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NAME

       mousetrap - an arcade puzzle game using SDL

SYNOPSIS

       mousetrap [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the mousetrap command.

OPTIONS

       mousetrap accepts the following options:

       --cheat
              Enable infinite lives

       --no-sound
              Disable the sound effects

USAGE

       To play mousetrap simply invoke it, and begin.

GAMEPLAY

       Move  your avatar around eating the white "fruit", and avoiding the red
       "enemies".

       To gain a shield powerup eat the small blue "fruit".  This shield  will
       disappear after killing a random number of enemies.

       When  you  first  spawn  upon the map, or when you re-spawn after being
       killed you will gain the  shield  automatically  for  the  first  three
       seconds of gameplay.

CONTROLS

       The  controls of mousetrap are very simple.  To move your avatar around
       use the arrow keys.

       Other keystrokes are recognised:

       n == new game

       q == quit and exit

       space == toggle pause

FILES

       Any highscore you achieve will be stored in ~/.mousetrap

HOMEPAGE

       http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/mousetrap