diff --git a/pkgs/games/snipes/default.nix b/pkgs/games/snipes/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e8d915dd31a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/snipes/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchurl, SDL2, SDL2_ttf }:
+
+let
+  font = fetchurl {
+    url    = "http://kingbird.myphotos.cc/ee22d44076adb8a34d8e20df4be3730a/SnipesConsole.ttf";
+    sha256 = "06n8gq18js0bv4svx84ljzhs9zmi81wy0zqcqj3b4g0rsrkr20a7";
+  };
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "snipes-${version}";
+  version = "20180930";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "Davidebyzero";
+    repo   = "Snipes";
+    rev    = "343e14104b7848eb1f882401888e685b7918ef9f";
+    sha256 = "1rl70d5miak34warbwfv27z11vln4lvf7maqqc78z0gdc5zivdv2";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substitute config-sample.h config.h \
+      --replace SnipesConsole.ttf $out/share/snipes/SnipesConsole.ttf
+  '';
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  buildInputs = [ SDL2 SDL2_ttf ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm755 -t $out/bin snipes
+    install -Dm644 -t $out/share/doc/snipes *.md
+    install -Dm644 ${font} $out/share/snipes/SnipesConsole.ttf
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Modern port of the classic 1982 text-mode game Snipes";
+    homepage    = https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=49073;
+    license     = licenses.free; # This reverse-engineered source code is released with the original authors' permission.
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3b8b440e6bb7..a6b967fa568a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1512,6 +1512,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   simg2img = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/simg2img { };
 
+  snipes = callPackage ../games/snipes { };
+
   socklog = callPackage ../tools/system/socklog { };
 
   staccato = callPackage ../tools/text/staccato { };
@@ -1537,7 +1539,7 @@ with pkgs;
   riot-web = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-web.nix {
     conf = config.riot-web.conf or null;
   };
-  
+
   roundcube = callPackage ../servers/roundcube { };
 
   rsbep = callPackage ../tools/backup/rsbep { };