trackballs(6)

1trackballs(6)                        Games                       trackballs(6)
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NAME

6       /trackballs/
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8       A  marble  game  for  Linux that is similiar to the classic arcade game
9       'Marble Madness'.
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SYNTAX

12       trackballs [-w, -m] [-e, -l <level>] [-r <width>] ...
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14         -h  --help         Display this usage information.
15         -e  --edit         Start as level editor.
16         -l  --level        Start from level.
17         -w  --windowed     Run in window (Default is fullscreen)
18         -m  --mute         Mute sound.
19         -r  --resolution   Set resolution to 640, 800 or 1024
20         -s  --sensitivity  Mouse sensitivity, default 1.0
21         -f  --fps          Displays framerate
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23       The last 5 options are all but obsolete as these can  now  be  accessed
24       through the games menu system.
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DESCRIPTION

27       Trackballs  is a simple game similar to the classic Atari 1980's arcade
28       game 'Marble Madness' (later released by Electronic Arts for the  Amiga
29       and other platforms).
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31       By  steering a marble ball through a labyrinth filled with vicious ham‐
32       mers, pools of acid and other obstacles  the  player  collects  points.
33       When  the  ball  reaches the destination it continues to the next, more
34       difficult track - unless the time runs out.
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36       It should be noted that this game is _not_ intended to be a replica  of
37       Marble  Madness but rather merely inspired by it. For instance the game
38       uses 3D graphics even though the original game had no real use for  it.
39       Also  we  aim  at  making  the  game highly configurable by a scripting
40       extension (Guile) and provide a simple editor by which new levels  eas‐
41       ily can be created.
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FILES

44       Binary:                  /usr/local/bin/trackballs
45       Shared files directory:  /usr/local/share/trackballs/
46       Settings directory:      ~/.trackballs/
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

49       GUILE_LOAD_PATH
50              Specifies the directory where the guile files are
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EXAMPLES

53       To run this program the standard way type:
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57       Alternativly you edit a level using this command:
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59           trackballs -e steep
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61       Alternativly you can test a level with:
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AUTHOR

66       Mathias Broxvall <matbr@home.se>
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CONTRIBUTORS

71       Music and UI Graphics - Dietrich Radel <radel@inet.net.nz>
72       Sound Effects - Benoît Rouits <brouits@free.fr>
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74       Packagers:
75       Mandrake - Guillaume Bedot <guillaume.bedot@wanadoo.fr>
76       Debian - Ari Pollak <ari@debian.org>
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