Summary
games-text
The principal virtue of these games is their simplicity. They will run
on any hardware, and some of them are simple enough to control so that
very young children can enjoy them (e.g. snake)
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animals
Traditional AI animal guessing engine using a binary tree DB
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Versions of package animals |
Release | Version | Architectures |
jessie | 201207131226-1 | amd64,armel,armhf,i386 |
sid | 201207131226-2.2 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x |
trixie | 201207131226-2.2 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x |
bookworm | 201207131226-2.1 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x |
bullseye | 201207131226-2.1 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x |
buster | 201207131226-2.1 | amd64,arm64,armhf,i386 |
stretch | 201207131226-2+deb9u1 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x |
Debtags of package animals: |
game | toys |
interface | commandline |
role | program |
use | gameplaying |
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License: DFSG free
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You think of an animal, and this package tries to guess it... when it's wrong,
you teach it about your animal.
To be more flexible and help educational aspect this game does not contain
an initial database. This also allows it to be used for non animals like
guessing of tools or locations.
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bsdgames
collection of classic textual unix games
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Versions of package bsdgames |
Release | Version | Architectures |
stretch | 2.17-25 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x |
sid | 2.17-34 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x |
trixie | 2.17-34 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x |
bookworm | 2.17-29 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x |
bullseye | 2.17-28 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x |
buster | 2.17-28 | amd64,arm64,armhf,i386 |
jessie | 2.17-22 | amd64,armel,armhf,i386 |
Debtags of package bsdgames: |
game | adventure, board, puzzle, rpg, simulation, sport, toys, typing |
interface | commandline, text-mode |
role | program |
suite | bsd |
uitoolkit | ncurses |
use | gameplaying |
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License: DFSG free
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This is a collection of some of the text-based games and amusements that
have been enjoyed for decades on unix systems.
It includes these programs: adventure, arithmetic, atc, backgammon,
battlestar, caesar, canfield, cribbage, dab, go-fish, gomoku, hack, hangman,
pom, primes, quiz, robots, sail, snake, tetris, trek, worm, wtf, wump
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cowsay
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Versions of package cowsay |
Release | Version | Architectures |
bullseye | 3.03+dfsg2-8 | all |
jessie | 3.03+dfsg1-10 | all |
stretch | 3.03+dfsg2-3 | all |
buster | 3.03+dfsg2-6 | all |
bookworm | 3.03+dfsg2-8 | all |
trixie | 3.03+dfsg2-8 | all |
sid | 3.03+dfsg2-8 | all |
Debtags of package cowsay: |
game | toys |
interface | commandline |
role | program |
use | entertaining |
works-with | text |
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License: DFSG free
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Cowsay (or cowthink) will turn text into happy ASCII cows, with
speech (or thought) balloons. If you don't like cows, ASCII art is
available to replace it with some other creatures (Tux, the BSD
daemon, dragons, and a plethora of animals, from a turkey to
an elephant in a snake).
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moon-buggy
Drive a car across the moon
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Versions of package moon-buggy |
Release | Version | Architectures |
stretch | 1.0.51-11 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x |
sid | 1.0.51-14 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x |
trixie | 1.0.51-14 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x |
jessie | 1.0.51-10 | amd64,armel,armhf,i386 |
bookworm | 1.0.51-13 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x |
bullseye | 1.0.51-13 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x |
buster | 1.0.51-12 | amd64,arm64,armhf,i386 |
Debtags of package moon-buggy: |
game | arcade |
hardware | input:keyboard |
interface | text-mode |
junior | arcade |
role | program |
uitoolkit | ncurses |
use | gameplaying |
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License: DFSG free
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Moon-buggy is a simple character graphics game, where you drive some
kind of car across the moon's surface. Unfortunately there are
dangerous craters there. Fortunately your car can jump over them!
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moon-buggy-esd
??? missing short description for package moon-buggy-esd :-(
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Versions of package moon-buggy-esd |
Release | Version | Architectures |
jessie | 1.0.51-10 | amd64,armel,armhf,i386 |
stretch | 1.0.51-11 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x |
Debtags of package moon-buggy-esd: |
game | arcade |
interface | text-mode |
junior | arcade |
role | program |
uitoolkit | ncurses |
use | gameplaying |
works-with | audio |
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License: DFSG free
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nettoe
networked version of Tic Tac Toe (3x3 Grid) for the console
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Versions of package nettoe |
Release | Version | Architectures |
jessie | 1.5.1-1 | amd64,armel,armhf,i386 |
sid | 1.5.1-3 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x |
trixie | 1.5.1-3 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x |
bookworm | 1.5.1-3 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x |
bullseye | 1.5.1-3 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x |
buster | 1.5.1-2 | amd64,arm64,armhf,i386 |
stretch | 1.5.1-2 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x |
Debtags of package nettoe: |
game | toys |
interface | text-mode |
role | program |
use | gameplaying |
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License: DFSG free
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NetToe is a console-based version of the classic game "Tic Tac Toe".
It's playable against computer AI, a player on the same machine or
with another player over the network. It uses a simple 3x3 board.
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sl
Rättar dig om du skriver "sl" av misstag
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Versions of package sl |
Release | Version | Architectures |
sid | 5.02-1 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x |
bullseye | 5.02-1 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x |
bookworm | 5.02-1 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x |
trixie | 5.02-1 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x |
jessie | 3.03-17 | amd64,armel,armhf,i386 |
stretch | 3.03-17 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x |
buster | 5.02-1 | amd64,arm64,armhf,i386 |
Debtags of package sl: |
game | toys |
interface | text-mode |
role | program |
uitoolkit | ncurses |
use | entertaining |
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License: DFSG free
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Sl är ett program som kan visa animationer avsedda att rätta dig om
du skriver "sl" av misstag.
SL står för "Steam Locomotive" (ånglok).
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zivot
the game of life, simple console version
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Versions of package zivot |
Release | Version | Architectures |
stretch | 20013101-3.1 | amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x |
buster | 20013101-3.1 | amd64,arm64,armhf,i386 |
jessie | 20013101-3 | amd64,armel,armhf,i386 |
Debtags of package zivot: |
game | toys |
interface | text-mode |
role | program |
use | gameplaying |
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License: DFSG free
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This is a variant of John Horton Conway's Game of Life
(a classic cellular automaton), simple console version,
written in FORTRAN.
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