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██ ██
█▌ - FUN ON THE TERMINAL - █▌
█▌ PUBLIC TELNET ASCII ART, GAMES, ETC (ALL OSes) █▌
█ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Connect to other servers through telnet to view their animated ASCII art, ▐▌
█ games, etc they offer the public. If no port is specified than it is the ▐▌
█ default port 23; you don't need to specify it. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ To quit the telnet session: Ctrl + ] (^]) ▐▌
█ To exit telnet type in: quit ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Window users do this through the cmd prompt window: Start menu / Run / ▐▌
█ type in: cmd ▐▌
█ Press OK. Then copy/paste press the telnet cmd line into the cmd prompt ▐▌
█ window, press your Enter key to connect. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Linux and Mac users copy/paste the telnet cmd line into your terminal, ▐▌
█ press your Enter key to connect. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MISC TELNET SITES ▐▌
█ GAMES / MUDS ▐▌
█ GAMES / MUCKS ▐▌
█ MORE TELNET SITES ▐▌
█ OPEN YOUR OWN TELNET SERVER OR BBS ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MISC TELNET SITES: ▐▌
█ `````````````````` ▐▌
█ STAR WARS EPISODE IV: ▐▌
█ /~\ ▐▌
█ |oo ) At last! ▐▌
█ _\=/_ ▐▌
█ ___ / _ \ ▐▌
█ / ()\ //|/.\|\\ ▐▌
█ _|_____|_ || \_/ || ▐▌
█ | | === | | || |\ /| || ▐▌
█ |_| O |_| # \_ _/ # ▐▌
█ || O || | | | ▐▌
█ ||__*__|| | | | ▐▌
█ |~ \___/ ~| []|[] ▐▌
█ /=\ /=\ /=\ | | | ▐▌
█ ________________[_]_[_]_[_]________/_]_[_\_________________________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ I think this is the most viewed of all ASCII art on a public telnet: ▐▌
█ telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ If you have an IPv6 you can watch in color and extra scenes. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ HERE you can view the stats of users that have watched. ▐▌
█ HERE you can view it your browser. ▐▌
█ And best of all you can now run it in telnet on your own server! :) ▐▌
█ Below is how: ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ THE BOFH EXCUSE SERVER: ▐▌
█ "Spits out an excuse based on the bastard operator from hell stories". On ▐▌
█ the same server as Star Wars: ▐▌
█ telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl 666 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ It will output one excuse then your telnet will exit. To view another ▐▌
█ connect again. ▐▌
█ For example the output: ▐▌
█ microelectronic Riemannian curved-space fault in write-only file system ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE BBS TERMINAL: ▐▌
█ ▐▌
Google BBS
█ Google BBS. "What Google would have looked like in the 80s" including ▐▌
█ sounds. Click on Options to change settings and Images to search images. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ NYAN CAT: ▐▌
█ ▐▌
nyan cat
█ ▐▌
█ telnet -t vtnt miku.acm.uiuc.edu ▐▌
█ Nyan Cat is explained HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ TELEHACK: ▐▌
█ "Telehack is a simulation of a sylized arpanet/usenet, circa 1985-1990. It ▐▌
█ is a full multi-user simulation, including 25,000 hosts and BBS's the ▐▌
█ early net, thousands of files from the ero, a collection of adventure and ▐▌
█ IF games, a working BASIC interpreter with a library of programs to run, ▐▌
█ simulated historical users, and more." ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Window users can now have a chance to try some of them out. They also have ▐▌
█ the site on a terminal emulator HERE. List of available commands on ▐▌
█ telehack.com HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ telnet telehack.com ▐▌
█ Once logged in, give it a try: ▐▌
█ cowsay hellooo ▐▌
█ Try joke or eliza to have an interactive consultation with the ▐▌
█ psychotherapist. ▐▌
█ Play a game, enter zrun for the list of games, then zrun [game] ▐▌
█ To list again available cmds: ? ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GAMES / MUDS: ▐▌
█ ````````````` ▐▌
█ MUD - Multi-User Dungeon. Text-based real-time adventure role-playing ▐▌
█ games. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ AARDWOLF MUD: ▐▌
█ telnet aardmud.org ▐▌
█ Type new then follow by creating a name and pass. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ########################################################################## ▐▌
█ #[ --- Welcome to Aardwolf MUD --- ]######################## ▐▌
█ #[ ]############ /" ####### ▐▌
█ #[ Players Currently Online: 297 ]######## _-`"""', ##### ▐▌
█ #[ ]##### _-" ) #### ▐▌
█ #[ Game Last Rebooted on 18 Mar 22:51:36 ]### _-" | #### ▐▌
█ ################################################## _-" ; ##### ▐▌
█ ######################################## __---___-" | ###### ▐▌
█ ##################################### _" ,, ; `,, ## ▐▌
█ ################################### _-" ;'' | ,' ; ## ▐▌
█ ################################# _" ' `"' ; ## ▐▌
█ ########################## __---; ,' #### ▐▌
█ ####################### __"" ___ ,' ###### ▐▌
█ ################### _-"" -"" _ ,' ######## ▐▌
█ ################## `-_ _ ; ########## ▐▌
█ #################### ""----""" ; ; ########### ▐▌
█ ###################### / ; ; ############ ▐▌
█ #################### / ; ; ############# ▐▌
█ ################## / ` ; ############## ▐▌
█ ################ / ; ############### ▐▌
█ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ▐▌
█ Enter your character name or type 'NEW' to create a new character ▐▌
█ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ZOMBIEMUD: ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Welcome to ... ▐▌
█ ___ __ __) __ __) ______ ▐▌
█ (, ) /) , (, /| /| (, / / (, / ) ▐▌
█ / ______ (/_ _ / | / | / / / / ▐▌
█ _/_(_) // (_/_) _(__(/_) / |/ |_ / / _/___ /_ ▐▌
█ ) / (_/ ' (___(_ (_/___ / ▐▌
█ (__ / ▐▌
█ ... online since 1994. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ telnet zombiemud.org ▐▌
█ Once logged in enter c to create a new character. ▐▌
█ Then type in any name to start, such as: tester ▐▌
█ Then type in 1 if you are new. ▐▌
█ Reply: ▐▌
█ The skull whispers 'Ok, I guess it's you and me then, ain't I lucky.' ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ DRUGWARS: ▐▌
█ _____------ __ ----_ ▐▌
█ ___---- ___------ \ ▐▌
█ ----________ ---- \ ▐▌
█ -----__ | _____) ▐▌
█ __- / \ ▐▌
█ _______----- ___-- \ /)\ ▐▌
█ ------_______ ---____ \__/ / ▐▌
█ Design by: -----__ \ -- _ /\ ▐▌
█ --__--__ \_____/ \_/\ ▐▌
█ Katja Nyboe, Tom Madsen, ----| / | ▐▌
█ Hans Henrik Staerfeldt, | |___________| ▐▌
█ Michael Seifer, Sabastian Hammer. | | ((_(_)| )_) ▐▌
█ | \_((_(_)|/(_) ▐▌
█ \ ( ▐▌
█ \_____________) ▐▌
█ -Drug Wars- ▐▌
█ Name confirmation is not necessary here, BUT if we think your ▐▌
█ name is unappropriate you will be asked to change it. ▐▌
█ Parental Advisory ▐▌
█ Contains Language Which May Be Unsuitable For Some People ▐▌
█ EXPLICIT WORDS / LANGUAGE EXPLISITE / EXPLICIT WORDS / LANGUAGE EXPLISITE ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Developed at DIKU -The Department of Computer Science at the University of ▐▌
█ Copenhagen. Just recently back online, Apr '13, welcome back :). ▐▌
█ telnet 99.249.157.57 2528 ▐▌
█ Once prompted create a name for yourself, then a pass. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ACHAEA, DREAMS OF DIVINE LAND: ▐▌
█ telnet achaea.com ▐▌
█ Enter 2 to create a new character. ▐▌
█ Then enter a 'fantasy' name you want to create. Try THIS online name ▐▌
█ generator to come up with a working one; select Fantasy from the drop down ▐▌
█ list. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ DARKER REALMS: ▐▌
█ Darker Realms online since 1990. "It was one of the first LPMuds to open, ▐▌
█ and is the oldest continually running LPMud in the United States and the ▐▌
█ second oldest in the world. It was also the first MUD of any kind to ▐▌
█ feature a quest-based advancement system." ▐▌
█ telnet mud.darkerrealms.org 2000 ▐▌
█ Create a name and then a pass. After type in: help newbie ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ DARKREALMS: ▐▌
█ Darkrealms online since 1994 providing online games, message forums, chat ▐▌
█ rooms and file transfer. They have a beautiful ANSI art interface. They ▐▌
█ also have a flash based web interface HERE. ▐▌
█ telnet darkrealms.ca ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GAMES / MUCKS: ▐▌
█ `````````````` ▐▌
█ MUCK - "Multi-User Chat/Created/Computer/Character/Carnal Kingdom. ▐▌
█ Text-based role-playing game, designed for social interaction." ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ FURRYMUCK - ALL AGES: ▐▌
█ "Furry is the longest standing MUCK on the Internet to date..regular ▐▌
█ nightly showing of 400+ players..The theme is generally centered around ▐▌
█ the roleplay of Anthropomorphics (the giving of humanlike qualities to ▐▌
█ non-human animals, 'Funny Animals', etc.).." ▐▌
█ _____ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ , SM ▐▌
█ / ' ' ) ) ) ' ) / / ) ' ) / ▐▌
█ ,-/-, . . __ __ __ , / / / / / / /-< ▐▌
█ (_/ (_/_/ (_/ (_/ (_/ / ' (_ (__/ (__/ / ) ▐▌
█ / ▐▌
█ ' ▐▌
█ The first 99 & 44/100% anthropomorphic/Furry TinyMu* ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ telnet furrymuck.com 8888 ▐▌
█ SSL: telnet furrymuck.com 8899 ▐▌
█ connect guest guest ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Linux: If you need help speaking like a furry animal you can use the ▐▌
█ ky00te Filter; read HERE under my GEEK FUN / TEXT MANIPULATION. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ NOIR HAVEN MUCK: ▐▌
█ "Noir Haven is a free-form RP MUCK set in what we like to call the 'Dirty ▐▌
█ 30's', a 1930's alternate history setting with a healthy dose of ▐▌
█ Dieselpunk thrown in." ▐▌
█ _ _ _ _ _ ▐▌
█ | \ | | ___ (_)_ __ | | | | __ ___ _____ _ __ ▐▌
█ | \| |/ _ \| | '__| | |_| |/ _` \ \ / / _ \ '_ \ ▐▌
█ | |\ | (_) | | | | _ | (_| |\ V / __/ | | | ▐▌
█ |_| \_|\___/|_|_| |_| |_|\__,_| \_/ \___|_| |_| ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ +-'~`---------------------------------/\-- ▐▌
█ ||"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" \\\\\\ \/~) ▐▌
█ || \\\\\\ \/_ ▐▌
█ |~~~~~~~~-________________-_________________\ ~--_ ▐▌
█ !---------|_________ ------~~~~~(-- )--~~ ▐▌
█ \ /~~~~\~~\ )--- \_ /( ▐▌
█ || | | \ () \\ ▐▌
█ \\____/_ / ()\ \\ ▐▌
█ `~~~~~~~~~-. \ \\ ▐▌
█ \ \ <($)> \\ ▐▌
█ \ \ \\ ▐▌
█ \ \ \\ ▐▌
█ \ \ \\ ▐▌
█ \ \ () \| ▐▌
█ _\_\__====~~~ ▐▌
█ telnet mucks.cyberleo.net 7878 ▐▌
█ connect guest guest ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ WINTER'S OASIS MUCK: ▐▌
█ "Based on the "Steampunk" genre trailblazed by 19th and early 20th century ▐▌
█ authors, in a world where high industrial fantasy meets a range of animal ▐▌
█ characters ..." ▐▌
█ __ ___ _ _ ____ _ ▐▌
█ \ \ / (_) | | ( ) / __ \ (_) ▐▌
█ \ \ /\ / / _ _ __ | |_ ___ _ __|/ ___ | | | | __ _ ___ _ ___ ▐▌
█ \ \/ \/ / | | '_ \| __|/ _ \ '__| / __| | | | |/ _` / __| / __| ▐▌
█ \ /\ / | | | | | |_| __/ | \__ \ | |__| | (_| \__ \ \__ \ ▐▌
█ \/ \/ |_|_| |_|\__|\___|_| |___/ \____/ \__,_|___/_|___/ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ telnet muck.wintersoasis.com 8888 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ FLIPSIDE MUCK: ▐▌
█ *MANKIND'S*LAST*BEST*HOPE*FOR*PEACE*OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ▐▌
█ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO' OO ▐▌
█ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO' OO ▐▌
█ O______OO___OOOOO___OO_____`OO'_____OO___OO_____`OO______OOO' .O OO ▐▌
█ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOO' OO OO ▐▌
█ O __OOO OOOOO OO OO OO.___ `OO OO OO OO __OOO O ▐▌
█ O OOOOO OOOOO OO __.OOOOOO' OO OO OO OO OOOOO O ▐▌
█ O OOOOO OO OO OOOOO OO OO OO OO O ▐▌
█ O___OOOOO______OO___OO___OOOOO_____.OO___OO_____.OO______OOOOOOO OO ▐▌
█ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OO ▐▌
█ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ▐▌
█ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ▐▌
█ A multi-themed multi-world muck ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ telnet flipsidemuck.org 9999 ▐▌
█ 65.75.149.70 9999 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ FLUFFMUCK: ▐▌
█ Since 1995. "FluffMUCK is a furry-themed (anthropomorphic) TinyMUCK, with ▐▌
█ a primarily social atmosphere and ocassional light-hearted roleplay." ▐▌
█ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ▐▌
█ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ▐▌
█ ( _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ) ▐▌
█ ( |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| ) ▐▌
█ ( |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| ) ▐▌
█( |_|_|_ _ |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_|_ _ |_|_|_ _ ) ▐▌
█( |_|_|_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_| ) ▐▌
█ ( |_|_| |_|_|_ _ _ |_|_|_ _|_|_| |_|_| |_|_| ) ▐▌
█ ( |_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| ) ▐▌
█ ( ) ▐▌
█ ~--~--~--~--~--~--~--~--~--~--~--~--~--~--~--~--~--~--~--~--~--~-- ▐▌
█ Est. 1995 ▐▌
█ telnet fluffmuck.org 8888 ▐▌
█ telnet 66.250.86.73 8888 ▐▌
█ connect guest guest ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MORE TELNET SITES: ▐▌
█ `````````````````` ▐▌
█ For many more MUDs visit mudconnect.com. ▐▌
█ For many more MUCKs vist tigerden.com. ▐▌
█ Many Telnet BBS Alphabetical BBS Listings: at telentbbsquide.com. ▐▌
█ For a list of Synchronet BBS: visit synchro.net. ▐▌
█ Telnet.org has a list of some telnet sites, though in need of updating. ▐▌
█ List "Who says there's nowhere left to telnet anymore?" here. If that link ▐▌
█ is down I archived a copy here. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ OPEN YOUR OWN TELNET SERVER OR BBS: ▐▌
█ ``````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ ASCII ART TELNET SERVER: ▐▌
█ 'ascii-telnet-server', "Can stream an ~20 minutes ASCII movie via Telnet ▐▌
█ emulation as stand alone server or via xinetd daemon". Visit HERE. ▐▌
█ Included is the famous ASCII art animation of Star Wars shown above. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MATANZA: For Linux, comes ready to start via telent - a multiplayer game, ▐▌
█ in it, every player controls a ship cruising in space, aiming to destroy ▐▌
█ the other players (and, eventually, ships controlled by the computer). ▐▌
█ View details HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ P.O.R.: Project OldSkool Revenge gives glFTPd support for DayDream BBS, or ▐▌
█ as some say a BBS frontend for glFTPd. Compared to the good old BBS days ▐▌
█ FTPs are boring. Now with P.O.R siteops can have a gourgeous BBS for their ▐▌
█ glFTPd server. View HERE how to setup P.O.R.. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
P.O.R. monthtop
█ ▐▌
█ //---------------------------------------------------------------------- ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ If you find mistakes, have suggestions, and or questions please post at ▐▌
█ mewbies forum HERE - thank you. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Last update on 22 Mar '14
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