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Zelda Mystery of Solarus XD. Version 1.12.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Zelda Mystery of Solarus XD
Project links
Commands and aliases
- zsxd
history
Project history and usage
The Legend of Zelda: Mystery of Solarus XD is a short parodic Solarus action-RPG, originally released as an April Fools' game on 2011-04-01.
Project history
Solarus describes Mystery of Solarus XD as a real, complete game built as a joke around Zelda tropes. It was released by the Solarus Team on 2011-04-01 and updated for the Solarus 1.6.x runtime line.
The game sits beside Mystery of Solarus DX, the team's main Solarus game and the first game made with the Solarus engine. XD reuses that fan-game ecosystem but takes a comic route: two large dungeons, jokes, references, quirky NPCs, and a premise about Link recovering from an epic hangover.
Adoption history
The adoption story is mostly within the Solarus community rather than the wider package world. Its packaging value is that a complete Solarus quest can be distributed as a small data package with a launcher executable, letting package managers expose a playable game built on the reusable Solarus engine.
How it is used
Users run the packaged zsxd launcher or open the quest with a compatible Solarus runtime. The Solarus page lists version 1.12.2, Solarus version 1.6.x, action-RPG/adventure genre, and a compact 4 MB SOLARUS file.
Why package nerds care
zsxd is package-nerd significant as an example of packaging game content for an engine-driven open-source game ecosystem. The interesting bit is less the individual joke game and more the split between engine, quest data, launcher, and redistributable assets.
Timeline
- 2011-04-01: Mystery of Solarus XD released as an April Fools' parodic game.
- 2018-06-07: GitLab project page records repository creation.
- 2019-08-16: Solarus page records the latest game update.
- 2026-01-04: Solarus website page records a page update.
Related projects
- Related projects include the Solarus engine, Mystery of Solarus DX, Zelda XD2: Mercuris Chess, and other Solarus quests.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
zsxd | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.12.2
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://www.solarus-games.org/games/the-legend-of-zelda-mystery-of-solarus-xd/
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.solarus-games.org/games/the-legend-of-zelda-mystery-of-solarus-xd/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:zsxd |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.12.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/zsxd |
| Homepage | https://www.solarus-games.org/games/the-legend-of-zelda-mystery-of-solarus-xd/ |
| Repository | https://gitlab.com/solarus-games/games/zsxd |
| Upstream docs | https://www.solarus-games.org/games/the-legend-of-zelda-mystery-of-solarus-xd |
| License | CC-BY-SA-4.0 AND GPL-3.0-only |
| Source archive | https://gitlab.com/solarus-games/games/zsxd/-/archive/v1.12.2/zsxd-v1.12.2.tar.bz2 |
| Dependencies | solarus |
| Build dependencies | cmake |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | zsxd |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment