Talk:Drugwars

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I question the history of this game. Drug Wars was originally created in the 1980s for the PC by John E. Dell --scruss 14:39, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

  • I think that these are similar games, but this Drugwars is for the TI calculators, and the one you are talking about is what this one is based on. Actually, i think it goes Drugwars(computer game) -> Dope Wars -> Drugwars(Calculator game). At least, that's the impression i got. If you got more info on the computer version, please add it! --Quadraxis 01:14, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
    • Scruss is right; the TI versions of this game were definitely based off of John E. Dell's PC version. And besides which, I (Jonah Cohen) only made the TI-86 version, not any of the versions for the TI-82, TI-83, TI-85, etc. --Rhythmeme 21:32, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
      • I cannot believe I'm actually writing this, but I can set the history straight about the earlier versions. I was talking about this with some friends at a bar tonight. I created the original version for the TI-82 with a friend of mine. We developed it together based upon the PC version, and this was the first calculator port, period. I'm Brian Barnes and my friend was Simon Lehrer. We went to Lafayette High School in Ballwin, Missouri (a suburb of St. Louis). This is why the "dope wars" wikipedia page talks about a version of the game based in St. Louis. The problem with programming for the TI-82, -85, whatever was that anyone else could modify the source code. It was impossible to control what was distributed or maintain credit. We went by the nicknames of "Spectre" and "red dog" -- which were distributed with a pixel based splash/title screen in at least one version. Anyway, that's the story. I don't know anything about the TI-86 version. For a timeline; the original TI-82 port was developed during our A.P. Physics course in our junior year, which would have been '93-'94. The wikipedia entry should probably be updated to reflect proper credit. This was my first experience with programming. A silly high school thing. I may be contacted at bcbarnes@gmail.com. And yes, I registered a wikipedia account just for this. --bcbarnes-wiki 1:16am (CDT) August 4, 2007.