With the help of d_m, I managed to get an ncurses-backed Linux port of my LD21 compo entry to run.

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-21/?action=preview&uid=89

Requires python 2.6+ with the builtin curses module.

Note that it’s sized for an enormous terminal window; it’ll abort with a semi-helpful message if yours isn’t big enough.