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Name

xasteroids - X windows based asteroids style arcade game

Synopsis

xasteroids

Description

Make big rocks into little ones.

Commands

xasteroids

e Rotate counterclockwise ("left")
r Rotate clockwise ("right")
w Rotate 45 degrees counterclockwise
t Rotate 45 degrees clockwise
d Increase counterclockwise rotational velocity
f Increase clockwise rotational velocity
o Thrust
p Fire
` Shields
space Hyperspace
s Start new ship in center of playing field
(Also used to start a new game)
esc Pause
Q Quit

Speed commands: Key associated with faster speed is to the right of its corresponding key associated with slower speed.

. Decrease delay: Speed game up
, Increase delay: Slow the game down
m Decrease size ("Minimize")
n Increase size
b Increase # of moves/frame
v Decrease # of moves/frame
2 Increase scale of movement
1 Decrease scale of movement

Object Score

Big asteroid 25, or 2000*level if it is the last asteroid remaining
Medium asteroid 50, or 500*level if it is the last asteroid remaining
Little asteroid 100
Enemy spaceship 500
Enemy bullet 500

Commands can only be entered when the mouse pointer is in the asteroids window.

Resize the window with your window manager at any time for a different playing field.

Options

xasteroids [-s] -s Display high scores without running game.

Author

Phil Goetz
goetz@cs.Buffalo.EDU

Contributors

Peter Phillips    pphillip@cs.ubc.ca Pat Ryan    pat@jaameri.gsfc.nasa.gov Craig Smith    csmith@cscs.UUCP Doug Merritt    doug@netcom.com James Berg    berg@plains        (makefile) Chris Moore    moore@src.bae.co.uk    (hi score script) David Partain    dlp@ida.liu.se        (original man page)


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