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Plays Games On Terminal

Play tetris, pong, snake, solitaire, and more games on the Mac Terminal with emacs

MacยทJune 6, 2021

Open Terminal, then copy and paste the following commands to play the game:

  • Tetris:
    emacs -q --no-splash -f tetris
  • Pong:
    emacs -q --no-splash -f pong
  • Snake:
    emacs -q --no-splash -f snake
  • Solitaire:
    emacs -q --no-splash -f solitaire
  • Doctor:
    emacs -q --no-splash -f doctor
  • Life:
    emacs -q --no-splash -f life
  • Dunnet:
    emacs -q --no-splash -f dunnet

Example: Tetris

Open Terminal, type in emacs -q --no-splash -f tetris, and hit Return:

Pong

emacs -q --no-splash -f pong

To control the

  • Right player: use the up and down arrow keys
  • Left player: use the 4 and 6 keys (or left and right arrow keys)

Snake

emacs -q --no-splash -f snake

Doctor

emacs -q --no-splash -f doctor

Speak to a doctor psychotherapist.

Dunnet

emacs -q --no-splash -f doctor

Dunnet is a text-based adventure game.