This is the bsd-games package for Linux, containing ports of all the
games from NetBSD-current that are free in the usual (DFSG/OSD) sense
(i.e. modified and unmodified versions can be freely distributed,
including for profit).
This package contains the following games:
adventure: the original adventure by Crowther and Woods
arithmetic: arithmetic quiz/speed test
atc: air traffic control
backgammon: backgammon
banner: display a message in big letters
battlestar: adventure game on a battlestar
bcd: outputs text in an antique form
boggle: boggle
caesar: reads fortunes from the game fortune, also some internet
posts
canfield: curses-based solitaire
countmail: tell you how much new mail you have
cribbage: cribbage
dm: dungeon master, regulates games playing
factor: factor a number
fish: go fish
fortune: displays a random silly message
gomoku: gomoku
hangman: guess the word before it is too late
hunt: hunt each other in a maze (multiplayer -- great)
mille: mille borne against the computer
monop: monopoly
morse: output morse code
number: output the English text for a number
phantasia: interterminal fantasy game
pig: output text in Pig Latin
pom: display the phase of the moon
ppt: outputs text in another antique form
primes: generate primes
quiz: random knowledge tests
rain: attempts to create a rain drop effect (best at 9600 baud)
random: random lines from a file or random numbers
robots: well... avoid the robots
sail: sail your ship into battle
snake: grab the cash and avoid the snake and exit
tetris: tetris
trek: We come in peace, shoot to kill. It's worse than that, he's
dead Jim. Ye cannot change the laws of physics. It's life
Jim, but not as we know it. There's Klingons on the starboard
bow ...
wargames: would you like to play a game?
worm: eat the numbers without running into anything
worms: random worms scurrying across your screen
wump: hunt the wumpus
Author: Joseph S. Myers <jsm28@cam.ac.uk> {Porting it to Linux}
Maintainer: The ROCK Linux Project
License: BSD
Status: Stable
Version: 2.17
Download: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/games/ bsd-games-2.17.tar.gz
Buildtime: 12497 (5) seconds (on reference hardware)
Buildtime: 13672 (9) seconds (on reference hardware)
Package Size: 5.37 MB, 214 files
Dependencies: 00-dirtree bash2 binutils bison bzip2 coreutils cvm findutils
Dependencies: flex flex:dev gawk gcc42 gcc42:dev glibc26 glibc26:dev grep
Dependencies: gzip linux26-headers:dev ltrace m4 make miscfiles mktemp ncurses
Dependencies: ncurses:dev openssl openssl:dev patch sed sysfiles tar xmame
ROCK Sources: bsd-games.cache, bsd-games.conf, bsd-games.desc, delay_output-sym.patch, group-games.patch, pc_sym_hack.patch, postfix-bsd.patch