Games and Amusements

[Laura Eaves]

When I was on unix I used to play boggle and mastermind in addition to 
rogue.  There were others in the games directory, including the ancient 
adventure game, but that was back in school and after hours where I worked 
which was a long time ago.
Just look in /usr/games or wherever that stuff is kept.
Have fun, and beware of blowing away a lot of time -- once years ago I 
actually won at rogue, and after seeing all those grave stones with my name 
on it from past lost games, I hoped for something exciting to happen when I 
ascended out of the dungeon -- but the way it was set up, you just wandered 
around among a bunch of trees and pools and the same monsters were there 
chasing you, and I was mightily disappointed...  In the end I regretted all 
the time wasted.  But hey, sometimes it is a way to unwind.
Happy hacking.
--le

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zachary Kline" <Z_kline at hotmail.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 1:33 AM
Subject: Games and Amusements


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.
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