gemdropx - an interesting one-player puzzle game for X-Window

gemdropx [--help] [--version] [--usage] [--nomusic]

This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in /usr/share/doc/gemdropx/README.txt.gz

gemdropx is an interesting one-player puzzle game for X-Window. It is a direct port of Gem Drop, an Atari 8-bit game written in Action! (a very fast C- and Pascal-like compiled language for the Atari). The concept of the game Gem Drop is based on an arcade game for the NeoGeo system called "Magical Drop III" by SNK.

If you're familiar with games like Jewels, Klax, Bust-A-Move or Tetris, this game is similar to them all. I consider it closest to Klax.

--help

Show a quick help page.

--version

Show version of program.

--usage

Show the command line arguments which gemdropx accepts.

--nomusic

Disable the music of the game (if sound was enabled during compile time).

--nosound

Disable all sound (including music).

Left/Right

Move left/right

K/L

Move left/right

Up/Down

Throw/Grab

A/Z

Throw/Grab

Return

Get more gems immediately

Space / P

Pause

S

Toggle sound

Q/Escape

Abort game

Click Left/Right of Man

Move left/right

Left-click Above Man

Grab

Right-click Above man

Throw

Left/Right

Move left/right

Button 1/2

Throw/Grab

Button 3/4

Get more gems immediately

This manual page was written by Christian T. Steigies <cts@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).