Atlantis PbeM
Atlantis is a free open-ended multi-player computer moderated fantasy turn-based strategy game for any number of players. It is played via email. The game world is populated by many races and monsters. Players may attempt to carve out huge empires, become master magicians, intrepid explorers, rich traders or any other career that comes to mind and interact with other players in trade, war and alliances. There is no declared winner of the game, players set their own objectives, and one can join at any time.
History
Russell Wallace developed the initial version and ran the first game, Atlantis 1.0 in 1993. Geoff Dunbar continued the legacy, first with the extensive playtest of Atlantis 2.0, and then the commercial game Atlantis 3.0. In 1999 Atlantis 4.0 was created by Geoff Dunbar and released under terms of GNU GPL. "AtlantisDev" Yahoo Group was formed sometime after that and Joseph Traub became the maintainer of the code. Atlantis 4.0 was later expanded on by various contributors from the AtlantisDev group.Since 2011 development uses Git. Currently several developers contribute to server code on GitHub.
| Version | Release date | Maintainer | Notes |
| 1.0 | Apr 1993 | Russell Wallace | Written in C. |
| 1.1 | Nov 1993 | Jim Cotugno | - |
| 2.0 | Jan 1995 | Geoff Dunbar | Rewritten from scratch in C++ by Geoff Dunbar based on 2.0 rules by Russell Wallace. |
| 3.0 | Jun 1996 | Geoff Dunbar | - |
| 4.0.1 | Jan 1999 | Geoff Dunbar | First version released under GNU GPL. |
| 4.0.2 | Mar 1999 | Geoff Dunbar | - |
| 4.0.3 | Apr 1999 | Geoff Dunbar | - |
| 4.0.4 | Jun 1999 | Geoff Dunbar | - |
| 4.0.5 | Feb 2001 | Joseph Traub | Added version control by CVS. |
| 4.0.6 | Apr 2001 | Joseph Traub | - |
| 4.0.7 | May 2001 | Joseph Traub | - |
| 4.0.8 | Jul 2001 | Joseph Traub | - |
| 4.0.9 | Nov 2001 | Joseph Traub | - |
| 4.0.10 | Dec 2001 | Joseph Traub | - |
| 5.0.0 | Jul 2002 | Joseph Traub | - |
| 5.1.0 | Jun 2011 | Loriaki | Version control moved from CVS to SourceForge SVN. |
| 5.2.0 | Jul 2019 | Stephen Baillie | Version control moved from SVN to Git at Aug 2011. |
| 5.2.1 | Sep 2019 | Artem Trytiak | - |
| 5.2.2 | Sep 2019 | Artem Trytiak | - |
| 5.2.3 | Oct 2019 | Artem Trytiak | - |
| 5.2.4 | Oct 2019 | Artem Trytiak | - |
| 5.2.5 | Dec 2022 | Artem Trytiak | - |
Software
- . The project's GitHub repository
- open source GUI client
- free GUI client
- GUI client
- GUI client
Running Games
- . Recurring game using version 5.2.5 with updates. 3 days / week initially moving to 2 days / week turns after about turn 20. Most recent game started at 9 Sep 2024.
- . Version 4.2 game with 3 days / week turns.