ETW(6)

📦 version 3.6+svn162, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing

💖 NAME 💖

etw — Eat The Whistle, bestie. That's the whole name. That's the vibe. 👑

It lives in section 6 of the Games Manual, so yes, it's a game, and yes, it's iconic.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

etw <no_options>

That's it. That's the whole thing. You run etw and you go play. No flags, no fuss, no drama. 🫶

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so listen — Eat The Whistle is an arcade soccer game, and it's giving famous Amiga titles energy. Like, think Kick Off or Sensible Soccer? Yeah. Those. Same legendary lineage, no cap. ⚽️💅

It comes with several game modes, and the way that it lets you choose is so good:

  • you can play as the whole team 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️
  • or you can play as a single player 🌟 (main character energy, honestly)
  • and you can also manage teams that take part in cups and leagues 📋👑

And THEN — and I'm obsessed — there's even an arcade mode with powerups and bonuses, like in the game SpeedBall 2. Powerups!! Bonuses!! Chaos!! 😭🔥

Eat The Whistle features 30 different field types and numerous sound effects. Thirty. Three-zero. That's not a typo, bestie, that's a flex. 🦋✨

The game is viewed from the side, and you can control it with either a joystick or the keyboard. Whatever your setup is, you're covered. 🎮⌨️

🌸 All the settings 🌸

Most in-game settings are configurable, and lowkey this is the part that eats:

  • the pitch 🌱
  • the weather 🌧️☀️
  • the game daytime 🌙

…and all of these will impact on the gameplay. So yes, your choices actually matter, fr fr. 🙈

There's also a bunch of extra goodness:

  • a replay mode that lets you load and save best moments 📼💖 (so you can keep your greatest hits forever, periodt)
  • a game tactics editor 🧠✨
  • and teams from the game Sensible World of Soccer can be directly imported 🎀 (yes, directly, no conversion arc, no side quest)
💀 Heads up bestie: the synopsis really is just etw <no_options>. No options listed means no options listed — don't go inventing flags, iykyk.

okay that's the whole page, love u, go score a goal 🫶⚽️

This one's from the Games Manual, section 6, and it's dated November 08, 2012 — so it's a lil vintage, but vintage is iconic, and we respect the classics. 🌈⭐ 👑

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