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Head to the arcade in your Linux terminal with this Pac-man clone

Welcome again to a different day of the Linux command-line toys creation calendar. If that is your first go to to the sequence, you is perhaps asking your self what command-line toys are all about. Basically, they’re video games and easy diversions that assist you may have enjoyable on the terminal.

Some are new, and a few are previous classics. We hope you take pleasure in.

Today’s toy, MyMan, is a enjoyable clone of the basic arcade sport Pac-Man. (You did not assume this was going to be concerning the similarly-named Linux package deal supervisor, did you?) If you are something like me, you spent greater than your fair proportion of quarters attempting to hit a excessive rating Pac-Man again within the day, and nonetheless give it a go everytime you get an opportunity.

MyMan is not the one Pac-Man clone for the Linux terminal, however it’s the one I selected to incorporate as a result of 1) I like its visible model, which rings true to the unique and a couple of) it is conveniently packaged for my Linux distribution so it was a simple set up. But it is best to take a look at your different choices as properly. Here’s another one that appears like it might be promising, however I have never tried it.

Since MyMan was packaged for Fedora, set up was so simple as:

$ dnf set up myman

MyMan is made obtainable beneath an MIT license and you’ll take a look at the supply code on SourceForge.

Do you may have a favourite command-line toy that you simply assume I should profile? The calendar for this sequence is usually crammed out however I’ve acquired a number of spots left. Let me know within the feedback beneath, and I will test it out. If there’s house, I will attempt to embrace it. If not, however I get some good submissions, I will do a round-up of honorable mentions on the finish.

Check out yesterday’s toy, The Linux terminal is no one-trick pony, and examine again tomorrow for one more!

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