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Task: debian-games
Relevance: 7
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian Games Pure Blend
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Task: games-adventure
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's adventure games
 This metapackage will install adventure games, interpreter and engines.
Key: 
 games-adventure

Task: games-arcade
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's arcade games
 This metapackage will install arcade games.
Key: 
 games-arcade

Task: games-board
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's board games
 This metapackage will install board games.
Key: 
 games-board

Task: games-c++-dev
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: development of games in C/C++/D
 This metapackage will install a selection of suitable tools and packages to
 develop games in the C/C++ and D programming languages. Example games written
 in C/C++ and D are suggested.
Key: 
 games-c++-dev

Task: games-card
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's card games
 This metapackage will install card games.
Key: 
 games-card

Task: games-chess
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's chess games
 This metapackage will install chess games and helper tools.
Key: 
 games-chess

Task: games-console
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's console games
 This metapackage will install text console games designed to be used via a
 text-only computer interface, such as a text terminal.
Key: 
 games-console

Task: games-content-dev
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: development of game content
 This metapackage will install a selection of suitable tools and packages for
 developing and editing game content like graphics, audio and video material. It
 enables artists to draw complex bitmap and vector images, create animated
 sprites and pixel art or render 3D images. It can also transform your computer
 into a full-featured audio workstation.
Key: 
 games-content-dev

Task: games-education
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's educational games
 This metapackage will install educational games for young and older children.
Key: 
 games-education

Task: games-emulator
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's emulators for games
 This metapackage will install emulators.
Key: 
 games-emulator

Task: games-finest
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's finest games
 This metapackage will install a selection of outstanding Debian games
 representing almost all genres and styles. They were chosen based on multiple
 factors namely popularity (popcon value), unique gameplay, look and feel,
 aesthetics, fun factor and a good portion of subjectivity.
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 Please be prepared that the installation of all games might take a long time
 depending on your internet connection and hardware. Some games also require a
 hardware accelerated video card.
Test-new-install: mark show
Key: 
 games-finest

Task: games-finest-light
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's finest games (light version)
 This metapackage will install a selection of outstanding Debian games that are
 suitable for low-end computers without hardware accelerated video cards. This
 package is also a subset of »games-finest«.
 .
 It represents almost all genres and styles. The games were chosen based on
 multiple factors namely popularity (popcon value), unique gameplay, look and
 feel, aesthetics, fun factor and a good portion of subjectivity.
 .
 Please be prepared that the installation of all games might take a while but
 it should take considerably less time than installing »games-finest«.
Key: 
 games-finest-light

Task: games-fps
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's first-person shooter games
 This metapackage will install fps games or closely related ones, engines and
 tools which are useful to create or modify game data.
Key: 
 games-fps

Task: games-java-dev
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: development of games in Java
 This metapackage will install a selection of suitable tools and packages to
 develop games in the Java programming language. Example games written in Java
 are suggested.
Key: 
 games-java-dev

Task: games-minesweeper
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's minesweeper games
 This metapackage will install minesweeper games.
Key: 
 games-minesweeper

Task: games-mud
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's multi-user-dungeon games
 This metapackage will install MUD (Multi-User-Dungeon) games.
Key: 
 games-mud

Task: games-perl-dev
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: development of games in Perl
 This metapackage will install a selection of suitable tools and packages to
 develop games in the Perl programming language. Example games written in Perl
 are suggested.
Key: 
 games-perl-dev

Task: games-platform
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's platform games
 This metapackage will install platform games.
Key: 
 games-platform

Task: games-programming
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's programming games
 This metapackage will install programming games aiming to teach programming
 through entertainment.
Key: 
 games-programming

Task: games-puzzle
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's puzzle games
 This metapackage will install puzzle and logic games.
Key: 
 games-puzzle

Task: games-python2-dev
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: development of games in Python 2
 This metapackage will install a selection of suitable tools and packages to
 develop games in the Python 2 programming language. Example games written in
 Python 2 are suggested.
Key: 
 games-python2-dev

Task: games-python3-dev
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: development of games in Python 3
 This metapackage will install a selection of suitable tools and packages to
 develop games in the Python 3 programming language. Example games written in
 Python 3 are suggested.
Key: 
 games-python3-dev

Task: games-racing
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's racing games
 This metapackage will install racing games.
Key: 
 games-racing

Task: games-rogue
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's roguelike games
 This metapackage will install dungeon crawling games in the spirit of Rogue.
Key: 
 games-rogue

Task: games-rpg
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's roleplaying games
 This metapackage will install rpg games.
Key: 
 games-rpg

Task: games-shootemup
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's shoot 'em up games
 This metapackage will install mainly shoot 'em up games also known as shmup
 or STG and some closely related shooter games.
 Shmups are a subgenre of the shooter genre of video games. They often involve a
 spacecraft or aircraft shooting large numbers of enemies while dodging their
 attacks.
Key: 
 games-shootemup

Task: games-simulation
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's simulation games
 This metapackage will install simulation games.
Key: 
 games-simulation

Task: games-sport
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's sport games
 This metapackage will install sport games.
Key: 
 games-sport

Task: games-strategy
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's strategy games
 This metapackage will install strategy games.
Key: 
 games-strategy

Task: games-tetris
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's tetris-like games
 This metapackage will install tetris-like games.
Key: 
 games-tetris

Task: games-toys
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's toy games
 This metapackage will install a collection of desktop toys and console
 programs that often modify the appearance of your computer and text in a
 humorous way.
Key: 
 games-toys

Task: games-typing
Parent: debian-games
Section: debian-games
Description: Debian's typing games
 This metapackage will install typing games.
Key: 
 games-typing