The best terminal games, according to hackers
4 terminal games recommended in Hacker News comments over the past year, ranked by how many separate people recommend each one.
All terminal games
- QBasic GorillasRecommended as a fun, nostalgic game that got many people into programming through its source code. Caveat: the wind and round text overlaps buildings.19recommend
- DuskersRecommended for its tense, puzzle-driven exploration of derelict wrecks and its strong concept and design; some players find it feels half finished.8recommend
- TermcraftReaders bookmarked it and look forward to playing this terminal-first 2D survival sandbox. Critics find the 2D view hard to read, with unclear player motion and a slow, unskippable Nether fortress search.6recommend
- Nibbles (QBasic game)A small snake game shipped with Microsoft QBasic that many people first learned programming from and remember fondly.5recommend