NAME

       gemdropx - an interesting one-player puzzle game for X-Window

SYNOPSIS

       gemdropx [--help] [--version] [--usage] [--nomusic]

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/gemdropx/README.txt.gz

       gemdropx  is  an  interesting one-player puzzle game for X-Window.  It is a direct port of
       Gem Drop, an Atari 8-bit game written in Action!  (a very fast C- and Pascal-like compiled
       language  for the Atari).  The concept of the game Gem Drop is based on an arcade game for
       the NeoGeo system called "Magical Drop III" by SNK.

       If you're familiar with games like Jewels, Klax,  Bust-A-Move  or  Tetris,  this  game  is
       similar to them all.  I consider it closest to Klax.

OPTIONS

       --help Show a quick help page.

       --version
              Show version of program.

       --usage
              Show the command line arguments which gemdropx accepts.

       --nomusic
              Disable the music of the game (if sound was enabled during compile time).

       --nosound
              Disable all sound (including music).

CONTROLS

       Left/Right
              Move left/right

       K/L    Move left/right

       Up/Down
              Throw/Grab

       A/Z    Throw/Grab

       Return Get more gems immediately

       Space / P
              Pause

       S      Toggle sound

       Q/Escape
              Abort game

MOUSE

       Click Left/Right of Man
              Move left/right

       Left-click Above Man
              Grab

       Right-click Above man
              Throw

JOYSTICK

       Left/Right
              Move left/right

       Button 1/2
              Throw/Grab

       Button 3/4
              Get more gems immediately

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).

                                        December 29, 1999                             GEMDROPX(6)