Comments on: More lightweight diversions

By: The results of rigorous testing and research « Motho ke motho ka botho

The results of rigorous testing and research « Motho ke motho ka botho — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 02:27:49 +0000

[...] side? That’s how I found empire, while looking at another game — greed — that I already noted a long time ago. And after empire came zivot, and after zivot, this [...]

By: LM

LM — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:15:22 +0000

Decided to go through my console based menu (created from dialog and bash shell script) of games on my FreeBSD machine and mention what I have. Since they’re console based, they should probably build on Linux as well if they’re not already in a particular distribution’s repository. Should also be more details on these (and links to source) if you look them up at FreeBSD ports (http://www.freebsd.org/ports/)

I have astrolog, which is more of an astrology program than a game, but it’s interesting and can be entertaining. I also have block, blue (blue moon), braincurses (mastermind), bs (battleship), eights, enygma, freesweep, lexter, mancala, seabattle, starlanes, yahtzee. I also saw mention of rfksay on the INX distribution’s site and decided to try it out. It’s not exactly a game, but it could be interesting to look at.

I had a ton of BASIC games that worked well on my early computers and many of them would translate to console mode. However, I’d have to find a good implementation of a somewhat compatible BASIC that would work in console or rewrite everything in C/C++ with a GUI library built on pdcurses and/or ncurses.

By: A few more games for the console « Motho ke motho ka botho

A few more games for the console « Motho ke motho ka botho — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:23:33 +0000

[...] you come up with any other console games, aside from the ones I have already skimmed over, please feel free to drop a note. I need something to keep myself [...]

By: On the menu « Motho ke motho ka botho

On the menu « Motho ke motho ka botho — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:45:05 +0000

[...] vitetris, which of the four games I have mentioned, is probably the one I enjoy the most often [...]

By: 63,000 Windows Bugs Versus the Rarity of Command Lines | Boycott Novell

63,000 Windows Bugs Versus the Rarity of Command Lines | Boycott Novell — Sun, 31 May 2009 07:35:19 +0000

[...] More lightweight diversions A couple more, that deviate slightly. Terminal-based entertainment, short of watching movies piped [...]

By: Oldschool games roundup « Spiral of Hope

Oldschool games roundup « Spiral of Hope — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:34:01 +0000

[...] more lightweight diversions – has some interesting references. [...]

By: Crux ports for terminal games « Motho ke motho ka botho

Crux ports for terminal games « Motho ke motho ka botho — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:41:52 +0000

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By: Nobody Important

Nobody Important — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:26:59 +0000

I’d suggest any roguelike if you like Nethack (like ADOM, Angband, etc.) and Interactive Fiction, which is fairly light and often well made.

By: colonelcrayon

colonelcrayon — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:08:10 +0000

Greed is an interesting game. It has no graphics, no time pressure, little strategy, and zero chance to build on your successes. Then why is it so addictive?! I think it ultimately comes down to variety. Every game of greed is totally different, and it can be really cool to see the patterns developed by each game.

Obviously, it also depends on personal preference. I personally find nInvaders mindnumbingly dull. Shooting little pixels over and over bores me to death.

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Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:43:17 +0000

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