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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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