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xasteroids(6)			 Games Manual			 xasteroids(6)

NAME
       xasteroids - X windows based asteroids style arcade game

SYNOPSIS
       xasteroids [-s]

DESCRIPTION
       Make big	rocks into little ones.

COMMANDS
       xasteroids

	e Left Arrow  Rotate counterclockwise ("left")
	r Right	Arrow Rotate clockwise ("right")
	w	      Rotate 45	degrees	counterclockwise
	t	      Rotate 45	degrees	clockwise
	d	      Increase CCWise rotational velocity
	f	      Increase clockwise rotational velocity
	o Up Arrow    Thrust
	p Control     Fire
	` Down Arrow  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 last asteroid remaining
	Medium asteroid	50, or
			500*level if 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.

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>
       Stephen McCamant	<alias@mcs.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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