GEARHEAD(6) Games Manual GEARHEAD(6)NAME
gearhead - roguelike mecha role playing game
SYNOPSIS
gearhead
DESCRIPTION
gearhead is a roguelike adventure game involving giant mechas and a post-apocalyptic but recovering world.
KEY BINDINGS
A list of key bindings can be viewed with the h key during play. Menus can be navigated with arrow keys and enter. Walking into an object
generally does the expected thing (use, talk or attack). The action names listed can be used to redefine the keys in a configure file.
a - Attack
Attack.
A - AttackMenu
Attack, choosing the weapon or body part from a list.
B - PartBrowser
Examine the individual components of the player character. C - CharInfo Show character information.
e - Equipment
View character's equipment.
E - Eject
Eject from a mecha.
F - FirstAid
Apply first aid skill to restore health points.
H - FieldHQ
Examine mechas and allies.
i - Inventory
View inventory.
l - Look
Look around.
L - LearnSkills
Learn new skills by spending accumulated experience.
m - Messages
Review all current adventure memos, news and email.
M - SelectMecha
Selects the mecha to use by the player character.
Q - QuitGame
Quit the game. Does not save the game.
r - RunToggle
Toggle running on or off.
R - Recenter
Recenter the game display on the character.
S - Search
Search the area for secrets and enemies.
t - Talk
Initiate a conversation with an NPC.
T - Telephone
Call an NPC.
u - UseScenery
Uses stationary scenery such as doors or computers.
V - History
Show past game messages.
X - SaveGame
Saves the game. Does not quit the game.
Z - Rest
Take a break for one hour of game time.
. - SwitchGears
Toggle the movement mode (eg. flying, walking).
[ - TurnLeft
Turn to left.
] - TurnRight
Turn to right.
keypad keys1-9 - Stop, Dir-NorthWest, etc.
Move around or stop.
+ - FullSpeed
Move forward at full speed.
= - NormSpeed
Move forward at normal speed.
- - Reverse
Move backwards.
<, > - Enter, Enter2
Enter scenery.
The following keys are usable when selecting a target.
/ - CalledShot
Toggle the Called Shot option while selecting a target.
> - SwitchBv
Toggle the Burst Fire option while selecting a target.
; - SwitchTarget
Switch to next visible enemy when selecting a target.
FILES
/etc/gearhead.conf
System-wide configuration file.
$HOME/.gearhead/gearhead.conf
User specific configuration file. If this is present the system-wide configuration file is not read.
AUTHOR
gearhead was written by Joseph Hewitt <pyrrho12@yahoo.ca>.
This manual page was written by Kari Pahula <kaol@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
SEE ALSO nethack(6). More documentation for gearhead can be found in the /usr/share/doc/gearhead directory.
6 Jul 2006 GEARHEAD(6)
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tennix -- A funny 2D tennis game with network play support
SYNOPSIS
tennix [options]
DESCRIPTION
tennix is a top-view 2D tennis game. It features a two-player game mode and a single-player mode against the computer.
This is the SDL port of a DOS game written in 2003. The original game can still be found on the web at http://thp.io/2003/tennix/
CONTROLS
You can select the controls directly in the menu. Usually, in two-player game mode, player 1 plays using W, S, D, E, F and player 2 plays
using O, L, K, I, J. You can also play using mouse, gamepad or Joystick.
When using network play, you have to configure your opponent with the input device "Network player", and make sure that the opponent does
the same thing (but in reverse).
P (Un)pause the game
F Switch between windowed and fullscreen mode
OPTIONS -f, --fullscreen
Start the game in fullscreen mode
-b, --benchmark
Start the game in benchmark/attract mode (AI vs AI, auto-start, no menu)
-m, --master <IP-of-slave>
Network play mode; play as master and send input over to slave via the given IP
-s, --slave <IP-of-master>
Network play mode; play as slave and send input over to master via the given IP
-h, --help
Show summary of options
HOMEPAGE
http://icculus.org/tennix/
AUTHOR
The author and current maintainer of Tennix is Thomas Perl (thp.io/about).
This manual page was written by Andrea Colangelo (warp10@ubuntu.com) for the Ubuntu system (but may be used by others). Permission is
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version pub-
lished by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.
Tennix 2011 Edition February 2011 TENNIX(6)