Back in 2010 (2010, really? Wow.) I gave a broad overview of the history and importance of the BBS -- the bulletin board system. BBSes were a sort-of proto-internet, a homebrew networking solution ...

Anyone else pine for the halcyon days of 300 baud modems and 24 line BBS's? I do and my fondest memories come from the games. Text adventure RPG's played against other BBS patrons or ones with really ...

The other day I was thinking about this game I played on a BBS in the early 1990's called Crossroads of the Elements. You played a character who specialized in either magic or fighting, and then ...

When you think of MMORPGs, I wouldn't blame you if your mind stayed rooted firmly in the past decade or so, perhaps taking a brief vacation to 1997 before returning to today's 3-D polygonal glory. But ...

Explore what online gaming looked like in the early 1990s, aka Bulletin Board Systems. Before the Internet linked up every American household, PC users still found ways to make remote contact—and play ...

Explore what online gaming looked like in the early 1990s, aka Bulletin Board Systems. Before the Internet linked up every American household, PC users still found ways to make remote contact—and play ...

Cymon's Games, the site that is bringing back the type-ins for a new generation, has gone through a site redesign just a week before its wave-making game ASCIIpOrtal goes live featuring another ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Last Call BBS Boot up your Z5 Powerlance and dial into Last Call BBS, the last game from Zachtronics! The Barkeep’s loaded up his retro computer with a full ...