Legend of the Red Dragon | Cheerful Ghost

Want To Know More About The History of The BBS and Cheerful Ghost Games?

Game Dev's Quest is a cool local Oregon Podcast about game development and I was part of their most recent show. In this episode I talked about my history of BBS's and the launch of our new games BBS. If you wanted a deep dive of the games we launched and my absolute love for the retro days of BBS past this is a must listen! I've embedded the audio podcast above but I recommend heading over to Airpodcast to listen below or, even better, subscribing to Game Dev's Quest on the Podcast client of your choice.

"Jon Dodson is back to talk about launching the Cheerful Ghost BBS! We discuss what a Bulletin Board System is, its history, and why we are still interested in them... Read All

Did You BBS? Connecting Your Old PC Hardware To Modern BBS Systems.

If you have an old 486 PC sitting around the house and you wanted to connect it to a modern BBS, Lazy Game Reviews has an amazing guide on how to do that. Apparently someone has created a Wifi card that translates a wifi signal to a Hayes compatible modem which allows you to connect to modern BBS's that people run online to play games like Legend of the Red Dragon and Tradewars! Optionally you can just head over to the BBS Guide and use your modern computer to relive those magical moments too but this seems way more amazing.

http://telnetbbsguide.com/

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 06/19/2017 at 07:51am

I used to have a 486 and a BBS. I remember, even in the later years with my Commodore 128D, I still used modems to connect to BBSs around my area in near central Texas (before my move to Virginia). Now, I get annoyed when people call their PC tower or anything network related a "modem." But, I remember connecting at about 1200 bauds per/sec, I'd say. Ah, those were the days. We had games we played like Legend of the Red Dragon and Usurper. It was fun, then Prodigy and AOL got popular...

Travis Admin wrote on 06/19/2017 at 12:17pm

"Modern BBS"

Wow I didn't even know there were any.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/19/2017 at 03:53pm

Yep. I connected to a few last night. Apparently Wildcat is still popular for hosting Boards but the ones I connected to weren't running any Doors.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 06/19/2017 at 06:02pm

I haven't thought of tradewars in years. I also played a lot of The Pit: http://breakintochat.com/wiki/The_Pit

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/20/2017 at 04:44am

The Pit looks fun but I hadn't played it. I mostly stuck to LORD, Tradewars, Barney Splat, Rockstar, Drug Wars and I think I tried Barren Realms Elite once.

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AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 08/26/2018 at 12:27am

This was a super fun podcast to listen to! Rett and Taylor seem like really good guys. Listening to Jon talk about BBS's brought me back to high school lol. And the section about goals was inspiring. Jon is one of the best about setting and attaining goals; I know I need to be better about it.

All in all, a great podcast!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/26/2018 at 09:09pm

Thanks Adam, I had fun being on the show. Also thanks for the nice words about goals. Staying on track is really really hard. Takes a lot to claw my way back to keep on target.