There was also an ftp site somewhere that had infocom interpreters for linux, and a large archive of the old infocom games...however I forget the site, and don't have the bookmark anymore... On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 07:55:36AM -0800, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hiya, > Yes, I've got that package--which was where I got my hands on the original > Rogue, incidentally. Some of those programs are very amusing indeed--I'm > thinking of fortune, and all that. Hehe. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 5:34 AM > Subject: Re: Games and Amusements > > > > Have you looked at the bsd-games package? that comes with quite a few > > text-based games and other amusing little programs. > > On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 > > at 10:33:31PM -0800, Zachary Kline wrote: > >> Howdy, > >> I was wondering if anybody might be able to give me an idea of what games > >> and amusements they might be able to successfully access under Linux? I > >> myself am a big fan of the 'roguelike games', and have found that for the > >> most part Speakup works tolerably well with most of them. (The only real > >> annoyance I can see is that the keys to move by lines are defaulting to > >> reading the new line--and in the case of a game like Nethack or Rogue > >> that doesn't always make much sense. I was wondering about a possible > >> feature to toggle the up-down behavior--possibly to read characters, > >> words, or lines as appropriate? > >> Also, I was wondering what anybody else on here thinks? How do you amuse > >> yourselves with Linux? > >> Thanks much, > >> Zack. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Windows without the X is like making love without a partner. > > Sex, Drugs & Linux Rules > > win-nt from the people who invented edlin. > > Apples have meant trouble since eden. > > Linux, the way to get rid of boot viruses > > -- MaDsen Wikholm, mwikholm at at8.abo.fi > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- How do I type "for i in *.dvi do xdvi $i done" in a GUI? -- Discussion in comp.os.linux.misc on the intuitiveness of interfaces
