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kobodeluxe_0.4pre10-4ubuntu1_i386 
NAME
kobodl - Kobo Deluxe, an enhanced version of the scrolling game XKobo
SYNOPSIS
kobodl [ options ]
DESCRIPTION
Kobo Deluxe is a 3’rd person scrolling 2D shooter with a simple and
responsive control system - which you’ll need to tackle the tons of
enemy ships that shoot at you, chase you, circle around you shooting,
or even launch other ships at you, while you’re trying to destroy
the labyrinth shaped bases. There are 50 action packed levels
with smoothly increasing difficulty, and different combinations of
enemies that require different tactics to be dealt with successfully.
Kobo Deluxe has an improved graphics engine that can take full
advantage of any video frame rate, without affecting the game logic
and timing. It also adds sound effects, flashy "dashboard" graphics,
full-screen mode and various other features expected from a modern
game. Kobo Deluxe is based on SDL, and therefore builds and runs on
all major operating systems, as well as some more unusual platforms.
In short, Kobo Deluxe is loads of classical arcade style fun for just
about any machine with graphics and sound!
CONTROLS
The ship can be controlled with the keyboard, or optionally a mouse or
joystick. With the keyboard, the arrow keys move the ship, and the
shift key shoots. Escape can be used to exit the game.
OPTIONS
Note that most options can be configured in the game or via the config
file.
-hiscores
-highscores
List high scores.
-showcfg
Display configuration file.
-noframe
Don’t display frame around play field.
-fps Display frames per second in corner of window.
-maxfps n
Limit the framerate (fps). Saves power on laptops. 75 works
well.
-debug Display more debug output.
-[no]fullscreen
Enable/disable full screen mode.
-buffer n
Display buffer mode.
-depth n
Display depth.
-[no]filter
Enable/disable motion interpolation filter.
-[no]cheat
Enable/disable cheat mode, which gives you infinite ships and
does not update high score file.
-[no]indicator
Enable/disable collision testing mode.
-wait n
Set game speed.
-[no]sound
Enable/disable sound.
-latency n
Set sound latency.
-vol n Set sound volume.
-reverb n
Set reverb level.
-threshold n
Set limiter gain.
-release n
Set limiter speed.
-files Specify the root path of the game.
-gfx Specify the path to the game’s graphics data.
-sfx Specify the path to the game’s sound data.
-scores
Specify the path to the game’s score file.
-[no]joystick
Enable/disable joystick control.
FILES
~/.kobodlrc
The per-user configuration file for Kobo Deluxe.
AUTHORS
Originally written by Akira Higuchi (a-higuti@math.hokudai.ac.jp),
XKobo was turned into Kobo Deluxe by David Olofson <david@olofson.net>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1995,1996, Akira Higuchi
Copyright (c) 2001-2003, David Olofson
Kobo Deluxe is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
8 February 2003 KOBODL(6)