{"id":341,"date":"2001-11-11T20:50:00","date_gmt":"2001-11-12T00:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=341"},"modified":"2001-11-11T20:50:00","modified_gmt":"2001-11-12T00:50:00","slug":"real-gamers-play-nethack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2001\/11\/11\/20\/50\/real-gamers-play-nethack\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Gamers Play NetHack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who said you need the web for dynamic media? Back in the 80s when the Internet had no ads and Real Gamers played Nethack<\/a>, telnet<\/a> was the<\/b><\/i> application of choice. Here’s the whole Star Wars movie in asciimation<\/a> over telnet!<\/p>\n

Open a DOS\/Command Prompt.
\nType this:
\ntelnet towel.blinkenlights.nl<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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