NAME
circuslinux - The clowns are trying to pop balloons to score points!
SYNOPSIS
circuslinux [--disable-sound] [--fullscreen] [--low] | [--digital]
[--paddle] [--help | --usage] [--version]
DESCRIPTION
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/circuslinux/README.txt.gz
"Circus Linux!" is based on the Atari 2600 game "Circus Atari" by
Atari,
released in 1980. Gameplay is similar to "Breakout" and "Arkanoid"-
you
slide a device left and right to bounce objects into the air which
destroy
a wall.
OPTIONS
--disable-sound
If sound support was compiled in, this will disable it for this
session of the game. --fullscreen Run in fullscreen mode.
--low Disable some features so that the game might run better on
low-end hardware. Titlescreen ballons and game backgrounds are
disabled, and the game screen refreshes every 1/15th of a second
instead of 1/30th of a second. --digital When using a joystick,
left and right cause the teeter-totter to move incrementally.
(This is as opposed to the default mode, where the analog
position of the joystick is used literally.) Useful for playing
with a digital gamepad. --paddle For using real Atari 2600
paddles connected to a your PC’s joystick port. --help Display
a help message summarizing command-line options, copyright, and
game controls. --usage Display a brief message summarizing
command-line options. --version Display the version of Circus
Linux! you’re running.
CONTROL
Controlling the Teeter-Totter Move the mouse left and right to move the
teeter-totter left and right.
If a clown is in the air, you can also click any of the mouse buttons
to flip the teeter-totter. (This causes the low and high ends of the
teeter-totter to change places, useful when the teeter-totter is at a
far side of the screen and the low end is on the outside.) Pausing To
pause the game, you can press either the [SPACE], [TAB] or [P] key. To
unpause, press one of those keys again. Quitting To quit the current
game, you can press [ESCAPE]. This forfeits your game (as though you
ran out of lives).
To quit Circus Linux! altogether, you can use your window manager’s
close command or press EXIT on the title screen.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Christian T. Steigies <cts@debian.org>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
November 10, 2004