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HEROES(6)                            Games                           HEROES(6)

NAME
       Heroes - a game like Nibbles or Tron, just better

SYNOPSIS
       heroes [OPTIONS]...

DESCRIPTION
       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.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <heroes-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2002  Alexandre Duret-Lutz, Romuald Genevois, Alexandre
       Liverneaux and Philippe Meisburger.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for Heroes is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and Heroes programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

              info Heroes

       should give you access to the complete manual.

Heroes 0.21                       March 2002                         HEROES(6)