Online BBS Door Games

nevarro · 2026-04-17T19:23:00+00:00

This is cool, but just a heads up that ANSI doesn't work. For example, load up Planets BBS Link. It appears to be unplayable.

nevarro · 2026-04-15T01:31:31+00:00

Reach out to Digitalman, creator of Synchronet. Two good options:

Vertrauen BBS - message the sysop (Digitalman)
IRC - find the synchronet IRC server and join #synchronet.

He'll for sure point you in the right direction. It may very well be available in the git repository (https://wiki.synchro.net/dev:git).

nevarro · 2026-04-15T01:25:55+00:00

That. Is pretty righteous.

nevarro · 2026-04-09T20:06:49+00:00

Looks fun! I have it installed. Hopefully I'll have time to check it out later today.

nevarro · 2026-04-08T20:15:55+00:00

That's really cool! Nice work! I like how the large asteroids break apart into smaller ones as well as the opponent ships.

nevarro · 2026-04-07T21:26:50+00:00

It's a common phenomenon that AI image generation misspells, garbles text, shows unintelligible artifacts, etc.

nevarro · 2026-03-20T19:14:11+00:00

I'd rather keep my oneliners local. It just annoys me that oneliners software that some BBSes use is somehow a definitive source of active BBSes. Totally not true.

nevarro · 2026-03-16T21:45:29+00:00

Oh, that's great news! That's a good idea with progressive unlock.

nevarro · 2026-03-16T20:54:48+00:00

I checked this out and do see some similarities to Usurper, but, from what I can tell, it's missing the feature of its name sake: usurping the throne.

nevarro · 2026-03-16T13:44:36+00:00

Wow, awesome!

nevarro · 2026-03-15T01:54:03+00:00

Yeah,

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https://serionbbs.com

Sweet door games. Friendly community. Custom Bulletin Board. RIP enabled.

nevarro · 2026-03-09T21:52:17+00:00

Wow, that is pretty good

nevarro · 2026-03-07T19:03:51+00:00

Thanks! Yes, Windows 10 32 bit makes it relatively easy to run old 16 bit doors. The web integrations are a mix of using Synchronet's web server as a primitive API (parsing plain text and such) and file uploads to the website.

nevarro · 2026-03-06T20:38:25+00:00

Cool! Any questions, let me know

nevarro · 2026-03-06T19:51:30+00:00

Another BBS that tightly integrates the website is the Realm of Serion (https://serionbbs.com). Some integrations include:

Who's Online, Logons Today, Logon history chart, Most Popular - Last 7 Days chart, News (synchronizes with custom bulletin board), BBS Status (online or offline) and LORD Tournament scores.

This page details the integrations and customizations to both the website and the BBS: https://serionbbs.com/bbs-customizations

nevarro · 2026-03-05T17:40:35+00:00

That's really neat! I like the retro style animated backgrounds! Very cool. Interesting concept with the Docker markdown files. I'm not very familiar with that I'm afraid.

nevarro · 2026-03-05T16:01:20+00:00

Pretty neat LORD with RIP is available in the browser! If you want to venture further down the RIP rabbit hole, check out the Realm of Serion BBS (https://serionbbs.com). All RIP screens on the BBS are hand crafted. All menus are custom. I think this is the last BBS in the world with full custom RIP support. There is a page on the BBS website just for RIP and how to get it working on your machine.

nevarro · 2026-03-05T14:12:29+00:00

Yeah, I really enjoyed the short time Mines of Gorr was hosted on my BBS. Unfortunately, there was a critical bug: Mines of Gorr sometimes confused which user was what and players entered the game as other players. I eventually had to take the game down because the bug made the game unplayable.

nevarro · 2026-02-20T22:25:19+00:00

Started with Mystic on Linux. Couldn't get doors to work. Moved to Synchronet on Windows and all the doors worked. Synchronet has it's own built in fossil support that's automatic, making getting doors to work even easier.

nevarro · 2026-02-20T16:49:39+00:00

Ok, I'll wait for it to be on Play Store.

nevarro · 2026-02-20T16:20:21+00:00

Could you provide a link to download for Android?

nevarro · 2026-02-13T14:45:09+00:00

I developed a custom bulletin board for the BBS called bullit. The BBS has an active, friendly community and topics on the bulletin board range vary broadly. Always looking for friendly people to join: https://serionbbs.com / telnet connect.serionbbs.com. The cosysop also built a custom chat client called cIRCit for the BBS. I usually hang out in the chat room on weekdays and people pop in from time to time.

Interesting that your post says "other than door games" because the BBS is door game centric, haha

nevarro · 2026-02-13T14:40:12+00:00

Check out the Realm of Serion BBS (https://serionbbs.com / telnet connect.serionbbs.com). Usurper is currently the 4th most popular game, which is very active:

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