Archives of old computer simulations
Hi all, I am wondering if anyone had any suggestions of links to older political simulations running on Dos. I am particularly interested in two games, On the Campaign Trail and Micro Globus both from the 1980s. I have looked into the Internet Archive and some library catologs with limited success. I guess I am looking for recommendations for other software archives. Any help is appreciated. Take care and stay safe in these times. Be good, Fenwick McKelvey http://www.fenwickmckelvey.com Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Concordia University Director of the Algorithmic Media Observatory http://www.amo-oma.ca/en/ Member of the Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship http://csdc-cecd.ca/
Dear Fenwick, Stanford has a collection that might have some relevant stuff, if not Micro Globus or On the Campaign Trail. It's the Cabrinety Collection in the History of Microcomputing, finding aid here: http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/stanford/mss/m0997.pdf I haven't used this collection, but a quick glance at the aid pulls up, for instance, Presidential Campaign 1982 by Timeworks and Sunrise Software's Campaign '84. Hope this helps! Sincerely, Jeff ________________________________ From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of Fenwick Mckelvey <fenwick.mckelvey@concordia.ca> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 6:24 PM To: sigcis <members@sigcis.org> Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Archives of old computer simulations Hi all, I am wondering if anyone had any suggestions of links to older political simulations running on Dos. I am particularly interested in two games, On the Campaign Trail and Micro Globus both from the 1980s. I have looked into the Internet Archive and some library catologs with limited success. I guess I am looking for recommendations for other software archives. Any help is appreciated. Take care and stay safe in these times. Be good, Fenwick McKelvey http://www.fenwickmckelvey.com Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Concordia University Director of the Algorithmic Media Observatory http://www.amo-oma.ca/en/ Member of the Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship http://csdc-cecd.ca/
Fenwick, Jeff is right, you will find a number of political simulation titles in the Cabrinety Collection. The finding aid will help you to determine which titles are of interest. Please note that while we are under shelter-in-place in California, we do not have access to the physical media such as boxed games. At this time, we do not know when limited access will be available. However, we have pulled data off a number of titles in the collections (disk images plus photographic images of box covers, inserts, manuals, etc.). We might be able to provide access to those images. Just let me know when you have determined which titles are of interest, and I will work with my colleagues here at Stanford to see if/when we can provide access to those titles. Henry Henry Lowood, PhD Harold C. Hohbach Curator for History of Science & Technology; Film & Media Collections HSSG, Green Library, 557 Escondido Mall Stanford University Libraries Stanford CA 94305-6004 PH: 650-723-4602 EM: lowood@stanford.edu From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> On Behalf Of Jeff Scott Nagy Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 3:33 PM To: Fenwick Mckelvey <fenwick.mckelvey@concordia.ca>; sigcis <members@sigcis.org> Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Archives of old computer simulations Dear Fenwick, Stanford has a collection that might have some relevant stuff, if not Micro Globus or On the Campaign Trail. It's the Cabrinety Collection in the History of Microcomputing, finding aid here: http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/stanford/mss/m0997.pdf I haven't used this collection, but a quick glance at the aid pulls up, for instance, Presidential Campaign 1982 by Timeworks and Sunrise Software's Campaign '84. Hope this helps! Sincerely, Jeff ________________________________ From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org<mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org>> on behalf of Fenwick Mckelvey <fenwick.mckelvey@concordia.ca<mailto:fenwick.mckelvey@concordia.ca>> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 6:24 PM To: sigcis <members@sigcis.org<mailto:members@sigcis.org>> Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Archives of old computer simulations Hi all, I am wondering if anyone had any suggestions of links to older political simulations running on Dos. I am particularly interested in two games, On the Campaign Trail and Micro Globus both from the 1980s. I have looked into the Internet Archive and some library catologs with limited success. I guess I am looking for recommendations for other software archives. Any help is appreciated. Take care and stay safe in these times. Be good, Fenwick McKelvey http://www.fenwickmckelvey.com Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Concordia University Director of the Algorithmic Media Observatory http://www.amo-oma.ca/en/ Member of the Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship http://csdc-cecd.ca/
Fenwick, Here is the box cover for Campaign '84, fyi. https://twitter.com/cabrinety/status/654057820950691840 Henry Henry Lowood, PhD Harold C. Hohbach Curator for History of Science & Technology; Film & Media Collections HSSG, Green Library, 557 Escondido Mall Stanford University Libraries Stanford CA 94305-6004 PH: 650-723-4602 EM: lowood@stanford.edu From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> On Behalf Of Henry E Lowood Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 3:41 PM To: Jeff Scott Nagy <jsnagy@stanford.edu>; Fenwick Mckelvey <fenwick.mckelvey@concordia.ca>; sigcis <members@sigcis.org> Cc: Michael G Olson <mgolson@stanford.edu> Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Archives of old computer simulations Fenwick, Jeff is right, you will find a number of political simulation titles in the Cabrinety Collection. The finding aid will help you to determine which titles are of interest. Please note that while we are under shelter-in-place in California, we do not have access to the physical media such as boxed games. At this time, we do not know when limited access will be available. However, we have pulled data off a number of titles in the collections (disk images plus photographic images of box covers, inserts, manuals, etc.). We might be able to provide access to those images. Just let me know when you have determined which titles are of interest, and I will work with my colleagues here at Stanford to see if/when we can provide access to those titles. Henry Henry Lowood, PhD Harold C. Hohbach Curator for History of Science & Technology; Film & Media Collections HSSG, Green Library, 557 Escondido Mall Stanford University Libraries Stanford CA 94305-6004 PH: 650-723-4602 EM: lowood@stanford.edu<mailto:lowood@stanford.edu> From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org<mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org>> On Behalf Of Jeff Scott Nagy Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 3:33 PM To: Fenwick Mckelvey <fenwick.mckelvey@concordia.ca<mailto:fenwick.mckelvey@concordia.ca>>; sigcis <members@sigcis.org<mailto:members@sigcis.org>> Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Archives of old computer simulations Dear Fenwick, Stanford has a collection that might have some relevant stuff, if not Micro Globus or On the Campaign Trail. It's the Cabrinety Collection in the History of Microcomputing, finding aid here: http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/stanford/mss/m0997.pdf I haven't used this collection, but a quick glance at the aid pulls up, for instance, Presidential Campaign 1982 by Timeworks and Sunrise Software's Campaign '84. Hope this helps! Sincerely, Jeff ________________________________ From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org<mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org>> on behalf of Fenwick Mckelvey <fenwick.mckelvey@concordia.ca<mailto:fenwick.mckelvey@concordia.ca>> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 6:24 PM To: sigcis <members@sigcis.org<mailto:members@sigcis.org>> Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Archives of old computer simulations Hi all, I am wondering if anyone had any suggestions of links to older political simulations running on Dos. I am particularly interested in two games, On the Campaign Trail and Micro Globus both from the 1980s. I have looked into the Internet Archive and some library catologs with limited success. I guess I am looking for recommendations for other software archives. Any help is appreciated. Take care and stay safe in these times. Be good, Fenwick McKelvey http://www.fenwickmckelvey.com Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Concordia University Director of the Algorithmic Media Observatory http://www.amo-oma.ca/en/ Member of the Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship http://csdc-cecd.ca/
Hi Fenwick, you surely have Balance of Power (1985) from Chris Crawford on your list already. It can be played at the internet archive: https://archive.org/search.php?query=balance%20of%20power Andreas -- Andreas Lange - COO - EFGAMP e.V. (European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects) Spittastr. 13, 10317 Berlin, Germany registered as non-profit under VR 32659 B www.efgamp.eu Twitter: @A_Lange_Berlin Am 15.04.2020 um 00:24 schrieb Fenwick Mckelvey:
Hi all,
I am wondering if anyone had any suggestions of links to older political simulations running on Dos. I am particularly interested in two games, On the Campaign Trail and Micro Globus both from the 1980s. I have looked into the Internet Archive and some library catologs with limited success. I guess I am looking for recommendations for other software archives. Any help is appreciated.
Take care and stay safe in these times.
Be good, Fenwick McKelvey http://www.fenwickmckelvey.com
Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Concordia University
Director of the Algorithmic Media Observatory http://www.amo-oma.ca/en/
Member of the Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship http://csdc-cecd.ca/
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