From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mtao04.charter.net ([209.225.8.178]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HPkFq-0000Tl-00 for ; Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:55:50 -0500 Received: from aa03.charter.net ([10.20.200.155]) by mtao04.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.00 201-2186-121-20061213) with ESMTP id <20070309185518.FFQR24915.mtao04.charter.net@aa03.charter.net> for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 13:55:18 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net ([24.151.83.102]) by aa03.charter.net with ESMTP id <20070309185518.QJGV16955.aa03.charter.net@h14me.homelinux.net> for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 13:55:18 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l29ItH9a021518 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 13:55:17 -0500 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.10/Submit) id l29ItH1f021517 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 13:55:17 -0500 Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 13:55:17 -0500 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Games and Amusements Message-ID: <20070309185517.GA21362@gmx.net> References: <20070309133401.GA20384@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on h14me.homelinux.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Chzlrs: 0 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:55:51 -0000 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" > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > 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@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@at8.abo.fi > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@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