We had DECstations and that puckmouse when I was in college. We lost game privileges when one numbnut broke thirteen (13) of them in a violent rage one weekend because we kept blowing him up over and over in Netrek.
July 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
We had DECstations and that puckmouse when I was in college. We lost game privileges when one numbnut broke thirteen (13) of them in a violent rage one weekend because we kept blowing him up over and over in Netrek.
Back when I worked at DEC, Quozl introduced me to NETREK.
This is not that. Meet NOTREK.
Singleplayer fleet conquest for the fate of the Galaxy.
abrightmoore.itch.io/notrek
#gamedev
This is not that. Meet NOTREK.
Singleplayer fleet conquest for the fate of the Galaxy.
abrightmoore.itch.io/notrek
#gamedev
NOTREK by The World Foundry
Single player galactic fleet conquest, inspired by (but not) Netrek.
abrightmoore.itch.io
June 30, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Back when I worked at DEC, Quozl introduced me to NETREK.
This is not that. Meet NOTREK.
Singleplayer fleet conquest for the fate of the Galaxy.
abrightmoore.itch.io/notrek
#gamedev
This is not that. Meet NOTREK.
Singleplayer fleet conquest for the fate of the Galaxy.
abrightmoore.itch.io/notrek
#gamedev
Nethack FTW!
Mine:
Netrek
StarCraft Brood War
Civ II
Civ V
Counter Strike
Mine:
Netrek
StarCraft Brood War
Civ II
Civ V
Counter Strike
June 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Nethack FTW!
Mine:
Netrek
StarCraft Brood War
Civ II
Civ V
Counter Strike
Mine:
Netrek
StarCraft Brood War
Civ II
Civ V
Counter Strike
Netrek BLEW MY MIND.
March 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Netrek BLEW MY MIND.
385. THE COMPLETE INTERNET GAMER
👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-com...
#Gaming #MUD #Netrek #Doom #Descent #CommandAndConquer #PCGaming #Booksky #Book #GameHistory #Retro #MUSH #MOO #TinyMUD
👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-com...
#Gaming #MUD #Netrek #Doom #Descent #CommandAndConquer #PCGaming #Booksky #Book #GameHistory #Retro #MUSH #MOO #TinyMUD
November 18, 2024 at 7:37 PM
385. THE COMPLETE INTERNET GAMER
👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-com...
#Gaming #MUD #Netrek #Doom #Descent #CommandAndConquer #PCGaming #Booksky #Book #GameHistory #Retro #MUSH #MOO #TinyMUD
👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-com...
#Gaming #MUD #Netrek #Doom #Descent #CommandAndConquer #PCGaming #Booksky #Book #GameHistory #Retro #MUSH #MOO #TinyMUD
There are other candidates.
March 15, 2026 at 12:10 AM
There are other candidates.
Love it!!
Played some variant of that, all the way to xtrek/netrek, plenty of times.
Played some variant of that, all the way to xtrek/netrek, plenty of times.
December 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Love it!!
Played some variant of that, all the way to xtrek/netrek, plenty of times.
Played some variant of that, all the way to xtrek/netrek, plenty of times.
I don't think I played netrek until I was on Linux! I was on TrekMUSE though in middle school.
March 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I don't think I played netrek until I was on Linux! I was on TrekMUSE though in middle school.
Back in the early 1990s, the UVic Fine Arts computer lab had Sun SPARC workstations, incredibly advanced tech at the time. And so I used it to play Netrek (the guy in the back corner of the lab built a company he eventually sold to IBM) youtu.be/UYTfVMNx4-8?...
September 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Back in the early 1990s, the UVic Fine Arts computer lab had Sun SPARC workstations, incredibly advanced tech at the time. And so I used it to play Netrek (the guy in the back corner of the lab built a company he eventually sold to IBM) youtu.be/UYTfVMNx4-8?...
Netrek (AKA MacTrek)
https://macintoshgarden.org/games/netrek-aka-mactrek
From the website...
#macgarden #strategy #2009
https://macintoshgarden.org/games/netrek-aka-mactrek
From the website...
#macgarden #strategy #2009
March 21, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Netrek (AKA MacTrek)
https://macintoshgarden.org/games/netrek-aka-mactrek
From the website...
#macgarden #strategy #2009
https://macintoshgarden.org/games/netrek-aka-mactrek
From the website...
#macgarden #strategy #2009
It was all downhill after Netrek
December 29, 2024 at 2:21 PM
It was all downhill after Netrek
Netrek, obviously
and a Filemaker server
and a Filemaker server
November 21, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Netrek, obviously
and a Filemaker server
and a Filemaker server
Yeah, this "citation needed" is doing good work. :-)
![A screencap of a sentence on Wikipedia: "Xtrek and Netrek are the oldest games of what is now called the MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) genre. [citation needed]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pypvgzqhhiq6sunohhyqcjqj/bafkreicorvbp4ymatvmci35je4mtqz65gqrdoyazar25l7bff3j6ruwwuq)
March 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Yeah, this "citation needed" is doing good work. :-)
November 22nd, save the date! Man like Entity (UK) in the house and Netrek (BE) with his last ever Drum'n'Bass set. 🥳
switch.ticket.io
#switch #upnext #november22nd #entity #netrek #lastdnbset #drumandbass #drumnbass #dnb #jumpup #rave #event #clubnight #flex #vienna #austria
switch.ticket.io
#switch #upnext #november22nd #entity #netrek #lastdnbset #drumandbass #drumnbass #dnb #jumpup #rave #event #clubnight #flex #vienna #austria
November 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
November 22nd, save the date! Man like Entity (UK) in the house and Netrek (BE) with his last ever Drum'n'Bass set. 🥳
switch.ticket.io
#switch #upnext #november22nd #entity #netrek #lastdnbset #drumandbass #drumnbass #dnb #jumpup #rave #event #clubnight #flex #vienna #austria
switch.ticket.io
#switch #upnext #november22nd #entity #netrek #lastdnbset #drumandbass #drumnbass #dnb #jumpup #rave #event #clubnight #flex #vienna #austria
Awesome!
Played so much Netrek Paradise back in the 90s; well, before QWTF took over
Played so much Netrek Paradise back in the 90s; well, before QWTF took over
June 30, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Awesome!
Played so much Netrek Paradise back in the 90s; well, before QWTF took over
Played so much Netrek Paradise back in the 90s; well, before QWTF took over
Working on the 5th(?) replacement display for the games themed RetroFest in Cambridge next month.
So my last best hope for a display, my Babylon 5 as it were, is a couple of Sun workstations with xpilot, netrek & maybe Quake & Quake II on them.
Much installing & upgrading today. Just like work.
So my last best hope for a display, my Babylon 5 as it were, is a couple of Sun workstations with xpilot, netrek & maybe Quake & Quake II on them.
Much installing & upgrading today. Just like work.
October 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Working on the 5th(?) replacement display for the games themed RetroFest in Cambridge next month.
So my last best hope for a display, my Babylon 5 as it were, is a couple of Sun workstations with xpilot, netrek & maybe Quake & Quake II on them.
Much installing & upgrading today. Just like work.
So my last best hope for a display, my Babylon 5 as it were, is a couple of Sun workstations with xpilot, netrek & maybe Quake & Quake II on them.
Much installing & upgrading today. Just like work.
I don't know why, but I get a vibe graphically of a more modern Netrek
November 12, 2023 at 3:24 AM
I don't know why, but I get a vibe graphically of a more modern Netrek
how old are you in internet years without telling your age?
“So you’re running ‘netrek’ on the company dev VAX?”
“So you’re running ‘netrek’ on the company dev VAX?”
how old are you in internet years without telling your age?
there was no internet but we had a modem w/an acoustic coupler and i could message my auntie
there was no internet but we had a modem w/an acoustic coupler and i could message my auntie
How old are you in Internet Years without telling your Age?
Maybe someone was there maybe there was no one currently online
Maybe someone was there maybe there was no one currently online
October 2, 2024 at 3:44 AM
how old are you in internet years without telling your age?
“So you’re running ‘netrek’ on the company dev VAX?”
“So you’re running ‘netrek’ on the company dev VAX?”
Quoteskeet with a game that's nostalgic for you
July 5, 2023 at 3:35 PM
Quoteskeet with a game that's nostalgic for you
@ennui.org Even if no one else remembers, in my head I will never live down that I earnestly argued against UDP netrek because I thought it would just be duplicating everything TCP had to do and not provide any real benefit.
May 8, 2026 at 2:19 AM
@ennui.org Even if no one else remembers, in my head I will never live down that I earnestly argued against UDP netrek because I thought it would just be duplicating everything TCP had to do and not provide any real benefit.
"Netrek is a MOBA."
a woman is making a funny face while looking at the camera .
Alt: The "Kombucha girl" meme, where a young woman alternates faces between "this is bad" and "this is good".
media.tenor.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"Netrek is a MOBA."
Birthday Bash (Part 2) 🎂
#switch #underground #drumnbass #culture #upnext #birthday #birthdaybash #part2 #anulix #netrek #skamm #clock #october19th #jumpup #rollers #riddim #drumandbass #dnb #dnblove #dnbfamily #rave #event #clubnight #flex #vienna #austria
#switch #underground #drumnbass #culture #upnext #birthday #birthdaybash #part2 #anulix #netrek #skamm #clock #october19th #jumpup #rollers #riddim #drumandbass #dnb #dnblove #dnbfamily #rave #event #clubnight #flex #vienna #austria
October 1, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Vibe coded netrek-style game in Rust.
A full game? Nope. Able to have the ships move, multiple ships connect (on my machine), fire phasers and torpedoes, cloak, deal damage and explode? Yes.
Pretty amazing with almost all the code generated.
A full game? Nope. Able to have the ships move, multiple ships connect (on my machine), fire phasers and torpedoes, cloak, deal damage and explode? Yes.
Pretty amazing with almost all the code generated.
March 5, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Vibe coded netrek-style game in Rust.
A full game? Nope. Able to have the ships move, multiple ships connect (on my machine), fire phasers and torpedoes, cloak, deal damage and explode? Yes.
Pretty amazing with almost all the code generated.
A full game? Nope. Able to have the ships move, multiple ships connect (on my machine), fire phasers and torpedoes, cloak, deal damage and explode? Yes.
Pretty amazing with almost all the code generated.
Apollo workstation in the UC Berkeley OCF spring 1992. Then Sun 3/50s (4MB RAM, swapped over the net, aka “Vice Chancellor Neff, you put the entire department into hock for a decade for WHAT?”)
A friend put me in front of one to play Netrek while he worked. It crashed. ~33 years in IT later…
A friend put me in front of one to play Netrek while he worked. It crashed. ~33 years in IT later…
December 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Apollo workstation in the UC Berkeley OCF spring 1992. Then Sun 3/50s (4MB RAM, swapped over the net, aka “Vice Chancellor Neff, you put the entire department into hock for a decade for WHAT?”)
A friend put me in front of one to play Netrek while he worked. It crashed. ~33 years in IT later…
A friend put me in front of one to play Netrek while he worked. It crashed. ~33 years in IT later…