Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!rutgers!topaz!brothers From: brothers@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (L R Brothers) Newsgroups: net.sources.games,net.sources Subject: Re: VT-Trek Source Request Message-ID: <7878@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Mon, 15-Dec-86 21:30:37 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.7878 Posted: Mon Dec 15 21:30:37 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Dec-86 23:09:56 EST References: <147@raster.UUCP> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 22 Keywords: Trek'in Xref: mnetor net.sources.games:894 net.sources:3604 I heard vttrek wwas actually someone's first assembler program, and therefore was also someone's first MACRO program, which is pretty remarkable. I used to play it a lot at LOTS.... I found that the optimal tactic was to set phasers to around 35 or so and roar in on some other unsuspecting player -- a long auto-repeat burst of phaser fire would fill up the command buffer so that the other player's movement and fire commands would be ignored. Phasers have to be set low so that the time-delay for phaser-warmup is negligible. Since the multiplayer-aspect of vttrek must have been highly implementation-dependent on the dec-20, I wouldn't be surprised if there were NOT a unix version -- at least I haven't seen one.... Besides, it only runs on vt100s.... The source is probably available from someone at Stanford, since that's where LOTS is (actually, the LOTS-X computers now all have their own cute names, none of which I remember). -- Laurence R. Brothers brothers@topaz.rutgers.edu {harvard,seismo,ut-sally,sri-iu,ihnp4!packard}!topaz!brothers "The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades!"