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David Taylor has kindly shared a ‘New Old’ game for Windows PC. The game is called “Galactic Merchant 200” which is a simple old school BBS Door Game. Below you can read more about the game from David himself.

“Back in 1991, in the province of Ontario was a time when BBS’s were the place to be, while exchanging ideas and passing the time sharing software. This also brought upon what was known as Door games. Games you played online. A very exciting concept to a kid or adult alike. During this time, my uncle wrote a Door game inspired by Trade Wars. A game where you’d explore the galaxy and mine for minerals and setup trade routes. My Uncle, took it upon himself to write a game, the game came to be called Galactic Merchant 200. The 200 meaning for the amount of moves you have to play within the game. Though this game is different. In this game you have five options to buy and sell stock in Galactic companies. Make the most money and you win. It sounds simple enough and yet can be a hassle. He wrote it in IBM Cassette Basic and had it up and running for a period of time. That was until his IBM computer fried and it was believed to be lost forever. Fast forward to 2017 and I received a box containing an assortment of floppies ranging from old games, Atari 2600 carts, cassette tapes, and a notebook. The floppies contained old software and his once believed lost game. In the notebook it contained the source code to his creation followed by a group of phone numbers. Most likely numbers to neighbouring BBS’s. After I discovered the source code and his forgotten game, I took it upon myself to bring this back from the dead and share it with the world. It took me a countless amount of hours to rework the code and make it as true to the original as possible. Currently, I’m working on expanding it and making it grow in the hopes of bringing attention to this forgotten piece of BBS gaming history”. Download: Galactic Merchant 200.rar