xasteroids(n)

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)