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Play Classic Games in Terminal

January 11, 2013 By Chad Ritchie

Classic games such as 5×5, gomoku, hanoi, pong, snake, solitaire, tetris and a few others are part of GNU Emacs, part of GNU operating system, which can be accessed via the Mac Terminal.

Step 1

To access these classic games, type the command “emacs” into the Terminal to access the GNU Emacs then click Enter

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Step 2

Once you click enter the following GNU Welcome screen will display.

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Step 3

Continue with the key combination of “Esc + x”.

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Step 4

Type in one of these game’s names to start playing:
5×5
blackbox
dunnet
gomoku
hanoi
landmark
mpuz
pong
snake
solitaire
tetris

For a list of games on Emacs, visit http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CategoryGames

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Step 5

Enjoy!

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Step 6

If you want to quit the game, use the key combination “Ctrl + x” followed by “Ctrl + c”

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