Games

Adventure

There are three versions of Adventure installed: the original Crowther version, a 350-point version, and a 448-point version. To play them, type one of:

:advent
:games;adv350
:games;adv448

Checkers

Checkers program by Alan Baisley. To play, type :games;ckr.

ITSter

Donald Fisk wrote this implementation of a classic puzzle game for ITS in 2002. To play, type :q games;itster (init).

Jotto

Two players, one of which is the computer, competes in first guessing a five-letter word. To play this, type :jotto.

Mac Hack VI

This is Richard Greenblatt's chess program. Type :games;ocm to play. For instructions, see CHPROG; OCM ORDER.

There is also an older version :games:c which can draw the chess board on a Type 340 display. Type FANCYTAB2Enter to get the fanc chess board.

Maze War

First multi-user first person shooter. Type :games;maze to play.

MAZLIB

This is a maze game for EMACS. To play, start EMACS and type M-XLoad Library$mazlib, then M-X Maze Run.

MLIFE

This is a Conway Game of Life by Mike Speciner. Type :games;mlife to run it.

Spacewar

This is a PDP-6/10 port of Steve Russell's PDP-1 game, using the Type 340 display. It can run either standalone on a PDP-6 or 10, or in timesharing on a PDP-10.

To run it standalone, start DSKDMP and type spcwar. To run in timesharing, type :games;spcwar.

Notes:

Only the KA10 emulator can run this game.
Remember to enable the Spacewar consoles (game controllers). set wcnsls enabled in the emulator.
Timesharing Spacewar doesn't work yet.

Tech II

Chess program by Alan Baisley. To play this, type :games;chess2. For instructions, see CHPROG; CHESS2 ORDER.

Trek

Star Trek simulation. To play this, type :games;trek.

TVWAR

Knight TV adaptation of Spacewar. To play this, type :games;tvwar.

Wumpus

Enter a cave and hunt a creature called a wumpus. To play this, type :wumpus.

Zork

There appears before you a huge figure clothed in a dark robe. As you shrink back in awe, he speaks: "Please help us get Zork running!"

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