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Moon Buggy: A Tiny Terminal Driving Game

Jump craters and dodge the sun in a lightweight ASCII driving game.

LinuxTerminalTerminal gamesLow risk
Run moon-buggy and press space to jump over craters.

01Command

Command
$ moon-buggy

02What it does

moon-buggy is a quirky side-scroller where you drive a buggy across a lunar landscape, jumping craters and surviving as long as possible. It needs only a text terminal and is a good demonstration of how much gameplay fits in a few characters.

03Risk

RiskLow risk
Requirementssudo apt install moon-buggy
!Warning: There is no save game; the score resets every run.

04Undo

✓No undo needed — this command does not change persistent state.

05Sources

  • Moon Buggy
    Jochen Voss · vendor-doc · 2026-09-20
    Evidence: Author page describing controls and gameplay.
  • Debian package: moon-buggy
    Debian · vendor-doc · 2026-09-20
    Evidence: Installs moon-buggy, a simple driving game for the terminal.

Last verified: 2026-09-20 · Category: Developer

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