NAME

       circuslinux - The clowns are trying to pop balloons to score points!

SYNOPSIS

       circuslinux  [--disable-sound]  [--fullscreen]  [--low] | [--digital] [--paddle] [--help |
       --usage] [--version]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution  because  the  original
       program   does   not   have   a   manual   page.    Instead,   it   has  documentation  in
       /usr/share/doc/circuslinux/README.gz

       "Circus Linux!" is based on the Atari 2600 game "Circus Atari" by Atari,
        released in 1980. Gameplay is similar to "Breakout" and "Arkanoid"- you
        slide a device left and right to bounce objects into the air which destroy
        a wall.

OPTIONS

   --disable-sound
       If sound support was compiled in, this will disable it for this session of the game.

   --fullscreen
       Run in fullscreen mode.

   --low
       Disable some features so that the game might run better on low-end hardware.   Titlescreen
       ballons and game backgrounds are disabled, and the game screen refreshes every 1/15th of a
       second instead of 1/30th of a second.

   --digital
       When using a joystick, left and right  cause  the  teeter-totter  to  move  incrementally.
       (This is as opposed to the default mode, where the analog position of the joystick is used
       literally.)  Useful for playing with a digital gamepad.

   --paddle
       For using real Atari 2600 paddles connected to a your PC's joystick port.

   --help
       Display a help message summarizing command-line options, copyright, and game controls.

   --usage
       Display a brief message summarizing command-line options.

   --version
       Display the version of Circus Linux! you're running.

CONTROL

   Starting
       Launch a clown by pressing RETURN, ALT or SHIFT or the Mouse/Joystick button.

   Controlling the Teeter-Totter
       Move the mouse/joystick left and right or press the left and right arrow keys to move  the
       teeter-totter left and right.

       If  a clown is in the air, you can also click any of the mouse buttons to flip the teeter-
       totter.  (This causes the low and high ends of the teeter-totter to change places,  useful
       when the teeter-totter is at a far side of the screen and the low end is on the outside.)

   Pausing
       To  pause the game, you can press either the [SPACE], [TAB] or [P] key.  To unpause, press
       one of those keys again.

   Quitting
       To quit the current game, you can press [ESCAPE].  This forfeits your game (as though  you
       ran out of lives).

       To quit Circus Linux! altogether, you can use your window manager's close command or press
       EXIT on the title screen.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Christian T. Steigies  <cts@debian.org>,  for  the  Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

                                         August 14, 2015                           CIRCUSLINUX(6)