This is the bsd-games package for Linux, containing classic text mode games from UNIX folklore. Version 3.0 released here is the first update since 2005, when version 2.17 was released. It contains a comprehensive overhaul of the entire code base for readability and conformance to modern C coding standard. The build system is also updated for automatic installation and ease of packaging.

Installation requirements:

• C11 compiler: gcc 4.6 or clang 3.2
• ncurses: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
• wordlist: for hangman. Usually already in /usr/share/dict.

./configure --prefix=/usr && make install

Unlike earlier bsd-games versions, this one does not install anything sgid. Scorefiles in /var/lib/bsdgames are owned and writable by the users group. For security, each game validates scores when loading. Saved game files are also validated and will not cause a crash.

This package contains the following games:

• adventure: the original adventure by Crowther and Woods
• atc: air traffic control simulator
• battlestar: a tropical adventure
• caesar: performs rotated-alphabet cryptography (like rot13)
• cribbage: cribbage card game
• dab: dots and boxes
• drop4: tetromino packing game
• gofish: go fish card game
• gomoku: connect-5 version of tic-tac-toe
• hangman: guess the word before it is too late
• klondike: curses-based solitaire
• robots: avoid the evil robots
• sail: sail your ship into battle
• snake: grab the cash, avoid the snake, and exit
• spirhunt: hunt space pirates
• worm: eat the numbers without running into anything
• wump: hunt the wumpus

Many programs that were in the original 2.17 distribution were removed to focus on providing playable games, rather than a rusty junk pile.

• backgammon: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnubg/
• banner: https://packages.debian.org/stable/bsdmainutils
• factor: http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/coreutils.html
• fortune: https://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/games/amusements/fortune/
• primes: http://primesieve.org/
• rogue: http://coredumpcentral.org/
• hack: https://www.nethack.org, https://github.com/msharov/hack

• boggle: Exactly like the eponymous game by Hasbro.
• mille: Mille Bornes is copyrighted by Hasbro.
• monop: Used Hasbro's Monopoly board and other content.

• hunt: multiplayer only, and has been broken for some time.
• dm: a way to stop other users from playing games.
• phantasia: mostly multiplayer; playing alone consisted of pressing "1" until you are randomly killed by one of a never ending succession of monsters. There were no rewards, score, fun hit descriptions, or anything else.

• arithmetic: study aid. We have calculators now.
• quiz: quizzes on obscure and/or obsolete information.
• wtf: outdated acronym lookup. We have Google now.
• rain, worms: text-mode screensavers.
• bcd, ppt: even museums can't read punchcards any more.
• morse: morse code translator?
• number: prints badly formated text numbers.
• pig: I have no idea what this is for.
• pom: phase of the moon?
• random: see fortune above.
• wargames: a short shell script that prints a one-line message.