GEMDROPX(6)							   Games Manual 						       GEMDROPX(6)

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 Neo-
       Geo 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						       GEMDROPX(6)