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UN*X ATTACK! Multiplayer game
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Sat Jan 13 17:44:52 1996
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 21:16:49 +0200
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
From: jtemplin@jtemplin.d.umn.edu (Josh Templin)
Subject: UN*X ATTACK! Multiplayer game
Organization: Continuum Computational Resources, MONOLITH server
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by Joshua C Templin .,---''
AND The UA Development Team ======================
Welcome to UN*X ATTACK .. a fast pased Tank Battle Game that supports up to
16 players on multiple platforms. UN*X ATTACK! (or UA) is currently in
testing and pre-compiled clients are available to the general public.
The theory behind UA is simple ... you defend your own base while
eliminating the other players. To do this, you use tanks, mines, pods,
lasers, guns, neutrons (nukes! All good games have nukes!) .. and more. The
current client for UA is curses based, allowing you to play from a
workstation, xterm, dialin connection, or even a dumb terminal. Current
plans include an X version.
UA is a fast pased game. With up to 16 players and four active tanks per
player, UA can have a LOT going on at once! You've got a lot to think about
.. or /react to/! :) Be the last one alive .. to win!
UA features an easy to use interface (with customizable keys), all necessary
data onscreenat all times, and a convient TALK/CHAT mode to allow you to
talk to your fellow players before and after the game.
When you first connect to UA, you'll end up in the TALK/CHAT mode. If there
already is a game going on, someone's name will have GAME above it. You'll
have to wait until everyone comes out of the GAME mode for a new game to
begin. Otherwise, you are free (along with other users) to start a game.
Please note that playing a game by yourself is not really that exciting, so
the server will only start a game when two or more players are on.
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Current ready-to-use distribution packages are available for these
platforms:
Linux 1.x
SunOS 5.4
These are available by ftping to:
jtemplin.d.umn.edu
in:
/pub/ua
as:
ua_linux.tar.gz
ua_sunos54.tar.gz
Please read the included documentation before playing .. it'll help make
things go soo much smoother .. and a list of server(s) is included in the
FAQ.
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Tanks for playing UA!
Joshua C Templin
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= jtemplin is Joshua Templin (KB9ENE) FDC Kisasian jtemplin@d.umn.edu =
= "A dark and cold highway stretched off into the unforseeable distance. =
= On it walked two lions, one real, and one a guide." =
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