Legend of the Green Dragon

June 27, 2005 9:51 PM

Legend of the Red Green Dragon. LOTGD is "a browser based role playing game, based on Seth Able's Legend of the Red Dragon."

Create a character, flirt with Violet the bar wench, flirt with Seth the Bard! Survive through the worst in the forest outside of town! Host your own game!
posted by rachsumat (27 comments total)

SHAMELESS SELF PLUG...



Of course, I host my own game. :)
posted by rachsumat at 9:52 PM on June 27, 2005

Back in the BBS days I loved this game...I called around to my favourite 20 or so BBSs and had my daily turn on each :)

I -did- always want to rewrite it as a much more complex game, but never got the time or energy.
posted by Kickstart70 at 9:57 PM on June 27, 2005

omg, bbs flashbacks. I used to rule at that game!
posted by FunkyHelix at 9:58 PM on June 27, 2005

That Violet was such a gold-digging little tramp.
posted by Galvatron at 10:10 PM on June 27, 2005

I feel old.
posted by iamck at 11:16 PM on June 27, 2005

This is so exciting! It's a brilliant reminder of the days of 486 PCs, 2400 baud modems, and late nights spent playing LORD on four or five different BBSes.
posted by sindark at 12:30 AM on June 28, 2005

I loved LORD. (Had it installed on my BBS.) But found myself playing Usurper which was a more advanced.

Now I just play World of Warcraft.
posted by dawiz at 1:01 AM on June 28, 2005

Pah... TradeWars 2002 is where it's at!
posted by PenDevil at 1:38 AM on June 28, 2005

I'm with PenDevil. If only someone would code up a more complex version (more customizable ships!).

WWIV 4 EVR!
posted by robocop is bleeding at 4:30 AM on June 28, 2005

From my first day in lotgd:

"You strap your Fists to your back and head out for some adventure."

Ah, the carefree life of the roving escapologist...
posted by popkinson at 4:41 AM on June 28, 2005

Why, rachsumat, WHY? I'll never be able to tear myself away... it's 1993 all over again.

::puts Kriss Kross on the stereo, wears pants backwards, jumps::
posted by Faint of Butt at 4:50 AM on June 28, 2005

Thanks, rachsumat. All a game needs to make it successful in my office is moderately acceptable game play and, most importantly, an excel spreadsheet skin.

The excel version of UT2k6 is going to rock!
posted by Mr Bismarck at 4:56 AM on June 28, 2005

Sweet, how beautiful. I loved LORD, that and Barren Realms Elite. So many hours wasted on so many BBSe.s
posted by MrBobaFett at 5:06 AM on June 28, 2005

Jenny Garth ....
posted by crunchland at 5:14 AM on June 28, 2005

Great links. I used to host a LORD game on my own BBS oh so many years ago.
posted by chunking express at 5:55 AM on June 28, 2005

I set up an instance on my server a few months ago... It's just not the same. *single, wistful tear*
posted by patgas at 6:09 AM on June 28, 2005

Ah, the good old days. At least once a year I wax nostalgic and end up logging into Acad's BBS, which runs 20 or so LORD games at any given time, including a lot of the IGMs, which extend the game nicely.
posted by twiki at 6:58 AM on June 28, 2005

Kick ass rachsumat!!! I remember the good ole days (probably the only time in my life where I >HAD< to wake up early and kill everyone) of 2400 baud modems and running a bbs; Great work!
posted by AllesKlar at 9:34 AM on June 28, 2005

sindark writes "It's a brilliant reminder of the days of 486 PCs, 2400 baud modems, and late nights spent playing LORD on four or five different BBSes."

Young whippersnapper. Think "pre-8086 computers, 300 baud modems, and late nights spent playing LORD on four or five different BBSes."
posted by Bugbread at 9:40 AM on June 28, 2005

I miss Galactic Empire and Inifinity Complex the most :(

Oh wait.. what am I talking about... TeleArena was where it was at!

(and Mutants, and Trivia, and SIGs... OMG, too many flashbacks all at once)
posted by jojoosito at 9:59 AM on June 28, 2005

This is so exciting! It's a brilliant reminder of the days of 486 PCs, 2400 baud modems, and late nights spent playing LORD on four or five different BBSes.

Of course, others have already said this, but I spent my time on pre-8086 computers, monochrome monitors, 300 baud modems, no hard drive (5.25" floppies)....

COMit was the best of the dial-up terminal programs :)
posted by Kickstart70 at 10:09 AM on June 28, 2005

And downloading porn gifs and using a special program to display them on my Hercules monchrome monitor and having to stand on the other side of the room and squint in order to see what the heck was going on.

;-)
posted by Kickstart70 at 10:11 AM on June 28, 2005

Ah, this brings back memories indeed. A while back when searching for BBSs I could telnet to in order to play LORD, I stumbled across this little gem. Played for a few weeks, but somehow in the midst of modern games, it had sadly lost its appeal it held when I was but a wee lad and my rents couldn't understand why they couldn't answer the phone when another BBS called the house.
posted by jmd82 at 10:14 AM on June 28, 2005

For those who are interested, Seth Able Robinson still makes excellent video games. He lives over here in Japan with his wife. Their site is locate here at Robinson Technologies
posted by nightchrome at 6:03 PM on June 28, 2005

Can you bring back Epic, too?
posted by Miko at 7:50 PM on June 28, 2005

I remember playing via ripterm and feeling extra cool because I got all the snazzy graphics.
posted by darksquirrel at 8:23 PM on June 28, 2005

Ripterm was awesome. Like Flash for a BBS.
posted by The Cardinal at 11:28 PM on June 28, 2005