Ask HN: I love Nethack. Are there other great terminal games?

8 pointsby tripngrooveover 15 years ago

For bonus points, post your favorite Nethack hack!<p>Example: Polymorph into a Xorn for easy shoplifting.

5 comments

lephtover 15 years ago

<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/ski/" rel="nofollow">http://www.catb.org/~esr/ski/</a><p>Ski is a super addictive SkiFree-like game for Terminal.

Falcorover 15 years ago

The SLASHEM variant of Nethack has a lot of added awesomeness - rolling a Doppelganger monk is particularly rockin'.

throw_awayover 15 years ago

people seem to like dwarf fortress (<a href="http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/</a>). I do not get it, though.

zephyrfalconover 15 years ago

We should write some...

jacquesmover 15 years ago

hunt the wumpus ;)<p>the infocom stuff.<p>hhgttg and others.