Atlantis PbeM
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Atlantis is a free open-ended multi-player computer moderated Turn-based strategic fantasy game for any number of players. It is played via email. The game world is populated by many races and monsters. Players may attempt to carve out huge empires, become master magicians, intrepid explorers, rich traders or any other career that comes to mind and interact with other players in trade, war and alliances. There is no declared winner of the game, players set their own objectives, and one can join at any time.
Russell Wallace developed the initial version and ran the first game, Atlantis 1.0 in 1993. Geoff Dunbar continued the legacy, first with the extensive playtest of Atlantis 2.0, and then the commercial game Atlantis 3.0. Atlantis 4.0 was created by Geoff Dunbar. AtlantisDev (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/) was formed sometime after that and Joseph Traub became the maintainer of the code. Atlantis 4.0 was later expanded on by various contributors from the AtlantisDev (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/) group. The new maintainer of the code is Azthar Septragen. The actual version is 4.0.10c.
External links
- AtlantisDevGroup (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/)
- the Atlantis Project Page (http://www.prankster.com/project/)
- a running Atlantis Game (http://www.arno-saxena.de/atlantis/atl_home.php)
- PbM/PbeM Games Homepage (http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/pbm.html)
- The Atlantis Advisor (http://gnawer.byte-force.yar.ru/advisor/index.html) a graphical user interface (GUI) for the game (shareware)
- The Atlantis Cristal Ball (http://guntram.co.za/atlantis/atlantis.htm) another free GUI
- Atlantis Little Helper (http://www.geocities.com/pbemah) open source GUI client
- AtlaClient (http://atlaclient.newmail.ru/) free GUI client