Background and History

M.B. Murdock & Associates was another of the very early third-party developers for The Major BBS. The company was headed up by Mike Murdock, and was based in Pinellas Park, Florida. Murdock developed one of the definitive must-have games for the system – Galactic Empire. The game was a combination of the popular multi-user space shooter Galactic Raiders, an early MBM title, and the PolEcon-based games like Galactiwars (Logicom) and War of Worlds (Moonshae Telecomm). MBM also released the Adventure Writer's Toolkit, the first true game-builder engine/platform for The Major BBS. MBM's first adventure game, The Legend of Elyth-Gor, was written with the Toolkit.

In 1996, as sales of Worldgroup software were starting to decline, Murdock closed the company's doors and began writing Internet related software. In 2002, Murdock released the game Galactic Empire for The Major BBS 6.25, Worldgroup 1, and Worldgroup 2 under the GPL license.  In 2006, he transferred his catalog to Elwynor Technologies.

Add-ons for The Major BBS by M. B. Murdock and Associates

Games and Entertainment

Adventure Writer's Toolkit
Galactic Empire
Galactic Raiders
The Legend of Elyth-Gor
The Labyrinth
The Rumor Mill

Utility and Application Add-ons

The Announcer
Bonus Bonanza
Dynamic Freebies
Fastpace Globals
Fred
Global Magic
Newsman
UIELock

Catalogs, Mailings, and Publications

M. B. Murdock & Associates Catalogs

Summer 1989 Catalog [ .PDF 4.3Mb ]