moon-buggy(6) - Linux man page
Name
moon-buggy - drive some car across the moonSynopsis
moon-buggy [-hnsV] [--help] [--no-title] [--show-scores] [--version]Description
Moon-buggy is a simple character graphics game, where you drive some kind of car across the moon's surface. Unfortunately there are dangerous craters there. Fortunately your car can jump over them!Options
- -h, --help
- shows a short usage message.
- -m, --mesg
- disable write access to your terminal by other users, so your boss can't disturb your game play with the help of "write" or "finger".
- -n, --no-title
- skips the title screen.
- -s, --show-scores
- shows the current highscore list and exits.
- -w, --with-sound
- enables experimental sound add-on using esd.
- -V, --version
- prints the program's version to standard output and exits.
Keys
The moon-buggy is controlled by a couple of keys, which are described near the bottom of the screen. Most important are the following keys.- SPC, j
- makes your car jump. The length of a jump is fixed and you can only start a new jump, while the wheels have contact to the ground.
- a, l
- fires the mining laser. The laser is used to remove stones, which may block your way.
- q
- quits the game prematurely. But you still keep your score and may enter the highscore list.
Files
The following files on your system are related to moon-buggy.- /usr/bin/moon-buggy
- the moon-buggy executable.
- /var/games/moon-buggy/mbscore
- the global score file
- $HOME/.mbscore
- the local score file. This is used, if moon-buggy has no write access to the global score file.
See Also
Moon-buggy Usage and Maintenance by Jochen Voss.Copying
Copyright © 2004 Jochen VossMoon-buggy is free software. Read the file COPYING of the source code distribution for details or press 'c' at moon-buggy's title screen.