1. Forum
  2. FidoNet
  3. CBM

  • Re: Epyx Games Series

    From Andreas Kohlbach@3:633/10 to All on Thu May 21 13:00:01 2026
    On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 20:52:31 +1200, Rug Rat wrote:

    What was your favorite game in the original Epyx Games Series?

    Sumer Games
    Summer Games II
    Winter Games
    World Games
    California Games

    Classics!

    But wasn't it the game Jumpman which saved Epyx from the brink of
    bankruptcy? Then Jumpman ? highly addictive by the way ? made Summer
    games and the others you mention only possible.
    --
    Andreas

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Kalevi Kolttonen@3:633/10 to All on Fri May 22 16:30:01 2026
    Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> wrote:
    But wasn't it the game Jumpman which saved Epyx from the brink of
    bankruptcy? Then Jumpman ? highly addictive by the way ? made Summer
    games and the others you mention only possible.

    I do not know, but Jumpman is one of the greatest
    platformers ever made. A fantastic game indeed!

    br,
    KK

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Andreas Kohlbach@3:633/10 to All on Sat May 23 12:30:01 2026
    On Thu, 21 May 2026 14:17:48 -0000 (UTC), Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:

    Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> wrote:
    But wasn't it the game Jumpman which saved Epyx from the brink of
    bankruptcy? Then Jumpman ? highly addictive by the way ? made Summer
    games and the others you mention only possible.

    I do not know,

    I think I had it from Epyx' Wikipedia page:

    | A year later ([1982], Epyx was starting to have financial
    | difficulties. Jim Connelley wanted and received money through venture
    | capital, and the venture capitalists installed Michael Katz to manage
    | the company. Connelley clashed with new management, left Epyx, and
    | formed his own development team,The Connelley Group, with all of the
    | programmers going with him, but continued to work under the Epyx
    | umbrella.

    | With no programmers to develop any games in-house, Michael Katz needed
    | to hire programmers to ensure a steady supply of games. Several venture
    | capital owners involved in Epyx also had ownership of a company called
    | Starpath. While Starpath had several young programmers and hardware
    | engineers, they were facing financial difficulties as well. Around this
    | time, an independent submission to publish a game called Jumpman came
    | through and was a big hit for Epyx. The success of Jumpman made Epyx a
    | lot of money [...]

    Okay, may be not bankruptcy, but no doing well and sort of in panic to
    get a game to the market.

    but Jumpman is one of the greatest platformers ever made. A fantastic
    game indeed!

    :-)
    --
    Andreas

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Kalevi Kolttonen@3:633/10 to All on Thu Jun 11 19:55:16 2026
    Brent Hendricks <bphendri@bbs.catracing.org> wrote:
    I just got my BBS connected to Newsgroups, I am surprised to see this message over here, as I posted this to FIDONet on the 1st of June.

    Is teh CBM echo gatewayed to this newsgroup, or did someone manually cross post?

    I am curious as if it is, I will make a note in the message bases entry file for both areas that they are cross posted..

    The post you are referring to appeared here on:

    Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 20:52:31 +1200

    If you originally posted it on June 1st, I guess it is unlikely
    that it was automatically relayed. It should not take eight days,
    right?

    br,
    KK


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Brent Hendricks@3:633/10 to All on Thu Jun 11 19:55:16 2026
    I just got my BBS connected to Newsgroups, I am surprised to see this
    message over here, as I posted this to FIDONet on the 1st of June.

    Is teh CBM echo gatewayed to this newsgroup, or did someone manually cross post?

    I am curious as if it is, I will make a note in the message bases entry file for both areas that they are cross posted..

    Thanks.

    Rug Rat (Brent Hendricks)
    Blog and Forums - www.catracing.org
    IMAGE BBS! 3.0 - bbs.catracing.org 6400
    C-Net Amiga BBS - bbs.catracing.org 6840
    Ham's Over IP - 104196


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Brent Hendricks@3:633/10 to All on Thu Jun 11 19:55:16 2026
    Interesting, and I do not see any other posts that look like they got cross posted.......

    Things that make you go "Hmmmm."!

    Rug Rat (Brent Hendricks)
    Blog and Forums - www.catracing.org
    IMAGE BBS! 3.0 - bbs.catracing.org 6400
    C-Net Amiga BBS - bbs.catracing.org 6840
    Ham's Over IP - 104196


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Brent Hendricks on Thu Jun 11 14:00:44 2026

    On 2026 Jun 11 19:55:16, you wrote to All:

    Is teh CBM echo gatewayed to this newsgroup, or did someone manually cross post?
    [...]
    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

    yes, it is gated by the Zone 3 fidonet system in the above origin line...

    )\/(ark

    "The soul of a small kitten in the body of a mighty dragon. Look on my majesty, ye mighty, and despair! Or bring me catnip. Your choice. Oooh, a shiny thing!"
    ... What do you think of the guests?
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Rug Rat@1:135/250 to Mark Lewis on Thu Jun 11 22:37:45 2026
    On Thu 11-Jun-2026 2:00p, Mark Lewis@1:3634/12.73 said to Rug Rat:

    yes, it is gated by the Zone 3 fidonet system in the above origin line...

    Okay, that makes sense. That is the only message I recognized from here - probbably because I wrote it... :)

    There does seem to be a considerable delay with the gateway though, and it does not seem that the replies make it back her

    Thanks for the reply.

    Rug Rat (Brent Hendricks)
    Blog and Forums - www.catracing.org
    IMAGE BBS! 3.0 - bbs.catracing.org 6400
    C-Net Amiga BBS - bbs.catracing.org 6840
    Ham's Over IP - 104196
    --- CNet/5
    * Origin: The Rat's Den BBS (1:135/250)