---
name: "ace-merlin"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "ace-of-penguins"
version: "1.5~rc2-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ace-of-penguins"
---

# ace-merlin(6)

Solitaire-games with penguin-look

Part of [ace-of-penguins(6)](/ace-of-penguins/6.md).

## NAME

ace-of\_penguins - Solitaire-games with penguin-look

## SYNOPSIS

```
  ace-canfield
  ace-freecell
  ace-golf
  ace-mastermind
  ace-merlin
  ace-minesweeper
  ace-pegged
  ace-solitaire
  ace-spider
  ace-taipei
  ace-taipedit
  ace-thornq
```

## OPTIONS

None.

## DESCRIPTION

From the author's intro.html: `"The Ace of Penguins is a set of Unix/X` `solitaire games based on the ones available for Windows(tm) but with a` `number of enhancements that make my wife like my versions better :-)"`

- ace-canfield

  Solitary card-game

- ace-freecell

  Solitary card-game

- ace-spider

  Solitary card-game

- ace-solitaire

  Solitary card-game

- ace-thornq

  Solitary card-game

- ace-golf

  Another solitary card-game

- ace-mastermind

  Guess a secret combination of colors.

- ace-merlin

  Classical puzzle, rather frustrating.

- ace-minesweeper

  Find all hidden mines in a minefield.

- ace-pegged

  Classical board game.

- ace-taipei

  Asian puzzle, remove pairs of equal stones.

- ace-taipedit

  Editor for your own ace-taipei levels.

## KEYS

All games use the same library of functions and thus the same keys:

- F1

  Online help.

- Esc

  Esc or "Q" to leave the game.

## NOTES

The upstream author DJ Delorie has written an informative webpage which is installed in /usr/share/doc/ace-of-penguins/intro.html

The original binaries were renamed to include prefix ace-\* to avoid name clashes.

## BUGS

If  you  encounter  any bugs in this package, please report them to the Debian Bug Tracking System at http://bugs.debian.org/.

## ENVIRONMENT

None.

## FILES

None.

## SEE ALSO

Other games in /usr/games

## AUTHORS

Programs are by DJ Delorie, some by Martin Thornquist.

This manual page was written 1999-09-09 by Thimo Neubauer \<thimo@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU system (but may be used by others). Updated 2007-09-03 by Jari Aalto \<jari.aalto@cante.net\>. Released under license GPL v2 or (at your option) any later version.