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README for bsd-games
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This is the bsd-games package for Linux, containing ports of all the
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games from NetBSD-current that are free in the usual (DFSG/OSD) sense
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(i.e. modified and unmodified versions can be freely distributed,
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including for profit). NetBSD-current contains three other games,
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rogue, hack and larn. Rogue has a standard BSD licence, but with an
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additional contradictory licence that does not allow for-profit
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distribution; hack and larn have no licence at all. If you want
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rogue, get the bsd-games-non-free package (which should be on sunsite,
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but not tsx-11), and read the README.non-free that it contains: rogue
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is being distributed separately, and hack and larn not distributed at
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all in this Linux port, in the absence of definite confirmation of
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what licences really apply. A game not from NetBSD, paranoia, was in
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earlier versions of bsd-games-non-free (and bsd-games 1.2 and 1.3) but
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has been removed because of the lack of a clear licence.
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The games are mostly not enhanced from the NetBSD versions, but many
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bugs are fixed.
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The games should work with ncurses (any reasonably recent version).
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They might also work with BSD curses/termcap, but this is not tested
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by me. They should work with both libc5 (version 5.4.5 or later -
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earlier versions won't work) and libc6 (glibc 2). Note however that I
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don't test all possible combinations of libraries for each release, so
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tell me if some versions don't work. For details of prerequisites,
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see INSTALL.
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For installation instructions, see the file `INSTALL'. Some games
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have `README.linux' files you may wish to read.
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The statement of year 2000 issues associated with bsd-games and
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bsd-games-non-free is in the file `YEAR2000'.
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This package contains the following games:
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adventure: the original adventure by Crowther and Woods
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arithmetic: arithmetic quiz/speed test
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atc: air traffic control
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backgammon: backgammon
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banner: display a message in big letters
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battlestar: adventure game on a battlestar
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bcd: outputs text in an antique form
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boggle: boggle
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caesar: reads fortunes from the game fortune, also some internet posts
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canfield: curses-based solitaire
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countmail: tell you how much new mail you have
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cribbage: cribbage
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dm: dungeon master, regulates games playing
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factor: factor a number
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fish: go fish
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fortune: displays a random silly message
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gomoku: gomoku
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hangman: guess the word before it is too late
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hunt: hunt each other in a maze (multiplayer -- great)
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mille: mille borne against the computer
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monop: monopoly
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morse: output morse code
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number: output the English text for a number
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phantasia: interterminal fantasy game
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pig: output text in Pig Latin
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pom: display the phase of the moon
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ppt: outputs text in another antique form
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primes: generate primes
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quiz: random knowledge tests
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rain: attempts to create a rain drop effect (best at 9600 baud)
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random: random lines from a file or random numbers
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robots: well... avoid the robots
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sail: sail your ship into battle
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snake: grab the cash and avoid the snake and exit
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tetris: tetris
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trek: We come in peace, shoot to kill. It's worse than that, he's
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dead Jim. Ye cannot change the laws of physics. It's life
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Jim, but not as we know it. There's Klingons on the starboard
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bow ...
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wargames: would you like to play a game?
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worm: eat the numbers without running into anything
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worms: random worms scurrying across your screen
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wump: hunt the wumpus
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If you have questions about bsd-games or bsd-games-non-free you can
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contact me at <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>. Bug reports should state the
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versions of ncurses and libc used, unless clearly not relevant (e.g.,
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bugs in data files, or where you have an analysis and patch). If you
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want to be informed by email of new releases when they come out,
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please let me know.
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Known bugs are listed in the file BUGS; please do not send bug reports
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for bugs listed there, but patches that fix them are welcome.
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For patches, I prefer unidiffs (use `diff -u OLD NEW', or `diff -ruN
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OLD-DIRECTORY NEW-DIRECTORY'), but if your diff cannot produce them
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then context diffs are OK. Please remember to include details of the
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bug and your analysis of the problem if you are sending a patch; I
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have ported the code from NetBSD to Linux, but may not be familiar
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with the workings of any particular program, whereas you will be if
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you have been tracing and fixing a bug. The gcc info manual contains
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a discussion of how to produce good bug reports.
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Joseph S. Myers
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jsm28@cam.ac.uk
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