The Pit

Closest thing there is to real time combat. At the time of its release, this one-on-one combat RPG stood out for its advanced use of ANSI graphics that depict various status windows and a combat arena. In that arena, modeled after gladiatorial combat, the player moves an omega symbol representing his character from an overhead viewpoint, plotting his next move against a computer-controlled opponent. To ease the burden of low-speed modems with this graphically rich title, its author, James R. Berry, offered a special EGA client program that players could use to connect to an instance of the game and play with very low latency.
We used to have this registered back in the day, unfortunately that version is lost in time, and you can no longer register it.

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