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