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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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