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XBill!
6 days ago
- XBill is a game where players act as sysadmins protecting computers from viruses disguised as Windows, with network infections spreading via cables.
- Originally developed in summer 1994 by Brian Wellington and Matias Duarte, it has evolved through revisions, with version 2.1 being the latest.
- The game welcomes new ideas for improvements, especially graphical enhancements, and offers access to a Java applet version, source code, and RPM downloads.
A Universe from Three Sectors: Recovering TradeWars 2002's Map from Its RNG Seed
5 days ago
- TradeWars 2002 universe generated by BIGBANG.EXE using a seed from the DOS clock, producing about 8.64 million possible seeds.
- Three landmark sectors (StarDock, Terra, Rylos) are enough to uniquely identify the seed and reconstruct the entire map via brute-force search.
- The map recovery relies on reversing a linear congruential generator, with exact reconstruction requiring byte-perfect knowledge of Big Bang's sequence of random calls.
- This method is effective for early DOS versions but may not apply to later branches; however, no prior public record of this specific inverse recovery exists.
- Practically obsolete but highlights how the seemingly complex map was encoded in a small amount of information (around 23 bits).
Modder Makes GTA: Vice City Playable Inside GTA 3 Inside GTA: San Andreas
a day ago
- A modder created a mod allowing Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City to be played as in-game textures within Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, enabling simultaneous play.
- The mod enables full gameplay progression, including missions and save files, across the three classic Rockstar games in an overlapping, Inception-style format.
- This creative modding highlights the legacy of Rockstar's early 2000s trilogy, which revolutionized console gaming with dense, living open-world cities.
- The anticipation for Grand Theft Auto VI contrasts with this nostalgic modding, as modern gaming expectations have escalated, making new releases more complex.

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XBill!

A Universe from Three Sectors: Recovering TradeWars 2002's Map from Its RNG Seed

Modder Makes GTA: Vice City Playable Inside GTA 3 Inside GTA: San Andreas