paradise Netrek.
• Crossfire. A multi-player graphical cross between Nethack, Moria and Gauntlet. More sites at City College, and Cardiff.
• XPilot. A multi-player graphical space combat game.
• Bolo. A graphical multi-player tank game for Macintoshes.
• Rule your own country in *Empire*, the internet's most popular strategy-wargame.
  • Empire software, tools, and documentation may be found on The Planet's Empire Archives or on The Planet's Empire Archives Mirror.
  • Further Empire related information may be found on the PSU Empire Page
• Nethack, a classic ASCII-graphics sword&sorcery game.
• A massive list of MUDS (Multi-user Dimensions). You can find docs, source, newsgroups, papers, further pointers here. A list of all publicly open Internet MUSHes here. Specific MU*s:
  • DuneMUSH II.
  • GarouMUSH
• The BattleTech 3056 home page.
• DOOM is an immensely popular PC game. Several pages about it are accessible through the DWANGO archive (warning. That archive is heavy on the graphics). Links to many other pages about DOOM, DOOM II, and the new project, Heretic, are on the DooMGate archive (again, graphics).
• Sokoban. Two versions of a fascinating puzzle with lots of boards. There is XSokoban, which stores scores in the WWW. You can also play Sokoban directly using the WWW!
• The Roguelike Games Home Page at krl
• The NetHack Home Page at krl
• The Angband Home Page.
• The Moria Home Page.
• IVI Publishing publishes several CD-ROM titles in the Health, Reference, Educational, Children's, and Entertainment genres.
• Outland is an internet gaming site for Macs on the internet. It seems very reasonably priced.
• Mourn the demise of Zarf's List of Interactive Games on the Web.
• The WWW Entertainment Package has web-playable versions of backgammon, Connect Four, and Othello.
• dig the Raymond Interactive Theatre (tm).
• A few weird things at cybersight.com:
  • Joe's Adventures: a unique add-your-own adventure.
  • For those traditionalists, try Bob's Mishap, a linear story you can add a sentence or two too.
• The Maze, a WWW maze where every square has someone's question.
• CEB Internetworked Games, a company dedicated to creating free, multi-player internet games.
• BU's Interactive WWW games
• The DragonSpires Page documents a prototype graphical mud.
• World Conquest, an operational game of air, land, and sea warfare played over the net.
• The LavaMinders and their promo for Gazillionaire (commercial).
• Your Wacky World Wide Web Adventure.
• wwwLife Home Page: Information on and Demonstration of John Conway's Game of Life.
• Virtual World. The World's First Digital Theme Park has cockpit-based simulations of BattleTech and Red Planet.
• The Cyber Connection BBS, dedicated to VGA Planets.
• Welcome to XPilot and the Newbie Manual
• WebFortress a game of territorial conquest using projection of power.
• Air Warrior on CRC Net . A multi-player air combat simulation.
• XBattle , a real-time game of troop distribution and combat in a cellular array.
• The Fracas Home Page a shareware game for the Mac.
• Moonlite Software . A site with downloadable shareware games for DOS.
• Atlantis Cyberspace: International list of Virtual Reality Entertainment Centers
• The Options Game
• Internet PC Games Charts: Weekly charts containing the most popular PC games in the world.
• Motus : is a new, very exciting and free game. You have to guess a word using the less time possible. Challenge your friends! Big amusement.
• Chris's Ultimate Hexen Page: Everything you could ever want to know about the great sequel to Heretic. It contains a huge guide for playing the game, over 65 downloadables, many links and much more.
• President 96: Web-based game that lets players take an inside role in the presidential campaign.
• The Eternal Twilight Web Page
• Cheat Machine: helps you play over 670 games. Various platforms supported. Contains cheats/hints/solutions/trainers/walkthrus... a gamers dream!

Games and Recreation