Netrek Continuum - Cinema

The Netrek Cinema contains collections of Netrek game snapshots and recordings submitted by various players over the years. If you would like to submit your own recordings, please let me know.

The Netrek Take file

Adrian Moore submitted his Netrek Take File page to the Netrek cinema. The Take Files contain a lot of cool animated GIFs that show how to play the game. Check out his site in Australia or the mirror in the U.S.

Java Netrek

Theo Tonchev wrote a Java client to allow observing, recording, and playback of Netrek games. His Java Netrek Home Page seems to have disappeared. A new Java client, called JTrek, was written by Robert Temple, possibly based on Theo's original work. Take a look at the JTrek client.

*SMACK!* Pack Recordings

These MPEGs were created by Steve Samorodin (Sven, da Swedish Chef) during the Spring 1995 season. Descriptions quoted from *SMACK!* Pack's homepage.

• Zephlin as a rewly base defender (57k MPEG (496x496)). Here you can see Zephlin making super-clue move eliminating 4 of the opposition with his selfless sacrifice. Also try viewing the HUGE VERSION (520k MPEG (1008x540)) the full tactical, galactic and message window to get the big picture on just how major a save this was.
• Zephlin's rewly take (350K MPEG (496x496)), under heavy pressure from the opposition he prevails.

Don't you love the melodrama!

Mojo Riser's Personal Doosh Snapshots

These snapshots were taken by Tom Holub (Mojo Riser) using a beta 256 color Paradise client. He has kindly made them available to the Cinema for your entertainment. Just watch him rewl over (and get rewled by? :) his enemies...

• Ogging base, teammate just blew.
• Ogging base, SMACK denied!
• Playing base, 2 oggers CRUSHED.
• Playing base, lots of screen action.
• Playing base, PHASER SHOT TO THE HEAD.
• Base-on-base, outnumbered...
• ...and the result.
• Revenge ogg.
• Last Rites.
• AGRI take, ogger uncloaking.
• BUTT-TORP!
• Ogger? What ogger?

Paradise Client Game Recordings

Woah!!! Check out some serious action! You can find partial or entire game session recordings below.

These movies use the Paradise client's "Record Game" feature, so you'll need a Paradise client to view the game. Simply download the client for your architecture, download the game recording (ending with a ".prec"), then watch the show by invoking the client with the "-F " flag, e.g. "paradise -F mygame.prec". If you have a fast machine, you might want to download and use the fancy 256 Color Paradise client instead. The explosions are quite nice.

• Zephlin's Collection - The following recordings have rather long sessions of pre-game warm-ups included, so you may wish to fast-forward over them. I'll edit them out eventually. I really sucked in a few of these games...
  • Team Tuber lost to World - Oct 31, 1995
  • Golden Bears lost to World - Nov 3, 1995
  • The Babes defeated Rookies - Nov 5, 1995
  • The Babes defeated LaggU - Nov 7, 1995
• Fuzzy Bunny's (John Salomon) Netrek II: Paradise recordings
  • Paradise Game 1
  • Paradise Game 2
  • Paradise Game 3

XSG (Server Tool) Recordings

The following game recordings were made with XSG. If you are not familiar with XSG, please do not download these files. Each of these files range in size from 12MB to 40MB.

• Fall 1995 Playoffs: The Babes defeated Team Tuber - Partial Recording (first 30 or so minutes)
• Fall 1995 Playoffs: LaggU defeated DFWI - Complete Recording