[HN Gopher] M.U.L.E. Online ___________________________________________________________________ M.U.L.E. Online Author : panic Score : 62 points Date : 2023-06-02 06:51 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (puzzud.itch.io) (TXT) w3m dump (puzzud.itch.io) | bbarnett wrote: | Awesome! Wish it explained what the files I get, when I buy, are. | | Or an install howto. Or an FAQ. (I looked, did I miss these | things?) | [deleted] | lowercased wrote: | you get one download file. an exe on windows. a .app file on | mac (I think). I just downloaded the mac file, moved to | applications, and ran it. starts up just fine. | | some link to 'rules' might help, but it's about as 100% close | to the original as I can imagine for the 'local' player mode. | the 'online' mode seems to need to talk to some server or have | an open port, and I just keep getting 'unable to reach server' | message. but local single player mode is OK enough for now for | me against computer players. | | hopefully author will update that itch.io page with a bit more | info. | aidenn0 wrote: | https://www.mocagh.org/ea/mule-manual.pdf <-- original manual | ofrzeta wrote: | It was interesting to learn that Ozark Software is kept alive by | Dan Bunten's daughter Melanie. | pessimizer wrote: | I wish she had kept Bunten's website up; I spent hours reading | it. The Seven Cities of Gold really had an effect on me, | probably hundreds of hours of play. | | https://web.archive.org/web/20110725030033/http://www.anticl... | mgkimsal wrote: | Prebought this last week. It's incredibly accurate to the | original 8 bit versions. The _only_ nitpick I have so far is a) I | don 't know how to use the 'mouse' (clicked macbook trackpad, but | can't quite figure it out?), and b) the background 'grey' may be | 'right' (as originally displayed on CRTs), but seems a bit dark | on my current monitor. | | Music is great, animations, characters, text... it's all there. | So well done. Looking forward to trying 'online' version later. | michaelcampbell wrote: | I remember the most mindblowingly cool idea from M.U.L.E. on the | Atari 8-bits I used to play it on, was the real-time joystick | auction mode. | karmakaze wrote: | Yeah the 4-player realtime auction really made the game. The | two best Atari games I remember playing are Archon and M.U.L.E. | rstupek wrote: | Archon, MULE, star raiders, and seven cities of gold were my | favorites | karmakaze wrote: | Oh and (Bill Budge) Pinball Constuction Set blew my mind! | rstupek wrote: | Agreed. It so perfectly modeled supply and demand to me as a | kid | mdswanson wrote: | Absolutely! A simple, visual, intuitive, and interactive way to | perform an auction. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-06-03 23:00 UTC)