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Old 04-29-2013, 12:47 PM   #1
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ASCII First Shooter Greatest Game on your Console


Hi,

What about a console (ASCII) game competition for some bored-time coding, especially for 3D like or any others for Linux console (ncurses recommended)?


Remember ...

TI basic game:
- This was one of the first shooter game that was made on a Ti (Imagine an old Texas
http://sometimes.planet-99.net/pic/fps9.png



ZX81 basic game:
- Another more fascinating example. I remember playing this game on my ZX81...
http://www.hotud.org/component/conte...3-action/23599
3d Maze Monster
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-r5JMyyOVM


Leave us a nice coding game to try Very simple to more advanced, free your mind

Tux

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Old 04-29-2013, 12:55 PM   #2
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You may check this simple basic game... Pong game - well, sort of,...:
Pong-mod.c
(by an author Anders, plz check code)

To compile:
Code:
 gcc pong.c  -lncurses  -lpthread -o pong.c
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Old 04-29-2013, 01:04 PM   #3
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or this one, ... well not 3D, but not bad

It is called:
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nchess();
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Old 04-29-2013, 02:25 PM   #4
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Haha, nothing to add here, except this thread made me think of ASCII Star Wars:

Code:
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
 
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First "LAN party" type game I played was this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipes_%28video_game%29
There's a Linux port of the single player but it's lacking a ./configure so I'm still trying to work out how to compile it:
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~boultonj/snipes.html
 
Old 07-05-2013, 11:53 AM   #6
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First "LAN party" type game I played was this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipes_%28video_game%29
There's a Linux port of the single player but it's lacking a ./configure so I'm still trying to work out how to compile it:
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~boultonj/snipes.html
Hi,

Thanks, I would be looking for sthg more in 3d such a dungeon master in Terminal, ...

like on the top pic of the thread http://sometimes.planet-99.net/pic/fps9.png

seems not found
 
  


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