There was another multiplayer game called “Search” that would result around 4:30 in the afternoon someone yelling “Search Up” which was everybody’s cue to join in the game.
Was that "hunt" that came with BSD 4-something?
I remember playing hunt. It used some kind of UDP-based protocol, if I recall correctly. There was a `huntd` you could run out of inetd that people connected to.
For some reason, I'd thought that one player ran `hunt` in some special "server" mode, but I guess I'm misremembering. But that led me to wonder whether the person running in "server" mode had an advantage due to (network) locality. IF there were similar games that behaved in such a fashion, it would be a valid concern.
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Space Travel.
- Dan C.