☆BBS "The Documentary"☆ #RetroGaming #GamersUnite

Over the last few weeks we have been learning each evening about the wonderful world of Bulletin Board Systems (BBS)

We have been undertaking our education through the cool set of BBS films known as BBS "The Documentary" made by Jason Scott Sadofsky

There are 8 parts to the documentary and for us it was a real eye opener that explains exactly how the BBS was the forerunner that led to the internet as we know it today.

The thing we found most amazing was how online multi-player was born in the world of BBS.

Some of the text adventures of the time enabled you to interact with other online gamers who were playing the same game as you. 

A particularly scene from the documentary sees a text adventurer describe the delight as he found a fellow player in the game who guided him through one of the trickier parts of the game. The delight in his face sums up the same delight we all get today from playing online.

Later on in the documentary we get to learn about the cool sounding turn based online multiplayer game "Trade Wars" . 

Again, Trade Wars was seen as the forerunner for a new gaming genre, this time though it was the MMO genre.

The fact that the BBS Games were free made them accessible to so many and really enabled these new genres to blossom into what we know them as today.

The more we work through the fantastic BBS Documentaries, the more we realise just how much ,as gamers and users of the internet, we owe to those BBS Pioneers of the day.

Take a look through the marvellous documentaries today, they are well worth your time ......... especially if you're a Geek like us! ;)

http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/

☆Game Of The Day "No Dead Folk Game"☆ @soJAKEable #GameDev #RetroGaming #GamersUnite

After undertaking our usual sift through the coolest games in the world right now we stumbled upon this absolute beauty! "NO DEAD FOLK"

The look of this game is right up our street. Pixel Art Graphics Retrogaming Goodness is what we love best!

The game itself is currently under construction by a Game Dev by the name of "Jacob Yard" 

Read what Jacob has to say about his cool project:

"Just to confirm. I am currently developing a small platform game for my uni portfolio. 

I am currently 18 and getting ready for university, please take into consideration i’m pretty busy. 

No Dead Folk! is a retro zombie survival game inspired by games such as ‘Oregon Trail’ and ‘Wasteland’. 

It is currently in early stages. I will be updating through twitter and this blog. 

You can follow me on twitter at @soJAKEable and search  #nodeadfolk on twitter. 
I would appreciate your support :) 

We may potentially create something great."

Jacob is looking to carry through the retro feel throughout the game with old style look and feel to the No Dead Folk World.

There's not much more detail on the actual game than this but we are loving the look of how it's shaping up from these early pics.

Hopefully Jacob will achieve his goal and get this beauty released at some point.

When that happens, we'll be right on hand to give you the full low down on this cool video game!