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Noisebridge BBS is an old-school hacker bulletin board system running on a modern Enigma 1/2 BBS server accessible by Telnet over IP. MAINTAINERS: SYSOP: User:Hungry bogart USERS: User:Lxpk, User:Carl CHANNELS: #bbs channel on Discord EMAIL THE SYSOP: dcryptd@mailbox.org to contact Hungry bogart aka HB TELNET ADDRESS: possessed.duckdns.org port 8888 OTHER BBS ADDRESSES: toxicbbs.com (Toxic BBS) PHONE NUMBER: soon TELNET CLIENTS: Telnet Clients including Synchronet, Netrunner, and mTelnet.

Noisebridge BBS Shirts

Sign up if you want one, we will order when we have 5 or more

• • Remember to tell us the size of t-shirt you prefer. Add your name here, send an email to the sysop (HB), or send a dm to Hungry_Bogart#7725 in the #bbs channel.
• User:Hungry bogart
• User:Carl
• User:Lxpk
• User:Truncs
• User:Jams
• User:James
• add names here

OG BBS Games

Trade Wars 2002

To play, create an account on the BBS using a Telnet client like Netrunner.

1. Add the Noisebridge BBS to the Directory
2. Connect
3. Create a Noisebridge BBS account
4. Once you get to the Door List, type in tw02
5. Join the Brokedown game server
6. Press T to play
7. Create an account
8. Enter numbers of systems to hyperspace jump.
9. Plot a course to Sol (System #1) to pick up colonists to ferry back to your home planet.
10. Good luck figuring out the rest, I haven't played since I had a modem!
11. If you want to join the Noisebridge corp, contact LX on Discord.

Trade Wars: Space sim BBS door game sandbox similar to modern space sims like Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen but with text.

The Trade Wars 2002 splash screen:

What you see when you create your first character.

Darkness

Darkness is a badass cyberpunk game.

You can kill your fellow Runners for fun, fame and profit.

There are ancient ruined computer systems to hack into filled with remnants of Cyberpunk-era black ICE (Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics).

BBS Related Links

Modern BBS Games

Digital: A Love Story: A computer mystery/romance set five minutes into the future of 1988 featuring a vast conspiracy, buffer overflows, telephone fraud, and hacking the Gibson! By Christine Love

16 Colors ANSI Archive: An archive of ANSI art that aims to be a comprehensive collection of this type of electronic art. It includes tutorials on how to make your own ANSIs, art packs from former and contemporary artist, as well as tools used in ANSI, ASCII, and Demoscene projects.

DOCUMENTARIES

BBS: The Documentary takes a comprehensive view of the BBS scene and does so in a skillful and thought provoking series of episodes, retelling the point in history that predated the Internet. Throughout this series, many of our modern implementations of tech find their origins. It's nothing short of a vital contribution to hacker history, told by the people who were there. BBS: The Documentary on IMDB

Watch it on YouTube LEET GUY's HD Full-Length version

BACK to the BBS Is come from Al's Geek Lab on YouTube. This documentary focuses on the history of BBSes, but with an additional focus on how BBSes fit into today's world. Why would someone go on a BBS to chat with friends and play games when they can play on STEAM, use Discord, or post on Facebook? Social Media and the modern Internet as we know it has promised that we will all stay connected, but that doesn't always seem true. Watch as Al explores the history and the future of BBSes.

Watch it on YouTube Back to the BBS playlist