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	Netrek Files
		Netrek (not to be confused with Nettrek, which ran on the Mac) is a multiplayer action game, written for play over the Internet long before such things were fashionable.
		Netrek's TCP connection setup didn't work very well with this scheme, and of course UDP didn't work at all.
		The traditional way to edit the Netrek player list file was to run a program that converted it from a fixed-record-size binary format to ASCII, make the changes, and then convert it from ASCII back to binary.
	www.fadden.com /dl-netrek (896 words)

	netrek_description
		Many other people have given their versions of the definition of netrek, and they are a good representation of other players' opinions, so I included them here.
		Netrek features a superficial star trek motif, which is easily overlooked and generally regarded as a non-issue.
		Netrek, a 16 player real time strategy/action game, can almost be compared to a football game.
	free.prohosting.com /jthirsk/netrek/netrek_description.html (931 words)

	Wired 1.06: The First Online Sports Game
		But Netrek bears all the marks of a raging '90s phenomenon: It's graphical, it's played very, very fast, and it is played in teams, on the Net.
		Netrek was invented by Berkeley undergraduate students Chris Guthrie and Ed James about five years ago.
		But in Netrek there are twenty or more balls loose on the court, so it can get pretty frantic.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/1.06/netrek.html (778 words)

	Netrek: Outpost (New Player Guide)
		If you are running Netrek with a maximum video resolution of 800 X 600 dpi, try downloading a.xtrekrc (Netrek configuration file) designed around that problem.
		Discussions and ideas involving Netrek in all areas of the game are to be found at rec.games.netrek.
		You are to be warned, the majority of posters to this newsgroup have little tolerance for clueless questions that are generally answered in the Frequently Asked Questions file and in other standard reading sources.
	members.tripod.com /~netrek/newbies.html (774 words)

	Netrek Nexus - Netrek Newbie Manual
		Netrek has "metaservers", which are servers that list all the game servers currently in use, how many players each has active, and what flavor of the game is in use.
		In netrek, once you can steer and shoot, the important thing to remember is to try to learn to read the messages windows; without that, you can't coordinate with the rest of your team.
		Netrek has an etiquette; doing things that are destructive to your team will cause people to rag on you.
	www.netrek.org /beginner/newbie.php (4793 words)

	Free Online Game Where You Battle In Space Against People Around The World.
		Netrek is a free online game where you battle in space against people around the world on a virtual battlefield.
		If you are in search of help or want to chat with the Netrek community you can use the newly added PlayNetrek.org Support and Discussion Room or use Google Groups to post in the Netrek Newsgroup.
		Netrek XP 2006 v1.3, the newest Windows version provided on this site, includes many new features, incredible graphic and sound enhancements, a new zooming feature, an updated configuration utility and a tutorial for new players.
	www.playnetrek.org (559 words)

	rec.games.netrek FAQ List
		Since this gives you a big advantage over a mere human, netrek has a way of knowing whether you have a client that was compiled by the netrek Gods or by you.
		It's probably not a good idea for new players to use cyborgs; cyborg players get called lots of nasty names, and they tend not to learn how to play the game (since their client is doing most of the work).
		Netrek Hockey is a variant of netrek where ships use tractor and pressor beams to move a "puck" around.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/games/netrek/faq (4140 words)

	Netrek - MobyGames
		Netrek is essentially a "Star Trek" themed multiplayer "team Spacewar", where 2 teams of up to 8 players each command starships and dogfight the other team in real time (from a 2D top-down perspective), while conquering "planets" that form the effective playing field.
		Netrek, originally called XTrek II debuted in 1988 at the University of California Berkeley.
		Netrek is open source and free to play.
	www.mobygames.com /game/netrek (237 words)

	The History of Netrek
		In contrast with Netrek, where you can be deep in enemy territory inside 30 seconds, it took about three minutes to get into enemy space from the average starting position.
		As in Netrek, players received partial kills for bombing armies; the weenie way to get a kill was to wander off into undefended territory, bomb a few planets, and then use the kill to take.
		Contributors to the Netrek History project, in alphabetical order, with a summary of what they provided and their most widely known Netrek name.
	www.ecst.csuchico.edu /~netrek/history/History.html (4907 words)

	Netrek (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Netrek is a multiplayer real-time internet strategy game for up to 16 players.
		Players can belong to one of four teams: The Federation, Romulans, Klingons, and Orions.
		Netrek combines "twitch" style reflexive dogfighting with extensive team play and strategy.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/n/ne/netrek.html (85 words)

	Netrek FAQ list
		All netrek clients and servers are completely free of charge, although there are several people working on commercial netrek variants or derivatives.
		Netrek was originally developed on Unix, and usable compiled binaries are available for all major Unix-based OS'es.
		The INL is the International Netrek League, a collection of teams from around the world who periodically beat up on each other.
	www.inl.org /netrek/netrekFAQ.html (3697 words)

	Netrek
		The galaxy has forty planets, and in a new galaxy, each of the four races or teams is assigned one of four quarters of the galaxy, containing ten planets.
		As of early 2007, Netrek has seen a moderate increase in playerbase coupled with a mild renaissance in development.
		In late 2006, MacTrek, the first native client for the Macintosh was released, and substantial changes are being made to the Windows clients as well as various server enhancements.
	www.lycos.com /info/netrek.html (456 words)

	1.06: The First Online Sports Game
		What seems to please the players of Netrek the most is that this is open software, subject to improvements by the players.
		The future of Netrek might be gizmos called borgs, fabricated by the loose network of net-game programmers.
		Since Netrek is public domain software, some players have hacked artificial intelligence routines for common plays.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/1.06/netrek_pr.html (1676 words)

	BOTW Directory - Games > Video Games > Strategy > Netrek
		Netrek Files - An early contributor to the open source game provides background info, utilities, UDP mod docs and more.
		Netrek Hockey - Netrek is adapted to play like ice hockey.
		Netrek: The Next Generation - Access information about a complete rewrite of the game, which is based on open source code.
	www.botw.org /top/Games/Video_Games/Strategy/Netrek (321 words)

	Slashdot \| Netrek
		Netrek generally peaked in play in the early 90's, from about 1992 to 1995 or so, and was popular enough to even get an article in Wired.
		And Netrek was even used as prior art to convice a stupid patent holder that they shouldn't pursue litigation.
		In my opinion, the primary reason why Netrek hasn't grown in the past 5 years is simple: nobody has written a comprehensive tutorial to the game (a useful one that actually answers the correct questions).
	slashdot.org /article.pl?sid=02/05/10/189241 (4100 words)

	The Linux Game Tome: Netrek
		Netrek is the probably the first video game which can accurately be described as a "sport." It has more in common with basketball than with arcade games or Quake.
		Until you try netrek you don't know what a really great network game is. As the FAQ says, this is more a sport then a game.
		on Jun 18 1999 8:10 PM I used to love netrek, but now I must the 5 fps and ugly grapihcs and interface as sapped its joy from me. If someone made a updated version, with say, modernness, I would be addicted very quickly.
	www.happypenguin.org /show?Netrek (501 words)

	A Newbie in Netrekland: Part 2
		It's basically a list of all the Netrek servers - computers that you connect to to play Netrek - online at the moment, with how many people are playing on them, and what type of Netrek variety they're using.
		I don't know the addresses for individual Netrek servers, and even if I did, I wouldn't be able to do anything with them because I don't know the command line extensions to automatically connect to a specific server.
		I can't download any of the Netrek FAQs, specifically the Netrek Newbie FAQ, or whatever it is. This is because none of the links to the FAQ are working.
	www.vavatch.co.uk /essays/netrek/netrek2.htm (382 words)

	Netrek Nexus - About Netrek
		Netrek has action and strategy, and they've been honed to a careful balance over a longer development period than any other multiplayer computer game, period.
		Netrek is on the Telepolis top ten open source games list.
		The content of the netrek home page is copyrighted by their respective authors.
	www1.cs.columbia.edu /~bressen/netrek/about (481 words)

	Urban Dictionary: Netrek
		Netrek is the probably the first video game which can accurately be described as a "sport." It has more in common with basketball than with arcade games or Quake.
		Its vast and expanding array of tactics and strategies allows for many different play styles; the best players are the ones who think fastest, not necessarily the ones who twitch most effectively.
		All netrek clients and servers are completely free of charge, although there are several people working on commercial netrek variants or derivatives.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=Netrek (267 words)

	Netrek xp software by PlayNetrek.org and others
		Netrek is a free online multiplayer game that is played in a galaxy not so far away.
		Up to 16 players, from around the world, are divided into two teams representing the Empires that battle in space for dominion over the galaxy.
		Netrek is a free multiplayer space battle game.
	www.freedownloadscenter.com /Best/netrek-xp.html (176 words)

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		netrek netrek -h servername [ -p connect port ] [ -r defaultfile ] netrek server-pattern [ -r defaultfile ]
		Without any options, netrek will display the list of servers that it currently supports, by running the meta program, a utility which contacts the netrek metaserver to obtain current statistics regarding gameplay.
		If the first argument to netrek does not begin with a minus sign, it is assumed to be a server pattern, and the script will attempt to match the provided pattern to an actual server hostname (and port number) in the server file.
	www.rpi.edu /dept/acm/www/packages/netrek-2.3p9.html (544 words)

	Free Trek Vision Statement (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Netrek is an internet based space battle simulator game for up to 16 players.
		Free Trek, like Netrek, is intended to be an internet based space battle simulator, but with no limit to the number of players that can connect to a server.
		Netrek allows players to choose from among a number of predefined starship categories.
	freetrek.linuxgames.com /freetrek_hackers_guide.html (3224 words)

	Netrek (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Netrek is an Internet game for up to 16 players.
		It is free to play, written mostly in open source software, is cross platform, and can be classed as a hybrid multi-directional shooter and real time strategy game.
		Netrek pioneered the use of many technologies and design features that later found their way into commercial network games, including:
	www.buzznet.com /tags/netrek (295 words)

	The Linux Game Tome (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Until you try netrek you don't know what a really great network game is. As the FAQ says, this is more a sport then a game.
		on Jun 18 1999 8:10 PM I used to love netrek, but now I must the 5 fps and ugly grapihcs and interface as sapped its joy from me. If someone made a updated version, with say, modernness, I would be addicted very quickly.
		Netrek is a game notorious for having players be nasty to "clueless" players.
	happypenguin.org /show?Netrek (501 words)

	A Newbie in Netrekland
		I'm no stranger to Netrek, I used to play the game about 3 or 4 years ago.
		Which is why I had to search for Netrek on Yahoo again, so I could find somewhere to download it from.
		Maybe this guide could be useful to other newcomers to Netrek, to show them that there indeed is a light at the end of the tunnel.
	www.vavatch.co.uk /essays/netrek/index.htm (411 words)

	freshmeat.net: Project details for Netrek
		Netrek is a 16-player two-dimensional graphical real-time battle simulation with a Star Trek theme.
		A game is divided into two teams of 8 players (or fewer), who dogfight each other and attempt to conquer each other's planets.
		Netrek is the probably the first video game which can accurately be described as a "sport".
	freshmeat.net /projects/netrek (297 words)

	www.netrek.org
		There has been no draft league games since the NHDL (Netrek Hockey Draft League) final was played on Oct. 3, 2002.
		The Netrek Server doesn't require much in the way of computing power, like a good house what it really needs is position.
		Bob has set up a Netrek Development Wiki since we are getting a high demand for HOWTOs on building packages.
	www.club.cc.cmu.edu /~chaos/www.netrek.org (694 words)

	DOOSH! - Netrek
		Netrek is a 16-player graphical real-time battle simulation that is loosely based on a Star Trek theme.
		There are different kinds of ships, ranging from fast yet fragile scouts to big, clunky, powerful battleships each with their own strengths and weaknesses.
		To say that Netrek is more intense than Xtrek is like saying Endorphin Rush pepper sauce is more intense than sucking a lollipop.
	web.mit.edu /madpit/www/netrek (658 words)

	Slashdot \| Whatever Happened to Netrek?
		Twitch games are essentially "mouse, move, and fire." Netrek requires that the player learn tons of nuances, rules-of-thumb, and situational awareness skills, which Netrek calls "clue," for a team to be successful.
		Netrek is a strategy game with simple pieces that were hashed out 13 years ago haven't changed in a while.
		Netrek was based on Xtrek, which was developed at UC Berkeley in the late 80's.
	ask.slashdot.org /article.pl?sid=03/03/31/2225243 (1225 words)

	Netrek: People
		Think again, since you are always teaming up with different people as well as playing against different people, there is always a challenge.
		As a player, you captain different starships to engage enemy ships, bomb armies and invade planets in order to expand your team's space empire and conquer the universe.
		The FOCS is an attempt to stem the flow by presenting old discussions and arguments against the ideas.
	www.lycos.com /info/netrek--people.html (288 words)

	What is Netrek? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Netrek, for example, is a 16-player, real-time battle simulation with a Star Trek theme.
		The game is divided into two teams of up to eight people, who dogfight and attempt to conquer each other's planets.
		What makes Netrek different from many other Internet games is that it features real graphics rather than dismal ASCII quasi-graphics.
	www.savetz.com /yic/YIC10FI_11.html (199 words)

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