Dunnet

There is a game that is hidden inside of every modern Apple Computer as well as most Linux machines. A classic text based adventure in the spirit of Colossal Cave and Zork.

31 December 1982

Dunnet is a video game, released 31 December 1982 on Linux.

Verified 5 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB

What Dunnet is

Dunnet was released in 1982. It is available on Linux only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

There is a game that is hidden inside of every modern Apple Computer as well as most Linux machines. A classic text based adventure in the spirit of Colossal Cave and Zork.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a text perspective.

What it launched against

Dunnet launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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When did Dunnet come out?

Dunnet was released on 31 December 1982 for Linux.