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  • What ARE Doorgames?

    From Alys W@1:103/705 to All on Mon Mar 3 20:06:37 2025
    Hello, I just wanted to ask what doorgames even are. I'm quite confused on this because the name tells me nothing about what it could be, so please someone tell me! Thanks.
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  • From Al@1:153/757 to Alys W on Mon Mar 3 20:23:44 2025
    Hello, I just wanted to ask what doorgames even are. I'm quite confused on thi
    because the name tells me nothing about what it could be, so please someone tell me! Thanks.

    Doorgames are games you can play on a BBS, designed for BBS use.

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  • From Alys W@1:103/705 to Al on Tue Mar 4 08:39:27 2025
    Re: What ARE Doorgames?
    By: Al to Alys W on Mon Mar 03 2025 08:23 pm

    Huh... I see. That's a lot more simple than I thought it would be. Why are they called doorgames (or is there even a specific reason)?
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  • From Nigel Reed@1:124/5016 to All on Tue Mar 4 11:46:30 2025
    On Tue, 4 Mar 2025 09:03:16 -0800
    "Al" (1:153/757) <Al@f757.n153.z1.fidonet> wrote:

    Huh... I see. That's a lot more simple than I thought it would be.
    Why are they called doorgames (or is there even a specific reason)?


    I'm not sure where the term doorgame originates but BBS games have
    been called "doors" since before I came on the scene.

    I guess when you select an option on a BBS menu it is similar to
    going through a door.

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-7
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    RBBS-PC was one of, if not the first, to use the term "door". It's like
    opening a door to another set of programs that the BBS can run. The
    author of PCBoard was instrumental on pushing DOOR.SYS.
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  • From Alys W@1:103/705 to Al on Tue Mar 4 10:17:49 2025
    Re: Re: What ARE Doorgames?
    By: Al to Alys W on Tue Mar 04 2025 09:03 am

    Oh yeah, huh. Interesting.
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  • From Al@1:153/757 to Alys W on Tue Mar 4 09:03:16 2025
    Huh... I see. That's a lot more simple than I thought it would be. Why are they called doorgames (or is there even a specific reason)?

    I'm not sure where the term doorgame originates but BBS games have been called "doors" since before I came on the scene.

    I guess when you select an option on a BBS menu it is similar to going through a door.

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-7
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)
  • From jas hud@1:3634/12 to Nigel Reed on Sun Mar 9 17:34:47 2025
    Re: Re: What ARE Doorgames?
    By: Nigel Reed to All on Tue Mar 04 2025 11:46:30

    I'm not sure where the term doorgame originates but BBS games have
    been called "doors" since before I came on the scene.

    I guess when you select an option on a BBS menu it is similar to
    going through a door.


    i'm not sure where i saw this decades ago, but doors were referred to as 'doors to another world"
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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to JAS HUD on Mon Mar 10 09:34:00 2025
    i'm not sure where i saw this decades ago, but doors were referred to as 'doors
    to another world"

    For RPG and space games, that would certainly be appropriate.


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