magneticscrolls.net

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magneticscrolls.net

by dettus 3 years ago featured

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Magneticscrolls.net enables users to play classic text adventures. Online, via SSH.

Namely

The Pawn
The Guild of Thieves
Jinxter
Corruption
Fish!
Myth
Wonderland

Each game is available in multiple sources (MS DOS, C64, Acorn Archimedes, Apple II, Spectrum CPC, Atari XL, just to name a few) for the true nostalgic experience!

Just type in

ssh -p 8080 -l magnetic magneticscrolls.net

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You can download this recording in asciicast v2 format, as a .cast file.

Download

Replay in terminal

You can replay the downloaded recording in your terminal using the asciinema play command:

asciinema play 448073.cast

If you don't have asciinema CLI installed then see installation instructions.

Use with stand-alone player on your website

Download asciinema player from the releases page (you only need .js and .css file), then use it like this:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="asciinema-player.css" />
</head>
<body>
  <div id="player"></div>
  <script src="asciinema-player.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    AsciinemaPlayer.create(
      '/assets/448073.cast',
      document.getElementById('player'),
      { cols: 80, rows: 24 }
    );
  </script>
</body>
</html>

See asciinema player quick-start guide for full usage instructions.

While this site doesn't provide GIF conversion at the moment, you can still do it yourself with the help of asciinema GIF generator utility - agg.

Once you have it installed, generate a GIF with the following command:

agg https://asciinema.org/a/448073 demo.gif

Or, if you already downloaded the recording file:

agg demo.cast demo.gif

Check agg --help for all available options. You can change font family and size, select color theme, adjust speed and more.

See agg manual for full usage instructions.