bionic (6) circuslinux.6.gz

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)