Bolo is not dead.
Bolo is an
arcade/
strategy multiplayer tank game for
Macintosh,
Windows and
Linux operating systems. The object of the game is very simple: take over all the refueling bases, and conquer all the
pillboxes. The idea is very simple, and yet like all very simple ideas the gameplay is very addictive.
The game was created in early 90s by
Stuart Cheshire for Mac platform. A few
spoofs were created, such as
Armored Aliance which never was released due to copyright issues. Around June 2000 I stumbled upon a first fully working Windows port:
Winbolo. Apparently now there's even a port for Linux.
Web page: www.winbolo.com
On a more personal note. We had a roomfull of LC575s in my old highschool. Every lunch, a bunch of people would assemble there and play. Oh the good old days. No talking to fellow students, no gawking at pretty girls. Just Bolo (tm). (I even wrote it in my year book!)