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Nov. 28, 2007 at 4:16pm
Star Wars IV Animated ASCII Art
A blast from the past
In a recent The Code Project Insider email newsletter, there was a link to an animated ASCII art for Star Wars IV, A New Hope. This brought back fond memories of a bygone era, where I cruised the ASCII based bulletin boards on my trusty Color Computer, the CoCo, and played ASCII art games, such as Voyage of the Valkyries (a game written by my Keithley Jr HS teacher Mr. Leo Christopherson*) and Star Trek, on my school's TRS-80 Model 4, trash 80. I also had the experience of entering the code for several ASCII art games from a book, where I learned that the GOTO statement is very dangerous, especially if you put in the wrong line number.
To view Start Wars IV...
For Windows XP and Vista
Go to the Start menu->Run... type telnet. In TELNET type o then push enter, then type towel.blinkenlights.nl.
If you're using Vista you may need to enable TELNET in Programs & Features.
* - Mr. Leo Christopherson was the best science teacher I ever had and was also the best story teller I've ever listened to. His dancing demon program was an innovation in animation back in the day, and his Voyage of the Valkyries was on every screen in the computer lab.
Posted in Odds 'n Ends by Ken Foubert
Comments (1)
Joe says:
A quick search reveals a Java applet form of this animation, for those not down with the telnet action: http://www.asciimation.co.nz/
1 | Nov. 28, 2007 at 4:59pm