heroes — a game like Nibbles or Tron, just better

Synopsis

heroes [OPTIONS]...

Description

Heroes is a game similar to the "Tron" and "Nibbles" games of yore but includes many graphical improvements and new game features.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

General options:

-v, --version
display version number
-h, --help
display this help
-q, --quiet
don't print warning messages
-Q, --really-quiet
don't even print error messages
-v, --verbose=CHANNELS
enable or disable debugging channels (see --list=debug for available channels)
-l, --list=WORD
show some internal information; WORD can be 'debug', 'resources', 'sound-drivers' or 'sound-tracks'

Sound options:

-d, --driver=N[,OPTIONS]
use Nth driver for sound output (0:autodetect) (see --list=sound-drivers for available Ns)
-S, --no-sound
disable sound
-X, --no-sfx
disable sound-effects
-m, --mono
non-stereo output
-8, --8bits
8bits sound output
-i, --high-quality
high quality mixer

Display options:

-G, --gfx-options=OPTIONS
pass OPTIONS to the display driver
-F, --full-screen
full screen mode
-2, --double
stretch the display twofold
-3, --triple
stretch the display threefold
-4, --quadruple
stretch the display fourfold
-e, --even-lines
display only even-lines

Miscellaneous options:

--cpu-off
disable computer opponents
--default-scores
restore default scores file
--default-options
restore default options file
--default-saves
restore default saves file
-s, --swap-sides
swap sides in two player mode
--no-double-fx
disable combination of rotozoom and waves
-g, --go
skip the introduction
-J, --no-joystick
disable joystick handling

These options can be set in your file ~/.heroes/heroesrc (which is read before parsing other command line options) using a line like the following:

Options: -gs -d3,buffer=11,count=4

Visit http://heroes.sourceforge.net/ for news, documentation, and updates.

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <heroes-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net>.