Every few years I check in with BZFlag again and have a few moments play .. and get absolutely trounced by .. whoever/whatever .. is playing on the server I join. It's been very rare that I play for longer than 10 minutes .. just because its so darned frenetic and chaotic that its hard to get into the flow. I wonder if that has changed this year .. time to go find out. ;)
(I used to love playing Spectre VR [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_(video_game)] back in the day, multiplayer.. if BZFlag is too crazy, I may just try to rig up a Spectre VR network locally for my kids and me to have a few bashes...)
Thanks for that, looks fun! There's something very appealing about tank games, it seems - both from the 'hmm, I'll write my own' angle as well as the 'spend hours in a virtual tank blowing things up' side of things. I guess it really appeals to some primal instinct .. at least, in my case I know its true. :)
Probably my favourite game ever. Played mainly by die-hard experienced players. There's always talk of the game dying off, but still, here it is alive and reasonably well! The graphics would not impress anybody who is used to modern multiplayer games, but the gameplay is second to none. Easy to learn, difficult to master. And great fun to boot. Give it a try!
Somehow the red icon on the homepage instantly reminded me of the tank view of Bolo. I remember wasting hours playing it on the university network many many years ago...
