Anyone interested in interactive fiction might want to check out http://ifarchive.org/ That site also has an ftp archive of a very large number of IF games, interpreters, source code, compilers, contest info and winners, and more. Enjoy, and have a great day! On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 01:55:17PM -0500, Alex Snow wrote: > 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 -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid ...passing through The City of Internet at the speed of light... COSEC (x) / SEC (x) = (COTAN (x) / TAN (x)) ^ 2
