diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a55a869f88c..376cb2b3bbf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -784,6 +784,36 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
     };
   });
 
+  game = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "pygame-1.9.1";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = http://www.pygame.org/ftp/pygame-1.9.1release.tar.gz;
+      sha256 = "0cyl0ww4fjlf289pjxa53q4klyn55ajvkgymw0qrdgp4593raq52";
+    };
+    patches = [ ./pygame.patch ];
+    # auto confirming missing dependencies:
+    # PORTMIDI and PORTTIME still missing
+    patchPhase = ''
+      sed -i 's@raw_input(.*@"1"@' config_unix.py
+      unset patchPhase
+      patchPhase
+    '';
+    installCommand = "python setup.py install --prefix=$out";
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [
+      pkgs.SDL 
+      pkgs.SDL_mixer
+      pkgs.SDL_gfx
+      pkgs.SDL_net
+      pkgs.SDL_sound
+      pkgs.SDL_ttf
+      pkgs.SDL_image
+      pkgs.smpeg
+      pkgs.libpng
+      pkgs.libjpeg
+    ];
+  };
+
   genshi = buildPythonPackage {
     name = "genshi-0.6";
 
@@ -3009,6 +3039,15 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
     };
   };
 
+  serial = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "pyserial-2.5";
+    doCheck = false;
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/pyserial/pyserial/2.5/pyserial-2.5.tar.gz;
+      sha256 = "04gmpfb43ppc8cf1bvkz8r1gl0nrxc38kpfdqs40ib0d1ql25pgd";
+    };
+  };
+
   tracing = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "tracing-0.6";