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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

First multi-user first person shooter. When logged in on an Imlac, type :games;maze c to play. The c is necessary to avoid restrictions on when the game can be played. Use r to start a robot player.

Game controls are: Arrow keys to move around, ESC to fire, and TAB to see the overhead view. ^Z exits back to ITS.

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

Classic text adventure game. To play, type zork^K. For the save function to work, you must be logged in, have a user directory, and have a "_MSGS_ <user name>" file in it. For example, if you chose the user name FOO:

:login foo
:print foo; ..new. (udir)
:create foo; _msgs_ foo
^C

For more information, see madadv.info and madadv.help.