An interesting one-player puzzle game for x-window
gemdropx [--help] [--version] [--usage] [--nomusic]
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.
--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).
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
Click Left/Right of Man
Move left/right
Left-click Above Man
Grab
Right-click Above man
Throw
Left/Right
Move left/right
Button 1/2
Throw/Grab
Button 3/4
Get more gems immediately
This manual page was written by Christian T. Steigies <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).