3Monkeys on Emacs: Part 6 - Some Fun

Previous in this series : Part 5 - Replace

Sometimes you need to step back and have a little fun. In keeping with that philosophy, I’m taking a small break from some of the more serious Emacs topics, and presenting a few fun things. Emacs has several built in stress relievers, from funny quotes to interactive games. Below are some diversions for your enjoyment.

Yow M-x yow A simple diversion that displays a random Zippy quote in the echo area.
Doctor M-x doctor Need a little psychotherapy? Call in the doctor.
Life M-x life Conway’s Game of Life simulation. Still a fascination after all of these years.
Hanoi M-x hanoi Solves the Tower of Hanoi puzzle. To specify the number of rings us C-u number M-x hanoi, where number is the desired number of rings.
Mpuz M-x mpuz A multiplication puzzle where numbers are replaced with letters, the user must determine which numbers map to which letters.
Blackbox M-x blackbox An analytical puzzle where the user must deduce the locations of balls based on certain reactions to events. See the full documentation with this command C-h f blackbox.
Pegs M-x solitaire The classic peg jump game, where the user jumps one peg with a neighboring peg removing it in the process. The goal is to leave only one peg.
Snake M-x snake The user navigates a snake in a square box, avoiding doubling back on itself or running into a wall, all while trying to collect tokens.
Tetris M-x tetris The classic Tetris game we all are familiar with in one form or another.
Adventure M-x dunnet A text based adventure game much like Zork. We all remember playing Zork on PDP-10’s right?

Until next time.

-3Monkeys

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