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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)snake.6     6.2 (Berkeley) 4/20/88
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH SNAKE 6 "April 20, 1988"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: snake, snscore \- display chase game
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B snake
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B -w width
        !            15: ] [
        !            16: .B -l length
        !            17: ]
        !            18: .br
        !            19: .B snscore
        !            20: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            21: Snake is a display-based game which must be played on a CRT terminal.
        !            22: The object of the game is to make as much money as possible without
        !            23: getting eaten by the snake.  The
        !            24: .B \-l
        !            25: and
        !            26: .B \-w
        !            27: options allow you to specify the length and width of the field.
        !            28: By default the entire screen (except for the last column) is used.
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: You are represented on the screen by an I.
        !            31: The snake is 6 squares long and is represented by S's.
        !            32: The money is $, and an exit is #.
        !            33: Your score is posted in the upper left hand corner.
        !            34: .PP
        !            35: You can move around using the same conventions as vi(1),
        !            36: the h, j, k, and l keys work, as do the arrow keys.
        !            37: Other possibilities include:
        !            38: .IP sefc
        !            39: These keys are like hjkl but form a directed pad around the d key.
        !            40: .IP HJKL
        !            41: These keys move you all the way in the indicated direction to the
        !            42: same row or column as the money.  This does
        !            43: .I not
        !            44: let you jump away from the snake, but rather saves you from having
        !            45: to type a key repeatedly.  The snake still gets all his turns.
        !            46: .IP SEFC
        !            47: Likewise for the upper case versions on the left.
        !            48: .IP ATPB
        !            49: These keys move you to the four edges of the screen.
        !            50: Their position on the keyboard is the mnemonic, e.g.
        !            51: P is at the far right of the keyboard.
        !            52: .IP x
        !            53: This lets you quit the game at any time.
        !            54: .IP p
        !            55: Points in a direction you might want to go.
        !            56: .IP w
        !            57: Space warp to get out of tight squeezes, at a price.
        !            58: .PP
        !            59: To earn money, move to the same square the money is on.
        !            60: A new $ will appear when you earn the current one.
        !            61: As you get richer, the snake gets hungrier.
        !            62: To leave the game, move to the exit (#).
        !            63: .PP
        !            64: A record is kept of the personal best score of each player.
        !            65: Scores are only counted if you leave at the exit,
        !            66: getting eaten by the snake is worth nothing.
        !            67: .PP
        !            68: As in pinball, matching the last digit of your score to the number
        !            69: which appears after the game is worth a bonus.
        !            70: .PP
        !            71: To see who wastes time playing snake, run
        !            72: .I snscore .
        !            73: .SH FILES
        !            74: .nf
        !            75: .ta \w'/usr/games/lib/snakerawscores 'u
        !            76: /usr/games/lib/snakerawscores  database of personal bests
        !            77: /usr/games/lib/snake.log       log of games played
        !            78: .DT
        !            79: .fi
        !            80: .SH BUGS
        !            81: .PP
        !            82: When playing on a small screen,
        !            83: it's hard to tell when you hit the edge of the screen.
        !            84: .PP
        !            85: The scoring function takes into account the size of the screen.
        !            86: A perfect function to do this equitably has not been devised.

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