/vr/ - Retro Games

spoke on the general BBS scene in Japanwhich he summarized in two words: competition and cooperation. He feels that the Japanese telecommunications users, inspite of the recent competition in domestic and international telecommunication systems, cannot enjoy low cost telecommunications which the U.S. users are used to. Toshiyuki mentioned that there is a great deal of competition and cooperation among the 1,000 or so private BBSes, the many non-profit regional systems and a douzen or so big commercial networks, such as NIFTY-Serve, the Japanese version of CompuServe. He brought with him a BBS Telephone Directly (BBS電話帳), a quarterly publication of all known private/public/commercial BBSes in Japan. His BBS is networked with unique 8-bit NetMail to about 10 other BBSes in Japan, one of which can be dialed up through a digital packet network (TYMPAS), domestically and internationally.
Toshiyuki was unique in his own way, not using the NEC computer (which is the personal computer that most Japanese users have for their home use) so much and rather liking to use foreign-made PCs (such as IBM, Mac and Amiga) for their better user interface. A question was asked which BBS host programs are typically used on the NEC; his answer was many, not any one or two particularly used."

http://www.osk.3web.ne.jp/logos/fidonews.html#726

To make it /vr/ related: BBSes usually had games. One of the most popular ones in the west was called Trade Wars. A massive online space exploration and resource management game. Are there any resources out there to say what kind of games existed on Japanese BBSes?

>>6173965
>you know what, forget the mods

What's the best sound emulator for PC-98?
I tried hoot but it sounds off in places. Are there any better alternatives or a way to make hoot itself sound better?