GNUROBBO(6)

💖 GNUROBBO(6) — the games manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so listen. this is gnurobbo, from the Games Manual section (section 6, iykyk). it's giving retro, it's giving Atari, it's giving "why is this game lowkey harder than my finals". let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

gnurobbo — a remake of Robbo, the classical Atari game 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

gnurobbo

that's it. that's the whole synopsis. no flags, no args, no chaos. just vibes ✨

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

GNU Robbo is an old Atari XE/XL logical game that got ported to Linux. it was created in the late 80s by "L.K. Avalon" and bestie, it was a huge hit in Poland. like, main character energy fr fr 🇵🇱

so here's the situation: you have to help Robbo get out of a strange planet 🪐 to leave a level, you have to get to the capsule. sounds easy right? WRONG. most of the capsules are incomplete, so you have to collect all their parts to make them actually work. not me doing a fetch quest against my will 😭

and the planet? oh the planet is occupied by unfriendly animals, lasers, magnets, bombs... the whole cast is out to get you 💀

the interface is very simple, no cap:

• use arrows to move
• press ESC to commit suicide
• press F9 to quit game
• press SHIFT + ARROW to shoot

real talk: ESC is literally described as "commit suicide". that's the game's own wording. iconic, dramatic, a little concerning, but there it is 💅

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

the software was written by Arkadiusz Lipiec <alipiec@elka.pw.edu.pl> 🫶

you can find more information about the game on the http://gnurobbo.sf.net/ page ✨

this manual page was written by Lukasz Jachowicz <honey@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others) 🐧

and that's the whole page bestie, we ate and left no crumbs 🍓 this manual dropped on July 29, 2004 and it still serves 💜 no cap, go play it, and remember: capsules first, feelings later 🌈⭐