1xhyperoid - an enhanced shoot-the-asteroids game.
2Copyright (C) 1991 Edward Hutchins.
3Unix/Linux port by Russell Marks, 2000.
4
5This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
8your option) any later version.
9
10This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
11WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
13General Public License for more details.
14
15You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
17Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
18
19
20Description
21-----------
22
23Hyperoid was a really cool little game for Windows 3.x. It's
24essentially an Asteroids clone, but with a few extra features. There
25are three reasons I ported it:
26
27  - the decent game physics and enhancements over the original game
28    make it probably my favourite Asteroids variant;
29
30  - it's always sucked having to run it under Windows (admittedly, you
31    can run the original under Wine, but it's less than ideal);
32
33  - it's the first GPL'd program I ever saw, which gives it a certain
34    special something for me. :-)
35
36One of the first things I did on porting it was to add sound, so
37that's another plus. :-)
38
39Once you've installed it, READ THE MAN PAGE. Some things about it are
40a bit non-obvious, and it can save time to have them pointed out...
41
42
43Installation
44------------
45
46Despite the `xhyperoid' name, there are actually two versions - one
47for X, and one for svgalib. The X version requires GTK+ (it probably
48needs 1.2.x or better).
49
50(You can get GTK+ from http://www.gtk.org if you don't already have
51it, but if you run Linux you probably do, or can install a `gtk'
52package from your distribution (be sure to install any `gtk-devel' or
53similar too). Much the same is true of svgalib -
54http://www.svgalib.org for that.)
55
56You can choose to compile either version, or both. Here's what to do:
57
58	make x			# for xhyperoid (X version) only
59or
60	make vga		# for vhyperoid (svgalib version) only
61or
62	make			# for both
63
64If you don't know what to do, `make x' is probably safest.
65
66After that's finished, do (as root) `make install'. And as I say, be
67sure to read the man page. :-)
68
69(BTW, the X version stands a fair chance of working on non-Linux
70machines, though you'll probably have to comment out DO_SOUND in the
71Makefile. I'd like to know of any success or failure anyone has with
72this.)
73
74
75Contacting me
76-------------
77
78You can email me at russell.marks@ntlworld.com.
79
80Unfortunately, I don't have any contact details for the original
81author of Hyperoid (Edward Hutchins); as far as I can tell, his email
82address as given in README.orig seems to have been valid until at
83least 1994, but doesn't work any more. There is a snail-mail address
84for him in README.orig if you're desperate :-), but as it dates from
851991, it may or may not be valid any more.
86
87
88Have fun,
89-Rus.
90