# Install nbsdgames with Homebrew Text-based modern games. Version 6.0.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-10. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:nbsdgames ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install nbsdgames ``` Evidence: provider-native install command ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:nbsdgames - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 6.0.2 - **Source summary:** Text-based modern games - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-10T20:41:13Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00 ## Executables - battleship (alias) - checkers (alias) - darrt (alias) - fifteen (alias) - fisher (alias) - jewels (alias) - memoblocks (alias) - miketron (alias) - mines (alias) - muncher (alias) - nbsdgames (alias) - pipes (alias) - rabbithole (alias) - redsquare (alias) - revenge (alias) - reversi (alias) - scissor (alias) - sjump (alias) - snakeduel (alias) - sos (alias) - sudoku (alias) - trsr (alias) - tugow (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 6.0.2 ## Project history and usage nbsdgames is a compact C/ncurses collection of 21 terminal games, mixing classic-style board, puzzle, arcade, and original text games under one menu and individual executables. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created on 2018-09-21. The README frames the project as 'New BSD Games': a lightweight modern answer to classic terminal game collections, with games such as Jewels, Sudoku, Mines, Reversi, Checkers, Battleship, SOS, Rabbithole, Pipes, Fifteen, Fisher, Muncher, Darrt, Snakeduel, and Revenge. The project is intentionally portable and modest. Its build requirements are POSIX make, a C99 compiler, the standard library, and ncurses, with notes that it is known to work on Windows through PDCurses, has been ported to Plan 9, and can run on DOS and other PDCurses-supported platforms. ### Adoption history The maintainer README says nbsdgames is packaged in Debian and other DEB repositories, OpenSUSE and other RPM repositories, AUR, Alpine, FreeBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly BSD, Minix, Homebrew, and more, and points to Repology for version tracking. GitHub API data retrieved on 2026-07-01 showed 301 stars and 24 forks. Homebrew Formulae reported stable version 6.0.2 and 601 installs over the prior 365 days, which is respectable for a terminal game bundle. ### How it is used Users can run individual game commands or enter nbsdgames to get the menu. Several games expose simple command-line options for difficulty or board dimensions, so the package works both as a quick terminal distraction and as a source of small C/ncurses examples. The package-nerd appeal is the same as bsdgames: install once, get a pile of tiny terminal games that work over SSH, in tmux, on small systems, and on platforms where graphical games are beside the point. ### Why package nerds care nbsdgames keeps the old Unix 'games in the base-ish package set' idea alive without trying to become a game platform. It is small, portable, public-domain packaged by Homebrew, and weird in the right terminal-native way. ### Timeline - 2018-09-21: abakh/nbsdgames repository created. - 2021-07-18: v4.1.2 release published. - 2022-02-02: v5 release published. - 2026-04-26: v6 release published. - 2026-06-10: v6.0.2 release published. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/nbsdgames.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/nbsdgames.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation