<s>
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
dating	O
back	O
to	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
games	O
are	O
inspired	O
by	O
Hunt	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wumpus	I-Application
,	O
the	O
board	O
game	O
Risk	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
original	O
space	O
trader	O
game	O
Star	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
game	O
with	O
the	O
title	O
,	O
"	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
"	O
,	O
by	O
Chris	O
Sherrick	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
BASIC	O
for	O
the	O
TRS-80_Model_II	B-Device
,	O
and	O
soon	O
ported	O
,	O
by	O
Sherrick	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Nochange	O
BBS	O
system	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sherrick	O
conceived	O
his	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
cross	O
between	O
Dave	O
Kaufman	O
's	O
BASIC	O
program	O
Star	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
1974	O
,	O
the	O
board	O
game	O
Risk	O
,	O
and	O
Gregory	O
Yob	O
's	O
Hunt	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wumpus	I-Application
1972	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
popular	O
variants	O
is	O
the	O
TradeWars	B-Protocol
2002	I-Protocol
series	O
(	O
Gary	B-Protocol
Martin	I-Protocol
,	O
John	B-Protocol
Pritchett	I-Protocol
,	O
1986	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TW2002	B-Protocol
was	O
designed	O
originally	O
as	O
a	O
WWIV	B-Operating_System
chain	B-Operating_System
(	O
a	O
way	O
of	O
calling	O
external	O
programs	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
3	O
-	O
and	O
one	O
that	O
often	O
required	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
work	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
why	O
so	O
many	O
people	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
get	O
copies	O
)	O
in	O
September	O
1986	O
by	O
a	O
sysop	O
with	O
the	O
handle	O
"	O
Lord	O
Darkseid	O
"	O
(	O
his	O
BBS	O
was	O
called	O
Apokolips	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
was	O
apparently	O
a	O
DC	O
Comics	O
fan	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
original	O
name	O
was	O
TW2	O
for	O
WWIV	B-Operating_System
-	O
and	O
it	O
shared	O
no	O
source	O
code	O
with	O
the	O
Sherrick	O
version	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
Basic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
WWIV	B-Operating_System
sysop	O
-	O
B0b	O
"	O
OM	O
"	O
Mosley	O
-	O
made	O
additional	O
modifications	O
,	O
including	O
porting	O
the	O
code	O
to	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
4.x	O
specifications	O
,	O
numerous	O
bug	O
fixes	O
,	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
cosmetic	O
changes	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
reflect	O
a	O
Star	B-Operating_System
Trek	I-Operating_System
theme	O
,	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
map	O
editor	O
that	O
allowed	O
for	O
both	O
larger	O
maps	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
randomly	O
generate	O
new	O
maps	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
reinitialize	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
databases	O
to	O
reflect	O
the	O
new	O
map	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
two	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
Mosley	O
released	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
editor	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
fellow	O
WWIV	B-Operating_System
sysop	O
Gary	B-Protocol
Martin	I-Protocol
to	O
make	O
his	O
own	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
included	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gary	O
's	O
first	O
version	O
was	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
2001	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
contained	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
base	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
used	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
TWSECT.DAT	O
file	O
(	O
the	O
file	O
which	O
contains	O
the	O
information	O
on	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
warp	O
points	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
as	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
2002	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
time	O
,	O
feature	O
after	O
feature	O
was	O
added	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
2002	I-Protocol
v0.96	O
was	O
a	O
very	O
different	O
game	O
than	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
2002	I-Protocol
v1.00	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TW2002	B-Protocol
v1.00	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
design	O
choices	O
made	O
was	O
influenced	O
by	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
BBS	O
software	O
WWIV	B-Operating_System
author	O
Wayne	O
Bell	O
had	O
rewritten	O
the	O
WWIV	B-Operating_System
BBS	O
System	O
using	O
Turbo	O
C	O
instead	O
of	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
meant	O
that	O
classic	O
Chain	B-Operating_System
programs	O
would	O
no	O
longer	O
work	O
,	O
and	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
2002	I-Protocol
v2	O
used	O
a	O
general	O
purpose	O
door	B-Protocol
library	O
which	O
allowed	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
run	O
under	O
other	O
brands	O
of	O
BBS	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TW2002	B-Protocol
v1	O
,	O
v2	O
,	O
&	O
v3	O
were	O
BBS	O
mainstays	O
throughout	O
the	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Gary	B-Protocol
Martin	I-Protocol
sold	O
the	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
license	O
to	O
John	B-Protocol
Pritchett	I-Protocol
,	O
who	O
had	O
written	O
Tradewars	B-Protocol
2002	I-Protocol
v3	O
and	O
its	O
gold	O
expansion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
and	O
his	O
company	O
,	O
EIS	O
,	O
developed	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
game	O
server	O
,	O
TradeWars	B-Protocol
Game	O
Server	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
allowed	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
to	O
survive	O
beyond	O
the	O
BBS	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
classic	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
is	O
primarily	O
hosted	O
by	O
Windows	O
NT/2000/XP	O
computers	O
running	O
the	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
Game	O
Server	O
(	O
TWGS	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
accepts	O
incoming	O
telnet	O
connections	O
and	O
launches	O
the	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
ANSI	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
is	O
also	O
run	O
by	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
surviving	O
BBSs	O
,	O
and	O
variations	O
have	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
web	O
,	O
cell	O
phones	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
other	O
on-liner	O
than	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
...	O
</s>
<s>
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
is	O
cited	O
as	O
an	O
influence	O
by	O
some	O
game	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
include	O
Paul	O
Sage	O
,	O
lead	O
designer	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
,	O
Josh	O
Johnston	O
,	O
lead	O
programmer	O
of	O
Jumpgate	O
,	O
and	O
Eric	O
Wang	O
,	O
producer	O
of	O
Earth	B-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
Beyond	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
designers	O
of	O
Star	B-Application
Citizen	I-Application
listed	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
2002	I-Protocol
among	O
the	O
games	O
that	O
inspired	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
their	O
in-game	O
economy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
that	O
are	O
often	O
compared	O
to	O
TradeWars	B-Protocol
include	O
EVE	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
,	O
Jumpgate	O
,	O
Rebel	O
Galaxy	O
,	O
Elite	O
Dangerous	O
,	O
Earth	B-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
Beyond	I-Protocol
,	O
Pardus	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Spore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
2002	I-Protocol
was	O
named	O
the	O
10th	O
best	O
PC	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
by	O
PC	O
World	O
Magazine	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
major	O
online	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
2002	I-Protocol
was	O
under	O
development	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
2000s	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
TW	O
:	O
Dark	O
Millennium	O
,	O
later	O
renamed	O
Exarch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
What	O
started	O
as	O
TW	O
:	O
DM	O
was	O
eventually	O
released	O
by	O
NCsoft	O
as	O
Dungeon	B-Protocol
Runners	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
is	O
common	O
to	O
see	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
name	O
referenced	O
as	O
TradeWars	B-Protocol
or	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
,	O
the	O
correct	O
moniker	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
defined	O
by	O
Chris	O
Sherrick	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
versions	O
,	O
is	O
"	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
"	O
.	O
</s>
