Terminal’s Hidden Games

While Macs haven’t really had a reputation for gaming, there are some hidden games right in the Mac operating system. What’s more, they’re probably in the one place that you’d least expect games to be: the Terminal.

Try it out. Open a Terminal window and type in “emacs.” Then, hit Esc and X at the same time. Once you see a new text prompt pop up, type in “tetris” “pong” or “snake” without quotes. From there, you’ll be able to play the classic, OG games right within the Terminal window.