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If you have a BSD system, or if you have bsdgames installed, you can run "mille" to play Mille Bornes. This version was done by Ken Arnold, who also created the
by pdw 4y ago
If you have a BSD system, or if you have bsdgames installed, you can run "mille" to play Mille Bornes. This version was done by Ken Arnold, who also created the curses library. Even better, I seem to remember that Mille Bornes was the first program to use curses, but I can't find a citation for that now.
- euroderf 4y agoAnd if that's the same program I played (30ya, argh), the computer managed to win on a regular basis. Proof of (a) good in-game AI, or (b) the role of luck, or (c) my ineptitude.
- kencausey 4y agoAnd on Debian and presumably derivatives there are packages xmille as well as bsdgames which includes mille. edited for reduced ambiguity.
- pabs3 4y agoxmille is no longer (since bullseye) a package in Debian, instead xmille is provided by kgames.
- munificent 4y agoI'm not sure if it was first, but I know curses was instrumental in making Rogue possible (which in turn eventually inspired an entire genre of games). The Rogue authors used curses and Ken Arnold eventually ended up contributing directly to the game.