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NAME

       gemdropx - an interesting one-player puzzle game for X-Window

SYNOPSIS

       gemdropx [--help] [--version] [--usage] [--nomusic]

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/gemdropx/README.txt.gz

       gemdropx  is an interesting one-player puzzle game for X-Window.  It is
       a direct port of Gem Drop, an Atari 8-bit game written in  Action!   (a
       very  fast  C-  and  Pascal-like compiled language for the Atari).  The
       concept of the game Gem Drop is based on an arcade game for the  NeoGeo
       system called "Magical Drop III" by SNK.

       If you’re familiar with games like Jewels, Klax, Bust-A-Move or Tetris,
       this game is similar to them all.  I consider it closest to Klax.

OPTIONS

       --help Show a quick help page.

       --version
              Show version of program.

       --usage
              Show the command line arguments which gemdropx accepts.

       --nomusic
              Disable the music of the  game  (if  sound  was  enabled  during
              compile time).

       --nosound
              Disable all sound (including music).

CONTROLS

       Left/Right
              Move left/right

       K/L    Move left/right

       Up/Down
              Throw/Grab

       A/Z    Throw/Grab

       Return Get more gems immediately

       Space / P
              Pause

       S      Toggle sound

       Q/Escape
              Abort game

MOUSE

       Click Left/Right of Man
              Move left/right

       Left-click Above Man
              Grab

       Right-click Above man
              Throw

JOYSTICK

       Left/Right
              Move left/right

       Button 1/2
              Throw/Grab

       Button 3/4
              Get more gems immediately

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).

                               December 29, 1999