NBSDgames – 21 new, improved, original text games for Unix, DOS, Plan9
The ~500 kB NBSDGames 6 has managed to be published ahead of GTA 6! 2026 is the year of Linux desktop because of NBSDGames 6! I play them all the time, maybe you would too. Some games are newly invented original ideas. https://github.com/abakh/nbsdgames
NBSDgames – 21 new, improved, original text games for Unix, DOS, Plan9 launched on June 10, 2026 with 13 votes, #1,084 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
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NBSDgames is a collection of 21 text-based games designed for Unix, DOS, and Plan9 operating systems. The games are newly created or improved versions of original titles. The software is available through GitHub for users who want classic-style gaming experiences on these platforms. It is intended for those interested in retro gaming or text-based entertainment on legacy and modern Unix-like systems.
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A package of 21 new, improved, text-based games. Some are entirely original ideas. Best and lightest! Years of free, fun and endless brain exercise for everyone. - abakh/nbsdgames
You want to game on your router because you paid for the whole CPU? You have a computing machine from 1980's and you wonder how you can use it? You have Plan9 dual-booted with OpenBSD and have kept the OpenBSD just for gaming? You are a bored sysadmin with no work, and need to kill time looking busy with terminal? You have to make a Reversi AI for your homework and you don't know where to copy it from? Did you come here thinking it is bsdgames? You are a European scientist? The difficulty and/or dimensions are adjustable through simple command line options, you can play a minesweeper game that take hours to complete, or exprience hexadecimal sudoku and 8x8 fifteen-like puzzles! Or just…from github.com
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