I have been trying to find an older BBS Door that I used to play in the late 80s and early 90s on WWIV BBS. I do not know if it is exclusive to WWIV or if it is just that I only saw/remember it on WWIV. It was one of my favourite BBS Doors of all time.
The gameplay is a simple loop. When the game is started, the universe is spawned, and a text file is created [in a directory] that is a map of said universe. I think the map is nine pages, but it could be six. Arranged like a box. The players represent factions in game that are trying to conquer the rest of the known universe. They start with a planet, some resources, and a ship or two. They build outward.
The Juice of Dominion is the anticipation. Because the system processed all moves at BBS Upkeep Time, you would not know what happened until tomorrow. And you had a whole day to plan out your next move. And I miss that anticipation loop.
I know there is another game similar to it called Interstellar War. I do not know which came first, but Dominion is the original in my mind. I have a copy of ISW that works but I have been unable to find Dominion itself. All of my old floppies have disappeared through the years and I would really like to find it again. Bonus points for source code.
I have spent a sizeable amount of time looking online--scouring the archives I can find for lack of a better way to say it--and I have been unable to find it. I have found another BBS project named Dominion, but it is not the same. It is more of a medieval type thing.
Does anyone here have it or know where I can find it?
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