README
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2 XGalaga v2.0
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4 Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Joe Rumsey
5 <mrogre@mediaone.net>
6 XGalaga Home Page: http://rumsey.org/xgal.html
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8 Please see the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
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10 This is the first game I've written for X from "scratch" (the
11graphics interface is borrowed, I wrote everything else), but is by no
12means my first game. I have written several popular shareware games
13for the Amiga, and plan to start porting them to X. This project is
14to help me get used to X and to fine tune the graphics routines to
15make the next project easier.
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17 Previous versions of this game were released as shareware. However,
18it was never really worth my while. Therefore, with apologies to the
19good souls that sent their payments in, I have placed it under the GNU
20GPL. See COPYING for details
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22See the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
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25Command line options:
26 -scores Print out the high score tables and exit
27 -nosound Turn sound off on platforms with sound support
28 -level <level> Set the starting level to <level>
29 -window Start in windowed mode instead of fullscreen
30 -winsize <WxH> Window size (default 468x596)
31 <anything else> print usage and version.
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33Basic instructions:
34 It's Galaga, you know how to play Galaga, stop bothering me.
35 (Ship follows the mouse, button fires. Auto-fire by holding it
36 down, so no-one accuses me of breaking their mouse!)
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38Keyboard commands:
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40 p - pauses
41 q - end this game
42 s - toggle sound if your system supports it
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44 Controls: left_arrow - move left
45 right_arrow - move right
46 space_bar - fire
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48Credits:
49 Galaga code:
50 Joe Rumsey (mrogre@mediaone.net)
51 X interface:
52 Bill Dyess(dyessww@eng.auburn.edu),
53 Rob Forsman(thoth@cis.ufl.edu),
54 and about a million others.
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56 Sound server/interface:
57 Sujal Patel (smpatel@wam.umd.edu)
58 Paul Kendall (paul@kcbbs.gen.nz) (Sun and NAS support)
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60 Pixmaps:
61 Joe Rumsey (ogre@atomic.com)
62 Mike McGrath (mcgrath@epx.cis.umn.edu)
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64 SDL port:
65 Andy Tarkinson
66 Frank Zago
67 Dan Espen
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69 Thanks: Alec Habig for mirroring it at indiana
70 Johnathan Hardwick for testing on many
71 different platforms and sending bug fixes
72 Koala team in France for bug fixes and for writing the XPM
73 lib.
74 All the dupes^H^H^H^H^Hnetrekers who helped
75 test it at the earliest stages.
76 Bill Clarke (bill@discworld.anu.edu.au) for high score hacks
77 Everyone that's written me thanking me, and especially
78 the few who sent the five bucks in.
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