ubuntu/linux: any good free ascii-based game?

Paul Cartwright pbcartwright at gmail.com
Mon Dec 30 00:45:21 UTC 2013


On 12/29/2013 02:55 PM, Nils Kassube wrote:
> ping song wrote:
>> just remember the old days, when most game were based on ascii without
>> a GUI.
>> still any available in ubuntu now?
> There is the package "bsdgames" which includes these programs:
>
> adventure, arithmetic, atc, backgammon, battlestar, bcd, boggle, caesar, 
> canfield, countmail, cribbage, dab, go-fish, gomoku, hack, hangman, 
> hunt, mille, monop, morse, number, pig, phantasia, pom, ppt, primes, 
> quiz, random, rain, robots, rot13, sail, snake, tetris, trek, wargames, 
> worm, worms, wump und wtf
>
> That should keep you busy for some time ... 
>

yeah, Adventure ( Colossal cave..) is an ancient classic.. I spent a few
months on that one, way back when:) I was on a UNIX terminal...

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Paul Cartwright
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