Gaming on old systems (was Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!]) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

11 Oct 2016

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  From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at
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 Subject: Gaming on old systems (was Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!]) 
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 and curses-based UNIX games, and would like to add more
platforms.  I'm
 especially interested in any favorites that run on dumb terminals (I
 have numerous ones to bring in, and have a VT220 already in the
 collection).
 If you've played anything in the past 3 years, I'd especially like to
 hear about it since that speaks to enjoyment and replayability.  If
 you like it, someone here will probably like it too. 
rogue or anything rogue-like - nethack comes to mind 8-)

I started playing it in the mid 80's. Still play it today. I have it on my iPad,
Android phone, Mac Desktop and a whole slew of
Unix boxes (SGI/Sun/IBM/DEC) and even (ughhh!) a PC/Linux laptop... It's usually the
first thing that gets
installed/compiled on a new machine/platform.

The only experience that will top the above, is feeding some quarters in a "Fun
House" or "Black Knight" pinball machine...