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I'm from Remote Access days where you had the framework and built all the components. Syncrhronet being all contained premade BBS, really has me confused to my options/limitations.

I want to start working on the structure of my BBS. Am I able to make the main
menu more straight forward like:

1) Bulletins
2) Mail
3) Games
4) Files

then it would take them to the appropriate sections depending on choice?

I am catering my BBS to my kids and their friends (High School age) and their parents and some teachers. I like a more straight forward main menu for the audience.

Is it simple as nuking the menu and starting fresh? Will I permanently destroy
the bulletins/mail functions by doing this?

Thanks
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Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Geoffrey Sammons to alt.bbs.synchronet on Wed Apr 25 2018 07:13:41

I'm from Remote Access days where you had the framework and built all the components. Syncrhronet being all contained premade BBS, really has me confused to my options/limitations.

I suggest that you start by perusing the Customization section of the wiki:

http://wiki.synchro.net/custom:index

It may not be obvious from the outset, especially to sysops who've run some other BBS package in the past, but Synchronet gives you a lot of freedom in this area.

I want to start working on the structure of my BBS. Am I able to make the main menu more straight forward like:

1) Bulletins
2) Mail
3) Games
4) Files

Yes, but you'll have to modify one of the default command shells, or create your own. See the wiki link above to understand what that means.

This topic has been discussed here many times and at great length, so I'll leave it at that for now.

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From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

in sbbs\text\menus I see the menu I need to change. I guess I should look for
a script for the menu I am changing and edit it to suit my needs ?

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Re: Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Geoffrey Sammons to alt.bbs.synchronet on Wed Apr 25 2018 10:08 am

in sbbs\text\menus I see the menu I need to change. I guess I should look for a script for the menu I am changing and edit it to suit my needs ?

echicken has already replied and gave a link to Synchronet's customization documentation. But what you'd need to edit is your command shell. By default, Synchronet's command shell is DEFAULT.SRC, which is written in Baja (and needs to be compiled by Synchronet's Baja compiler). You can find some information about Baja here:
http://wiki.synchro.net/util:baja
That page has a link to the Baja language reference, so you can have a look at that to learn how to customize the Baja shell scripts.

Some Synchronet sysops (such as myself) have opted to write their command shell in JavaScript instead. If you want todo that, you will need to create a simple Baja module that will just run your JavaScript command shell.

Nightfox

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On Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 1:19:27 PM UTC-4, echicken wrote:

To: Geoffrey Sammons
Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Geoffrey Sammons to alt.bbs.synchronet on Wed Apr 25 2018 07:13:41

I'm from Remote Access days where you had the framework and built all

the

components. Syncrhronet being all contained premade BBS, really has me confused to my options/limitations.

I suggest that you start by perusing the Customization section of the wiki:

http://wiki.synchro.net/custom:index

It may not be obvious from the outset, especially to sysops who've run some other BBS package in the past, but Synchronet gives you a lot of freedom in this area.

I want to start working on the structure of my BBS. Am I able to make

the

main menu more straight forward like:

1) Bulletins
2) Mail
3) Games
4) Files

Yes, but you'll have to modify one of the default command shells, or create your own. See the wiki link above to understand what that means.

This topic has been discussed here many times and at great length, so I'll leave it at that for now.

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Thanks, I am headed to it now.. I just want it to be simple main menu without screwing up Synchronets stability.
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Re: Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Geoffrey Sammons to alt.bbs.synchronet on Wed Apr 25 2018 10:28 am

Thanks, I am headed to it now.. I just want it to be simple main menu without screwing up Synchronets stability.

Have you looked at the "simple" command shell that comes with a stock Synchronet install? It might be what you're looking for or at least provide an example/inspiration. There are several other samples command shells that come with Synchronet as well.

digital man

This Is Spinal Tap quote #12:
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Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Geoffrey Sammons to alt.bbs.synchronet on Wed Apr 25 2018 07:13 am

I want to start working on the structure of my BBS. Am I able to make the main menu more straight forward like:
1) Bulletins
2) Mail
3) Games
4) Files

Before I started working on my own command shell in javascript, I used a Mystic menu clone shell since it was sectioned off just how you described. I just made new menus and started editing the baja script code to customise the menus a little more. Not sure where I got it from though.

Ng

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Some Synchronet sysops (such as myself) have opted to write their command she N>in JavaScript instead. If you want todo that, you will need to create a simp N>Baja module that will just run your JavaScript command shell.

Too bad programming wasn't my forte' (neither was electronics).
Otherwise, I would've done command shells for GT Power, and possibly
Virtual Advanced (VADV32).

Daryl

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On Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 2:38:52 PM UTC-4, Digital Man wrote:

To: Geoffrey Sammons
Re: Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Geoffrey Sammons to alt.bbs.synchronet on Wed Apr 25 2018 10:28 am

Thanks, I am headed to it now.. I just want it to be simple main menu without screwing up Synchronets stability.

Have you looked at the "simple" command shell that comes with a stock Synchronet install? It might be what you're looking for or at least provide

an

example/inspiration. There are several other samples command shells that come with Synchronet as well.

digital man

This Is Spinal Tap quote #12:
Nigel Tufnel: Well, I don't know - wh-wh-... what're the hours?
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Yes, I was pleased to see that, but I already committed myself :) I have Started on My main ansi screen... I'm bit confused..
OLD Days: We had message and bulletins. Bulletins were fido and local. Messages was users sending messages to each other.
Q: How is the layout in modern time? I want this part to stay consistent with Synchronet planned layout of bulletins, messages, and email.
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From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

OLD Days: We had message and bulletins. Bulletins were fido and local.

Messages was users sending messages to each other.

Q: How is the layout in modern time? I want this part to stay consistent

with Synchronet planned layout of bulletins, messages, and email.


I see Email is its own thing and bulletins are messages.. yes?

Files.. I assume (t) option I would use for the File menu... What is TXT file
section for ? I have my main scripted completely except for the files.
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Re: Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Geoffrey Sammons to alt.bbs.synchronet on Wed Apr 25 2018 04:49 pm

Yes, I was pleased to see that, but I already committed myself :) I have Started on My main ansi screen... I'm bit confused..
OLD Days: We had message and bulletins. Bulletins were fido and local.

Bulletins are read-only notices posted by the sysop (or maybe a co-sysop) and usually separate from message bases (networked or local).

Messages was users sending messages to each other.

We call that "email".

Q: How is the layout in modern time? I want this part to stay consistent with Synchronet planned layout of bulletins, messages, and email.

Maybe login to a Synchronet BBS and use it as a user first and get used to the terminology and layout?

digital man

This Is Spinal Tap quote #45:
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From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

On Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 9:32:29 PM UTC-4, Geoffrey Sammons wrote:

OLD Days: We had message and bulletins. Bulletins were fido and local.

Messages was users sending messages to each other.

Q: How is the layout in modern time? I want this part to stay consistent

with Synchronet planned layout of bulletins, messages, and email.

I see Email is its own thing and bulletins are messages.. yes?

Files.. I assume (t) option I would use for the File menu... What is TXT

file section for ? I have my main scripted completely except for the files.

I have a successful file area menu created. I'm making a dead M command for now till I create a variable to open a message are script I'll make. Not sure I
must, but I need to finish the tracks of what I can... message id my only dead-end.. not bad :)
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Re: Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Digital Man to Geoffrey Sammons on Wed Apr 25 2018 07:28 pm

Maybe login to a Synchronet BBS and use it as a user first and get used to the terminology and layout?

Also, there's this Synchronet user manual (created around 1991 or 92): http://synchro.net/docs/user.html

digital man

Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #45:
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Re: Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Geoffrey Sammons to alt.bbs.synchronet on Wed Apr 25 2018 10:08:29

in sbbs\text\menus I see the menu I need to change. I guess I should look for a script for the menu I am changing and edit it to suit my needs ?

Please read the documentation as stated earlier. you can customize scripts in your /sbbs/exec/ dir, either JS or BAJA scripts, those scripts load the ansi/asci files located in /sbbs/text.

do a directory listing of *.src files in your /sbbs/exec dir. you will seee an emulation in BAJA of just about every BBS out there.

Javascript is much more powerful now though. check the wiki it will lead you where you need to be.

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On Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 10:31:07 PM UTC-4, Digital Man wrote:

To: Geoffrey Sammons
Re: Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Digital Man to Geoffrey Sammons on Wed Apr 25 2018 07:28 pm

Maybe login to a Synchronet BBS and use it as a user first and get used to the terminology and layout?

Also, there's this Synchronet user manual (created around 1991 or 92): http://synchro.net/docs/user.html

digital man

Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #45:
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I don't know what harm asking was.. Messages was for bbs users to send internal
mail to each other.. bulletins was forums. My question was relevant.. myself I
careless about the message/email/bulletins. It is a feature I am trying to keep. 30 years since doing this, I'm doing pretty good. I'm done with my main
menu just to find the bin is interfering.. I will research it and figure it out
like I have been doing.
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On Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 10:48:35 PM UTC-4, KK4QBN wrote:

To: Geoffrey Sammons
Re: Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Geoffrey Sammons to alt.bbs.synchronet on Wed Apr 25 2018 10:08:29

in sbbs\text\menus I see the menu I need to change. I guess I should

look

for a script for the menu I am changing and edit it to suit my needs ?

Please read the documentation as stated earlier. you can customize scripts in your /sbbs/exec/ dir, either JS or BAJA scripts, those scripts load the ansi/asci files located in /sbbs/text.

do a directory listing of *.src files in your /sbbs/exec dir. you will seee

an

emulation in BAJA of just about every BBS out there.

Javascript is much more powerful now though. check the wiki it will lead you where you need to be.

--

Tim Smith (KK4QBN)
KK4QBN BBS

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Thanks, I have a good ansi app I am using to edit.. but I will still try your suggestion :)
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On Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 10:48:35 PM UTC-4, KK4QBN wrote:

To: Geoffrey Sammons
Re: Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Geoffrey Sammons to alt.bbs.synchronet on Wed Apr 25 2018 10:08:29

in sbbs\text\menus I see the menu I need to change. I guess I should

look

for a script for the menu I am changing and edit it to suit my needs ?

Please read the documentation as stated earlier. you can customize scripts in your /sbbs/exec/ dir, either JS or BAJA scripts, those scripts load the ansi/asci files located in /sbbs/text.

do a directory listing of *.src files in your /sbbs/exec dir. you will seee

an

emulation in BAJA of just about every BBS out there.

Javascript is much more powerful now though. check the wiki it will lead you where you need to be.

--

Tim Smith (KK4QBN)
KK4QBN BBS

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I ran BAJA on the SRC I changed and it cleared everything up with my new setup :) Thanks again !!
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On 2018 Apr 25 07:13:40, you wrote to alt.bbs.synchronet:

I want to start working on the structure of my BBS. Am I able to make the main menu more straight forward like:

look at exec/ra_emu.src for the baja code of the RA emulation menus... most of the others are going to be monolitic in nature like sbbs, wwiv, pcboard and others that derived from mainframe menu systems...

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On 2018 Apr 25 16:49:18, you wrote to alt.bbs.synchronet:

Yes, I was pleased to see that, but I already committed myself :) I have Started on My main ansi screen... I'm bit confused.. OLD Days: We had message and bulletins. Bulletins were fido and local. Messages was users sending messages to each other.

what is there to be confused about? it is only menus... just remember that menus may be only menus or they may include ASCII/ANSI files... the ASCII/ANSI files won't work by themselves, thugh...

Q: How is the layout in modern time? I want this part to stay
consistent with Synchronet planned layout of bulletins, messages, and email.

the messages stuff may be the most different because RA created regular message
bases for all formats so you had message areas for local messages, netmail, echomail, email, and news... local areas could be private or not or just allow private messages... sbbs has a mailbox for personal messages (private, netmail and email)... aside from that, the world is your oyster... menu up the access how you like...

FWIW: i still run RA over here and am one of the last remaining RA boards around... i know i'm the last official RA technical support board...

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On 2018 Apr 25 18:32:28, you wrote to alt.bbs.synchronet:

I see Email is its own thing and bulletins are messages.. yes?

by default, bulletins are handled by the bullseye door thing...

./exec/bullseye.js
./text/bullseye.asc
./text/bullseye.cfg

text/bullseye.asc is the display screen and text/bullseye.cfg points to the files containing the bulletin... don't be confused because they may have a .MSG
extenstion... they are basically text files with sbbs' @codes and formatting stuff... you could just have them as .txt or even .asc...

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On 2018 Apr 25 20:00:08, you wrote to alt.bbs.synchronet:

I don't know what harm asking was..

none...

Messages was for bbs users to send internal mail to each other..

you've been away from RA for a long time ;)

bulletins was forums.

never... bulletins have always been simply display only files showing various statistics or notices...

My question was relevant.. myself I careless about the message/email/bulletins. It is a feature I am trying to keep. 30
years since doing this, I'm doing pretty good. I'm done with my main
menu just to find the bin is interfering.. I will research it and
figure it out like I have been doing.

are you on winwhatever or a *nix? if *nox, get mc (midnight commander) installed... also learn to use the *nix find and grep commands... i had to use the find command to locate the ra_emu and bullseye files...

user@machine:/sbbs$ find . -type f -name bullseye.*
./exec/bullseye.js
./text/bullseye.asc
./text/bullseye.cfg

;)

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are you on winwhatever or a *nix? if *nox, get mc (midnight commander) installed... also learn to use the *nix find and grep commands... i had to

use

the find command to locate the ra_emu and bullseye files...

user@machine:/sbbs$ find . -type f -name bullseye.*
./exec/bullseye.js
./text/bullseye.asc
./text/bullseye.cfg

;)

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it

wrong...
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Yes, I'm the stubborn one trying to use Windows for everything :) My but was dragging last night.. but I did get a lot accomplished. My test BBS is almost done with customizing. I was able to figure out how to make a message section menu coming from main. I'm not on the next learning hump. Using Ansi menu for External Program Section. I studies the xtrn_sec.js file. I am able to follow
chunks here and there, but when I hit a chunk I can't interrupt.. my mind give me 'Overflow Error' :) My goal is to have it gather, create list, assign a number, but I don't want it to display to screen. My setup is 'Game Area Menu' with sub of space, Board, DND (examples).
I am setting this up for Jr High, High School kids, parents, and some teachers.
My son and few of his friends has been my critics (reason for customizing). BBS will be their hangout outside of school and in a 'safe' environment. If it
was just me goofing off with a BBS.. I would just use emulator to connect to a BBS someone else made :)
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Re: Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Geoffrey Sammons to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Apr 26 2018 11:11 am

(examples). I am setting this up for Jr High, High School kids, parents, and some teachers. My son and few of his friends has been my critics (reason for customizing). BBS will be their hangout outside of school and in a 'safe' environment. If it was just me goofing off with a BBS.. I would just use emulator to connect to a BBS someone else made :)

Interesting.. I wouldn't have expected jr. high & high school kids to be interested in something like a BBS these days, or even know what it is.

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Re: Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Nightfox to Geoffrey Sammons on Thu Apr 26 2018 12:58 pm

Interesting.. I wouldn't have expected jr. high & high school kids to be interested in something like a BBS these days, or even know what it is.

Nightfox

The Retro Computing fad is taking off like mad. I've seen a lot of younger folks sign up for access lately on the boards I frequent. It's been a pleasant surprise, and most of them are quite talkative in the forums!


þdmxrobþ BBSing from St. Louis, MO since 1988

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Re: Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Dmxrob to Nightfox on Thu Apr 26 2018 04:33 pm

The Retro Computing fad is taking off like mad. I've seen a lot of younger folks sign up for access lately on the boards I frequent. It's been a pleasant surprise, and most of them are quite talkative in the forums!

That's interesting to hear. And on a similar note, retro video game emulation seems to be as popular as ever. I often keep hearing about new retro game consoles on the market - Nintendo's NES Classic and SNES Classic are the latest. And a few years ago, I saw a group of retro-styled game consoles at the store based on the Atari 2600, Genesis, etc. I heard those were made by some Chinese companies and quality was hit or miss. And an ever-popular thing to do seems to be to mod game consoles and install emulators on them (among other things) so you can play games from older game consoles. There are also handheld emulator consoles on the market too.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Nightfox to Dmxrob on Thu Apr 26 2018 03:39 pm

That's interesting to hear. And on a similar note, retro video game emulation seems to be as popular as ever. I often keep hearing about new retro game consoles on the market - Nintendo's NES Classic and SNES Classic are the latest. And a few years ago, I saw a group of retro-styled game consoles at the store based on the Atari 2600, Genesis, etc. I heard those were made by some Chinese companies and quality was hit or miss. And an ever-popular thing to do seems to be to mod game consoles and install emulators on them (among other things) so you can play games from older game consoles. There are also handheld emulator consoles on the market too.

I have one of my Raspberry PI's set up as a retro Game console, It emulates atari,snes,snes64,genisis and a few other Game system emulators all on one SD card.
I've been toying with building a full sized console using my PI.

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Dmxrob wrote to Nightfox <=-

The Retro Computing fad is taking off like mad. I've seen a lot of younger folks sign up for access lately on the boards I frequent. It's been a pleasant surprise, and most of them are quite talkative in the forums!

That's cool, maybe the retro revival will come yet? :)


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Hi! Tony,

On 27 Apr 18 16:17, you wrote to Dmxrob:

The Retro Computing fad is taking off like mad. I've seen a lot
of younger folks sign up for access lately on the boards I
frequent. It's been a pleasant surprise, and most of them are
quite talkative in the forums!

That's cool, maybe the retro revival will come yet? :)

Or, they're really MAMiLs going through their second childhood. ;-)

Cheers,
Paul.

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Paul Quinn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

That's cool, maybe the retro revival will come yet? :)

Or, they're really MAMiLs going through their second childhood. ;-)

Hahaha, maybe. :D


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I'm still translating xtrn. I did try some changes last night to it with partial success (or partial failure). I have made translation txt for the scripts I have went through as an idiot's guide for Sysop's. <--- I am one of
them :) I want to create from scratch some Ansi screens for Synchronet... but don't really know what synchronet is.... like a logo.
As to Jr High/High School kids.. I had to find the gimmick to get my 2 kids left at home interested. My son, it was Ambroshia. Now, he has a game list he
plays daily.. Iron Ox, several John Dailey games, LORD (after I added IGM's), Usurper, Treehouse Truants, Dog World II, and now Pimpwars.
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Re: Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Nightfox to Dmxrob on Thu Apr 26 2018 03:39 pm

That's interesting to hear. And on a similar note, retro video game emulation seems to be as popular as ever. I often keep hearing about new

My take on it, and I'm not a gamer, is that the 'magic' is gone out of games and such. There really was something special about older games. Sure, the graphics and such may not have been all that, but they were what they were and people loved it.

The games I see nowadays are all the same boring theme -- either shoot them up, steal a car or play pretend sports. Granted, a lot of the older games were like that -- but you could find such a wide variety, play styles, etc.


þdmxrobþ BBSing from St. Louis, MO since 1988

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Re: Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Tony Langdon to Dmxrob on Fri Apr 27 2018 04:17 pm

That's cool, maybe the retro revival will come yet? :)

One can only hope. I think it is like anything else -- we swing so far one direction (in this case extreme tech, social isolation, etc) that the pendulum always swings back the other way. Here's hoping I am right!


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Re: Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Denn to Nightfox on Thu Apr 26 2018 09:40 pm

I have one of my Raspberry PI's set up as a retro Game console, It emulates atari,snes,snes64,genisis and a few other Game system emulators all on one SD card.
I've been toying with building a full sized console using my PI.

That's cool. I've heard of people using a Raspberry Pi for that.
Recently I modded my Nintendo Wii and have installed several emulators on it (NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Genesis, TurboGrafX-16). Next I've thought of trying to get a Playstation emulator installed and putting some Playstation games on it.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Synchronet Main Menu
By: Dmxrob to Nightfox on Fri Apr 27 2018 08:10 am

That's interesting to hear. And on a similar note, retro video game
emulation seems to be as popular as ever. I often keep hearing about
new

My take on it, and I'm not a gamer, is that the 'magic' is gone out of games and such. There really was something special about older games. Sure, the graphics and such may not have been all that, but they were what they were and people loved it.

Yeah, that could be part of it. I think nostalgia is another part of it. Emulators also make it really easy to store and play the games - You don't have to put in a cartridge, just load the ROM and play.

The games I see nowadays are all the same boring theme -- either shoot them up, steal a car or play pretend sports. Granted, a lot of the older games were like that -- but you could find such a wide variety, play styles, etc.

That's true.. Due to the advances in graphics, it seems a lot more games these days try to emulate real-life things, but back in the 80s and 90s, there were more different types of games like puzzle games, side scrollers, etc..

Nightfox

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Dmxrob wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

One can only hope. I think it is like anything else -- we swing so far one direction (in this case extreme tech, social isolation, etc) that
the pendulum always swings back the other way. Here's hoping I am
right!

One can only hope. :)


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