Zerk Zone

Articles by Ryan Armstrong

1. Arduboy MPD Remote Firmware

   A firmware/python pairing to control playback on a Music Player Daemon (MPD) instance using an Arduboy.

   

2. Yet another GRUB guide

   It should go without saying that there are a lot of guides to installing GRUB and fixing GRUB stuff for Linux users (not the least of which is the Arch Wiki. This article is a smaller, more focused article on the issues I have personally run into, and their solutions …

3. Mystic Balloon Maps

   Pixel maps for Mystic Balloon

   

4. Running Caldera OpenLinux 1.3 in QEMU

   A guide to running Caldera Open Linux 1.3 in QEMU with working networking, XFree86 setup and some information on forwarding X clients from the VM to Xnest.

   

5. Ace of Penguins (1998)

   

   The Ace of Penguins is a collection of solitaire and other computer games, mostly modelled after those included in Windows or the Microsoft Entertainment Packs. With some exceptions. The list of games, with links for more information and screenshots, is:

   • Canfield solitaire [img]
   • FreeCell [img]
   • Golf [img]
   • Mastermind [img]
   • Merlin …

6. X Solitare (1998)

   

   X Solitare (xsol) is a VERY basic Klondike solitaire implementation. It doesn't have card art, it doesn't automatically flip cards and does not detect a win state. If you place all the kings in the foundations... nothing happens at all. It's just up to you to start it again, I …

7. XPacman (1996)

   

   XPacman is a fascinating, though bare-bones, clone of Pac-man. The core mechanics are here: Pac-man, pellets, power pellets, ghosts and a maze. However, the maze is totally different than the traditional game and randomly generated. Ghost behaviour is nothing like the original, and there are no proper lives or score …

8. XShisen (1995)

   

   XShisen is an implementation of the Shisen-sho variety of Mahjong solitaire. In this variety, pieces are arranged into a single rectangle and can be removed if they can be connected by three horizontal/vertical line segments (as illustrated in the above screenshot). This game provides three different board sizes and …

9. XSok (1994)

   

   When starting this normally, you would be forgiven in thinking it is a straightforward clone of Sokoban. Push the boxes onto the spots, move onto the next level, yawn. Or rage, depending on how much you get into it, and how many boxes get stuck on walls/corners/each other …

10. XTrojka (1994)

    

    Trojka is a falling block puzzle game, somewhat similar to Columns, but using its own matching rules. The game is played in a rather narrow well, of only 5 blocks wide. Blocks fall individually, and need to be matched in groups of three or more horizontally or diagonally, but not …

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