XGALAXY

Section: Games and Demos (6)
Updated: 23 April 2003
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NAME

xgalaxy - X11 Galaga like game

SYNOPSIS

xgalaxy [-scores] [-display display] [-mouse] [-keyboard] [-nosound] [-b] [-window] [-winsize widthxheight] [-b] [-noclipmask] [-nouseor] [-nostars]

xgalaxy-hyperspace [-scores] [-display display] [-mouse] [-keyboard] [-nosound] [-b] [-window] [-winsize widthxheight] [-b] [-noclipmask] [-nouseor] [-nostars]

INSTRUCTIONS

It's just like Galaxian / Galaga, you know how to play Galaxian/ Galaga, stop bothering me. (Ship follows the mouse, button fires. Auto-fire by holding it down, so no-one accuses me of breaking their mouse!)

The xgalaxy-hyperspace version features some new weapons and different gameplay.

OPTIONS

-scores: Prints out the high score file and exits
-display host:dpy: Set your display
-mouse: Use mouse control (same as 'm').
-keyboard: Use keyboard control (same as 'k'). If you have a joystick it can also be used if you select keyboard control.
-nosound: Turn sound OFF
-level lvl: Choose starting level (>= 1)
-window: Run in a window, not full screen. Full screen is the default.
-winsize widthxheight: Set windowsize, default 468x596.
-b: Turn buffered mode off, use this if it runs too slowly. Will cause flicker, maybe lots, maybe only a little.
-noclipmask: Don't use clip masks for drawing (affects unbuffered mode only).
-nouseor: Don't draw using OR mode.
-nostars: Don't draw stars in the background.

Combinations of the last four options can be used to get faster drawing if the video card can't keep up with the required 30 frames/sec. The fastest drawing will come from

: xgalaxy -b -noclipmask -nouseor -nostars

KEYBOARD COMMANDS

p - pauses
q - end this game
b - Toggle buffering (flicker vs. speed.)
o - Toggle OR mode. Don't use this, it sucks.
m - Use mouse control. Note that you may switch in mid-game.
k - Use keyboard control
x - use your shields (xgalaxy-hyperspace only)
alt-enter - Toggle full screen node.

AUTHORS

Joe Rumsey, <joe@rumsey.org> (Original author)

Vincent Renardias <vincent@waw.com> (man page)

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