OK kids, make sure you have python installed so you can fire photons in this python remix of the classic Fortran Super Star Trek classic terminal game from the mid 70s. I played this game (poorly) in High School and had gotten frustrated trying to run the original Fortran version some while ago. Turns out ESR had ported (a C port of) the original Fortran code which runs great. Make sure you pull out the latest version from git since its got some essential bug fixes from:

• https://developer.berlios.de/git/?group_id=2492 [link dead 2015]

See Bill Lahti's java and android port of the game!

• https://blahti.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/java-sst/
• and Tom Almys page

Here's ESR's original G+ post [Google shut down G+] and there's some more banter about the history of the game in the comments to his blog post.

There's a nice writeup of the history of the game and how its played here.

Screenshot shows Super Star Trek running happily in terminal under Ubuntu 11.10