heroes6

A game like nibbles or tron, just better

Usage

heroes [OPTIONS] ...

Overview

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:

-v, --version: display version number

-h, --help: display this help

-q, --quiet: don't print warning messages

-Q, --really-quiet: don't even print error messages

-v, --verbose=CHANNELS: enable or disable debugging channels (see --list=debug for available channels)

-l, --list=WORD: show some internal information; WORD can be 'debug', 'resources', 'sound-drivers' or 'sound-tracks'

Sound options:

-d, --driver=N[,OPTIONS]: use Nth driver for sound output (0:autodetect) (see --list=sound-drivers for available Ns)

-S, --no-sound: disable sound

-X, --no-sfx: disable sound-effects

-m, --mono: non-stereo output

-8, --8bits: 8bits sound output

-i, --high-quality: high quality mixer

Display options:

-G, --gfx-options=OPTIONS: pass OPTIONS to the display driver

-F, --full-screen: full screen mode

-2, --double: stretch the display twofold

-3, --triple: stretch the display threefold

-4, --quadruple: stretch the display fourfold

-e, --even-lines: display only even-lines

Miscellaneous options:

--cpu-off: disable computer opponents

--default-scores: restore default scores file

--default-options: restore default options file

--default-saves: restore default saves file

-s, --swap-sides: swap sides in two player mode

--no-double-fx: disable combination of rotozoom and waves

-g, --go: skip the introduction

-J, --no-joystick: 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.

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 5 times.

--8bits since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --cpu-off since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --default-options since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --default-saves since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --default-scores since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --double since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --driver since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --even-lines since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --full-screen since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --gfx-options since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --go since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --help since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --high-quality since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --list since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --mono since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --no-double-fx since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --no-joystick since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --no-sfx since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --no-sound since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --quadruple since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --quiet since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --really-quiet since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --swap-sides since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --triple since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --verbose since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --version since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -2 since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -3 since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -4 since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -8 since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -F since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -G since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -J since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -Q since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -S since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -X since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -d since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -e since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -g since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -h since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -i since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -l since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -m since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -q since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -s since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -v since Debian 7 (Wheezy).