Amateurminal: Terminal for Amateurs - Windows XP simulator with Matrix-themed terminal riddle game
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Amateurminal started as a joke: a terminal where every command succeeds with ridiculous messages and ASCII art.
But I kept adding things—Windows XP, desktop icons, a file system, ICQ, Minesweeper.
Somewhere along the way, the joke turned into a game. A nostalgic riddle full of surprises, tension, and secrets. If you’re tech-savvy, you can beat it.
How long will it take you to uncover the truth about the Epstein files?
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Hey Product Hunt 👋
I made a nostalgic Windows XP simulator with a Matrix-themed terminal game!
The narrative goes like this: "You're Neo, trying to hack into Epstein Files, 1998, in Matrix. Can you do it?"
Windows XP simulator, such nostalgia! Winamp, Minesweeper, ICQ...
Matrix-themed story
Hacking
Social engineering
Satirical ending that's according to my friends "a little too much"
The story behind it: My colleagues were helping me to setup environment using Terminal. I'm amateur in Terminal... amateur... terminal... amateurminal.... amateurminal.com... lol, it wasn't taken 😂 I had to buy that domain.
I built Amateurminal as a joke—a terminal where every command succeeds. Then it turned into a full game.
I’d love to hear how far you get—and where you get stuck! Current record is below 10 minutes.