A new article from PC Magazine states:
"TradeWars 2002 is a space trading game based on a classic gaming formula: buy low and sell high. Mix in ship to ship combat and a horde of Star Trek references, and you have yourself a potently addictive strategy game.
TW2002 originated as a [BBS door game](https://web.archive.org/web/20100000000000*/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBS_door_game) designed to run on dial-up [Bulletin Board Systems](https://web.archive.org/web/20100000000000*/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system). It has since escaped its BBS shackles and made its way onto the Internet at large thanks to the [TradeWars Game Server](https://eisonline.classictw.com/).
You can play TW2002 on dozens of free servers today. The author recommends the ICE9 server for starters, which can be reached via telnet at [ice9-tw.com port 2002](telnet://ice9-tw.com:2002)."
[Read more at PC Magazine](https://web.archive.org/web/20100000000000*/https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2370006,00.asp)