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.TH qix 1
.SH NAME
qix \- the classic arcade game.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B qix
.br
.B qix 
small
.br
.B qix 
old
.br
.B qix 
old_small
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.SH DESCRIPTION

The purpose of the game is to avoid being killed by enemies. Enemies
are the two fuses runing on the boundary, and the qix moving inside the
territory. You can leave the boundary and draw a line inside  the
territory; then you return on the boundary, filling a rectangle. Once
you have filled an area greater than 75% of the whole surface you reach
the next level.

The score is proportional to the area covered. Area beyond the 75%
limit count twice. The game starts with 3 lifes and ends when you
have lost all of them.

.SH INVOCATION

Wthout argument and if not started from the system console, 
.B qix
will run the X11 version in a 910x550 pixels screen. Running 
.B qix
from the console requires the standard font (25 lines, 80 colomns).
.br
The
.B small
argument can be used to run teh game in a smaller window (746x444 pixels).
.br
The 
.B old
and 
.B old_small
arguments will run an alternate version in a xterm, which tries to
mimics the behavior of the original game running in a VT220 terminal.

.SH CONTROLS

Use the keys
.BI i 
or 
.BI 8 
to go up, 
.BI j 
or 
.BI 4
to go left, 
.BI k
or
.BI 2 
to go down and
.BI l 
or
.BI 6 
to go right; use the space bar to start drawing a rectangle.
.br
The
.BI p
key can be used of pause the game; type
.BI e
to end the game.
.br
The X11 version also recognizes the standard arrow keys and the Shift
Left key acts as an accelerator.

.SH AUTHOR
Original version written in PASCAL (VAX/VMS) by Murray Speight.
.br
Adapted to unix/X11 by Jean-Marc Zucconi.