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.TH moon\-buggy 6 "Dec 27 2004" "moon\-buggy @MBVERS@"
.SH NAME
moon\-buggy \- drive some car across the moon
.SH SYNOPSIS
moon\-buggy [\-hnsV] @C@[\-\-help] [\-\-no\-title] [\-\-show\-scores] [\-\-version]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B 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!
.SH OPTIONS
The program understands the following command line options.
.TP
.Op h help
shows a short usage message.
.TP
.Op 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".
.TP
.Op n no\-title
skips the title screen.
.TP
.Op s show\-scores
shows the current highscore list and exits.
.TP
.Op V version
prints the program\'s version to standard output and exits.
.SH 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.
.IP "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.
.IP "a, l"
fires the mining laser.
The laser is used to remove stones, which may
block your way.
.IP q
quits the game prematurely.
But you still keep your score and may
enter the highscore list.
.IP 
.SH FILES
The following files on your system are related to moon\-buggy.
.TP
.I "@MBBINDIR@/moon\-buggy"
the moon\-buggy executable.
.TP
.I "@MBSCORE@/mbscore"
the global score file
.TP
.I "$HOME/.mbscore"
the local score file.  This is used, if
.B moon\-buggy
has no write access to the global score file.
.SH SEE ALSO
.B "Moon\-buggy Usage and Maintenance"
by Jochen Voss.
.SH COPYING
Copyright \(co 2004  Jochen Voss
.PP
.B Moon\-buggy
is free software.
Read the file
.I COPYING
of the source code distribution for details or press \'c\' at
.BR moon\-buggy \'s
title screen.
.SH AUTHOR
The program
.B moon\-buggy
was implemented by Jochen Voss (voss@seehuhn.de).
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