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Josh Renaud
Josh Renaud
@kirkman@digipres.club  ·  activity timestamp last month

I just found concrete evidence that one of the people I most wanted to interview for my 2024 deep-dive into "Instant Graphics and Sound" did actually read the series after it was published. He added a link to it on his website!

It's kind of mind-boggling ... He never responded to a single inquiry I made over 5 years. I had wondered if he was dead, but I never found an obit.

Well, since he's seen my work (and linked to it!), maybe he might re-consider and talk with me.

https://breakintochat.com/blog/category/instant-graphics-and-sound/?order=asc

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Josh Renaud
Josh Renaud
@kirkman@digipres.club  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

An update — Steve Turnbull finally wrote back to me! And it turns out, he *does* still have some of the files and code for the vaporware "Wildcardz" IGS game he was working on.

Can't *wait* to dig in to this!

#atari #atarist #igs #bbs #textmode #textart #breakintochat #retrocomputing

https://digipres.club/@kirkman/115952512673050242

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Josh Renaud
Josh Renaud
@kirkman@digipres.club  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Tonight I succeeded in bringing a 33-year-old vaporware BBS game back to life!

After Steve Turnbull sent me the C source code to his unfinished IGS blackjack game "Wildcardz!", I ported it to Javascript. Now I can run it on my Synchronet BBS!

It's a really impressive IGS game. I doubt any ANSI BBS card game could compare visually.

Want background? Check out my history of IGS:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/category/instant-graphics-and-sound/?order=asc

#atari #atarist #digipres #igs #textmode #textart #retrocomputing #bbs #retrogaming

This screenshot shows the blackjack game "Wildcardz!" There are two hands of cards shown, one for the player and one for the dealer.
This screenshot shows the blackjack game "Wildcardz!" There are two hands of cards shown, one for the player and one for the dealer.
This screenshot shows the blackjack game "Wildcardz!" There are two hands of cards shown, one for the player and one for the dealer.
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