INTRO(6) BSD Reference Manual INTRO(6)
intro - introduction to the games
The manual pages in section 6 contain information about the various games
and diversions optionally installed in /usr/games. Currently available
games are:
adventure An exploration game. See adventure(6).
arithmetic Quiz on simple arithmetic. See arithmetic(6).
atc Air traffic controller game. See atc(6).
backgammon The backgammon game. See backgammon(6).
banner Print strings in large letters. See banner(6).
battlestar A tropical adventure game. See battlestar(6).
bcd Reformat input as punch cards. See bcd(6).
boggle Word search game. See boggle(6).
bs Battleships game. See bs(6).
caesar Decrypt caesar cyphers. See caesar(6).
canfield A version of the solitaire card game. See canfield(6).
cfscores Print out the current status of a canfield(6) account. See
cfscores(6).
cribbage The card game cribbage. See cribbage(6).
factor Factor a number. See factor(6).
fish Play "Go Fish!". See fish(6).
fortune Print a random adage. See fortune(6).
gomoku Game of 5 in a row. See gomoku(6).
grdc Grand Digital Clock. See grdc(6).
hack Explore the Dungeons of Doom. See hack(6).
hangman Play hangman. See hangman(6).
hunt A multi-player, multi-terminal game. See hunt(6).
huntd hunt(6) daemon. See huntd(6).
mille Play Mille Bornes. See mille(6).
monop Play monopoly. See monop(6).
morse Reformat input as morse code. See morse(6).
number Convert Arabic numerals to English. See number(6).
phantasia An interterminal fantasy game. See phantasia(6).
pig Eformatray inputway asway Igpay Atinlay. Eesay igpay(6).
pom Display the phase of the moon. See pom(6).
ppt Reformat input as paper tape. See ppt(6).
primes Generate primes. See primes(6).
quiz Random knowledge tests. See quiz(6).
rain Animated raindrops display. See rain(6).
random Display random lines from a file or random numbers. See
random(6).
robots Fight off villanous robots. See robots(6).
rot13 Decrypt caesar cyphers, rotated by 13 characters. See
rot13(6).
sail Multi-user wooden ships and iron men. See sail(6).
snake Display chase game. See snake(6).
snscore Display snake(6) scores. See snscore(6).
teachgammon Backgammon rules and tutorial. See backgammon(6).
tetris Play tetris. See tetris(6).
trek Trekkie game. See trek(6).
wargames Would you like to play a game?
worm Play the growing worm game. See worm(6).
worms Animate worms on a display terminal. See worms(6).
wump Hunt the wumpus in an underground cave. See wump(6).
/usr/games Location of games, if installed.
/usr/share/games Data files for games.
intro(1), adventure(6), arithmetic(6), atc(6), backgammon(6), banner(6),
battlestar(6), bcd(6), boggle(6), bs(6), caesar(6), canfield(6),
cfscores(6), cribbage(6), factor(6), fish(6), fortune(6), gomoku(6),
grdc(6), hack(6), hangman(6), hunt(6), huntd(6), mille(6), monop(6),
morse(6), number(6), phantasia(6), pig(6), pom(6), ppt(6), primes(6),
quiz(6), rain(6), random(6), robots(6), rot13(6), sail(6), snake(6),
snscore(6), tetris(6), trek(6), worm(6), worms(6), wump(6)
Eric Allman, Star Trek, 31.trek(USD).
The intro section manual page appeared in OpenBSD 2.5.
MirBSD #10-current July 8, 1999 1