“Space Ship of Death was originally written by Sean D. Wagle on the Commodore, under the name “Murder Motel“, and was ported to the PC by David Barker. It is a door game for online bulletin board systems (BBS); my version is for the Warp Six BBS software on the Apple II. In SSOD, players move through a text-based arena comprised of hundreds of rooms and several floors, acquiring items and assembling them into weapons and defenses to use against other players. Only one player may play at a time; the first person to reach a set number of kills wins. Interchangeable modules allow the sysop to choose whether players will roam a space ship, hotel, summer camp, or a custom scenario.”
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