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pyracerz

pyracerz(6)							   Games Manual 						       pyracerz(6)

NAME

       pyracerz -- 2d racing car game

SYNOPSIS

       pyracerz [--resolution 640x480|320x240]	[--fullscreen]	[--doublebuf|--nodoublebuf]  [--nosound]  [--help|-h]  [--version]

DESCRIPTION

       pyracerz is a multiplayer top view 2D racing game.

       It features multiplayer (on the same computer), tournaments, high scores, replays, 6 tracks (really 12, because each track can be used Nor-
       mal or Reverse), 9 cars, a basic robot player, 3 different levels of difficulty, and a music player (it can play the .ogg files locating in
       the musics directory).

OPTIONS

       These  programs	follow	the  usual  GNU  command  line	syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').  A summary of options is
       included below.

		 --resolution
		 Change resolution (default is 1024x768)

		 --fullscreen
		 Enable fullscreen display

		 --doublebuf
		 Enable double buffering display (DEFAULT on other platform than Windows)

		 --nodoublebuf
		 Disable double buffering display (DEFAULT on Windows)

		 --nosound
		 Disable Sound

	      -h --help
		 Show summary of options.

		 --version
		 Output version information and exit.

SEE ALSO

       http://pyracerz.sourceforge.net/

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Jose Carlos Medeiros debian@psabs.com.br for the Debian 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.

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