X-Asteroids Copyright 1990 by Phil Goetz goetz@cs.Buffalo.EDU Keypress Command -------- ------- e Rotate counterclockwise ("left") r Rotate clockwise ("right") w Rotate 45 degrees counterclockwise t Rotate 45 degrees clockwise d Increase counterclockwise rotational velocity f Increase clockwise rotational velocity o Thrust p Fire space Hyperspace ` Shields s Start new ship in center of playing field (Also used to start a new game) esc Pause Q Quit Speed commands: Key associated with faster speed is to the right of its corresponding key associated with slower speed. . Decrease delay: Speed game up , Increase delay: Slow the game down m Decrease size ("Minimize") n Increase size b Increase # of moves/frame v Decrease # of moves/frame 2 Increase scale of movement 1 Decrease scale of movement Object Score ------- ----- Big asteroid 25, or 2000*level if it is the last asteroid remaining Medium asteroid 50, or 500*level if it is the last asteroid remaining Little asteroid 100 Enemy spaceship 500 Enemy bullet 500 Commands can only be entered when the mouse pointer is in the asteroids window. Resize the window with your window manager at any time for a different playing field. Use the command-line option -s on the xasteroids script to see the high score list.