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HEROES(6) Games HEROES(6)

NAME

Heroes - a game like Nibbles or Tron, just better

SYNOPSIS

heroes [OPTIONS]...

DESCRIPTION

Heroes is a game similar to the "Tron" and "Nibbles" games of yore but includes many graphical improvements and new game features.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

General options:

display version number
display this help
don't print warning messages
don't even print error messages
enable or disable debugging channels (see --list=debug for available channels)
show some internal information; WORD can be 'debug', 'resources', 'sound-drivers' or 'sound-tracks'

Sound options:

use Nth driver for sound output (0:autodetect) (see --list=sound-drivers for available Ns)
disable sound
disable sound-effects
non-stereo output
-8, --8bits
8bits sound output
high quality mixer

Display options:

pass OPTIONS to the display driver
full screen mode
-2, --double
stretch the display twofold
-3, --triple
stretch the display threefold
-4, --quadruple
stretch the display fourfold
display only even-lines

Miscellaneous options:

disable computer opponents
restore default scores file
restore default options file
restore default saves file
swap sides in two player mode
disable combination of rotozoom and waves
skip the introduction
disable joystick handling

These options can be set in your file ~/.heroes/heroesrc (which is read before parsing other command line options) using a line like the following:

Options: -gs -d3,buffer=11,count=4

Visit http://heroes.sourceforge.net/ for news, documentation, and updates.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <heroes-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2002 Alexandre Duret-Lutz, Romuald Genevois, Alexandre Liverneaux and Philippe Meisburger.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for Heroes is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and Heroes programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info Heroes

should give you access to the complete manual.

March 2002 Heroes 0.21