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glaxium
     glaxium - 3d spaceship shoot-em-up

SYNOPSIS
     glaxium [options]

DESCRIPTION
     This  manual  page briefly documents glaxium command.  This manual page was
     written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original  program
     does not have a manual page.

     glaxium is a 3d 'shoot-em-up' game inspired by games such as Space Invaders
     and Galaxian.

     The  goal	is  to destroy as many opposing ships as possible while avoiding
     being destroyed yourself.	The the screen shows your current shield status;
     if it drops to empty, you will lose.  The triangles in the lower-right hand
     side of the screen show how many times you may fire your special weapon.

     Use the following keys to control your ship:

     arrow keys or joystick
	    Move the ship

     w, z   Fire the normal weapon

     x	    Fire the special weapon (you may fire this only a limited number  of
	    times)

     p	    Pause

     q, Escape
	    Quit

     d	    Display the current FPS count.

OPTIONS
     All options begin with a single dash ('-') A summary of options is included
     below.

     -f     Run in fullscreen mode.

     -1     Use a resolution of 500x400 pixels.

     -2     Use a resolution of 640x480 pixels.

     -3     Use a resolution of 800x600 pixels.  This is the default.

     -4     Use a resolution of 1024x768 pixels.

SEE ALSO
     /usr/share/doc/glaxium/README

AUTHOR
     Xavier Hosxe <xhosxe@free.fr>
     This  manual  page was written by Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org>, for
     the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

				 April	4, 2001 		      GLAXIUM(6)

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