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.txt.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

       Controlling the Teeter-Totter Move the mouse left and right 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).

                                                November 10, 2004                                 CIRCUSLINUX(6)