# Install dungeon with Homebrew Classic text adventure game. Version 4.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dungeon ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dungeon ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dungeon - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.1 - **Source summary:** Classic text adventure game - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** HPND - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - dungeon (cli) - dungeon (alias) ## Dependencies - gcc ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 4.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/GOFAI/dungeon - Upstream latest detected: 4.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage This Homebrew package builds a preserved Fortran version of Dungeon, the mainframe text adventure that fed into the classic Zork lineage. ### Project history The GOFAI/dungeon README identifies Dungeon as the original game that served as the basis for the Zork text adventure series. It describes the original late-1970s MIT MDL implementation by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling, followed by Robert Supnik's 1980 VAX FORTRAN port. The packaged repository is a preservation-oriented update: most of Supnik's source is described as intact, but the code was adjusted to compile with modern gfortran after relying on nonstandard VAX FORTRAN extensions. The README says the updated code is intended to have no functional differences from Supnik's late-1994 V3.2B. ### Adoption history Adoption for this specific package is niche: it is a small historical game port, not an actively expanding game engine. GitHub metadata shows a compact Fortran repository created in 2015 with modest public attention. Its package-manager presence matters mainly because it lets users install and run a historically important interactive-fiction artifact with a normal Unix command rather than hunting for old compiler environments. ### How it is used Users build or install the `dungeon` executable and run it from a directory containing the `dindx` and `dtext` data files. The README notes that gfortran and make are sufficient for source builds. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care because this is a preservation package: a classic text adventure made runnable through current Fortran tooling. It is the sort of tiny formula where the value is cultural continuity more than daily productivity. ### Timeline - Late 1970s: Dungeon is originally implemented in MDL on a DEC PDP-10 at MIT. - 1980: Robert Supnik ports Dungeon to VAX FORTRAN. - 1994: Supnik's V3.2B is identified by the packaged README as the functional baseline. - 2015: The GOFAI/dungeon GitHub repository is created for the gfortran-compatible update. ### Related projects - Zork is the most important related project because the README identifies Dungeon as the basis for the classic Zork text adventure series. - gfortran is related as the modern compiler target for this preservation port. ### Sources - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** dungeon - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 3 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [gcc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gcc/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [zork](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/zork/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games, interactive-fiction, text-adventure. - [dmagnetic](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dmagnetic/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, interactive-fiction, text-adventure. - [fizmo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fizmo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, interactive-fiction, text-adventure. - [frotz](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/frotz/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, interactive-fiction. - [git-if](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-if/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, interactive-fiction. - [glulxe](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glulxe/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, interactive-fiction. - [qtads](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/qtads/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, interactive-fiction. - [instead](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/instead/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, interactive-fiction, text-adventure. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dungeon.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dungeon.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph