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Other Amusements
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   If you are a little bit bored, you can try `M-x hanoi'.  If you are
considerably bored, give it a numeric argument.  If you are very, very
bored, try an argument of 9.  Sit back and watch.

   If you want a little more personal involvement, try `M-x gomoku',
which plays the game Go Moku with you.

   `M-x blackbox', `M-x mpuz' and `M-x 5x5' are kinds of puzzles.
`blackbox' challenges you to determine the location of objects inside a
box by tomography.  `mpuz' displays a multiplication puzzle with
letters standing for digits in a code that you must guess--to guess a
value, type a letter and then the digit you think it stands for.  The
aim of `5x5' is to fill in all the squares.

   `M-x decipher' helps you to cryptanalyze a buffer which is encrypted
in a simple monoalphabetic substitution cipher.

   `M-x dunnet' runs an adventure-style exploration game, which is a
bigger sort of puzzle.

   `M-x lm' runs a relatively non-participatory game in which a robot
attempts to maneuver towards a tree at the center of the window based on
unique olfactory cues from each of the four directions.

   `M-x life' runs Conway's "Life" cellular automaton.

   `M-x morse-region' converts text in a region to Morse code and `M-x
unmorse-region' converts it back.  No cause for remorse.

   `M-x pong' plays a Pong-like game, bouncing the ball off opposing
bats.

   `M-x solitaire' plays a game of solitaire in which you jump pegs
across other pegs.

   `M-x studlify-region' studlify-cases the region, producing text like
this:

     M-x stUdlIfY-RegioN stUdlIfY-CaSeS thE region.

   `M-x tetris' runs an implementation of the well-known Tetris game.
Likewise, `M-x snake' provides an implementation of Snake.

   When you are frustrated, try the famous Eliza program.  Just do `M-x
doctor'.  End each input by typing <RET> twice.

   When you are feeling strange, type `M-x yow'.

   The command `M-x zone' plays games with the display when Emacs is
idle.