r/bbs • u/SimpleFlk505 • 9d ago
Looking for Renegade BBS door game
When I was about 13 I wrote a renegde door game, called Kickboxer by soloware. I remember years ago seeing it on some shareware cd, but I wanted to look for it again. Does anyone have an idea how I can find it today? It was the first 'program' I ever wrote. A simple kick/punch/ arena door game. I wrote about 5 or so, but that was the first one.
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u/PaulLee420 9d ago edited 9d ago
You know 2oFB has you covered!
kbxr_10.zip:
╔══───────────═≡═───────────══╗
║ -=-=-= KICKBOXERv1.0 =-=-=- ║
│ Released 2/15/94 │
║ A soloware ßßS Door Game ║
╚══───────────═≡═───────────══╝
But lets see if we can't find some more of your work???
KB_112.ZIP:
╔═══───────=≡■≡=≡───────═══╗
║░▒▌KICKBOXER v1.12 DEMO ▐▒░║
║░▒▌ßßS DOOR 3/4/94 ▐▒░║
║░▒▌Rip & Ansi Support! ▐▒░║
╚═══───────=≡■≡=────────═══╝
ripchatd.zip:
╔══────────────=≡■≡=────────────══╗
║░▒▌ SOLOWARE RIPCHAT v1.0 ▐▒░║
│░▒▌A RIP only bbs chat program ▐▒░│
│░▒▌ EXCELLENT RIP GRAPHICS! ▐▒░│
║░▒▌ Released 3/5/94 ▐▒░║
╚══────────────=≡■≡=────────────══╝
... just login to 2oFB @ 20ForBeers.com:1337, goto the File Menu (F) and search (S) for "soloware". Be sure to answer Yes (Y) to both of the next prompts - then Mystic will cycle thru all my File Conferences and let you download... cheers!
Maybe I'll install kickboxer - can I get a license??? :P
pAULIE42o
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u/PaulLee420 9d ago
Also, made an archive.org page with all three, in case you don't wanna do it the old fashioned way!!
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u/iheartbaconsalt 9d ago
Wow I did that at 18 and someone actually sent me $5 for the game once! I made a silly archery door to shoot cows with targets on them lol. It would have been from 1995 or so! Wish I remembered what I called it!
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u/SimpleFlk505 9d ago
Same. I had a "donate" address info in the install docs, I think I made like $50 in total. I could have been the next bill gates lol
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u/PaulLee420 9d ago
KICKBOXER v1.0
HAVE YOUR SYSOP REGISTER TODAY!
PAUSING.........
UNREGISTERED 5 SECOND DELAY
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u/ten-oh-four 8d ago
Cool game! Do you still have the source by chance? Alternatively are you able to generate a key or anything?
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u/nelgin 8d ago
If he had the source, he probably wouldn't be looking for the binary. That said, it could be stuck on a 5 1/4" floppy that's covered in mold on the back of a shelf.
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u/Strange_Quantity_359 8d ago
Yeah, not everyone can yoink some old ass source code off a shelf and build the toolchain back to compile it on DOS these days. So even if they had it, doesn't mean they could compile it -- cracking is probably easier if there isn't a keygen.
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u/squizzeak 8d ago
I was pretty involved in the scene back in the early 90’s; I wrote ovredit and actually sold 3 or 4 licenses for it!
I put the code up on GitHub a few years back when I found my old backup diskettes. https://github.com/squizzeak/ancient/tree/master/OvrEdit
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u/TampaStartupGuy 7d ago
Man I really miss these days. 12 years old, early 90s, 486/33mhz computer running Renegade and then RoboBoard/FX. Not really knowing WTF I was doing, but felt like doing a good enough job at it.
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u/CueTheCannedLaughter 9d ago
╔═══───────=≡■≡=≡───────═══╗║░▒▌KICKBOXER v1.12 DEMO▐▒░║║░▒▌ßßS DOOR 3/4/94 ▐▒░║║░▒▌Rip & Ansi Support! ▐▒░║╚═══───────=≡■≡=────────═══╝KB_112.ZIP
I give up trying to get the FILE_ID.DIZ to look decent.