OPEN-INVADERS(6)
πΎ OPEN-INVADERS β like, the manual, section 6 of the Games Manual bestie π
okay so. sit down. hydrate. we're talking about open-invaders and honestly? it's a whole vibe. it lives in the Games Manual, section 6, which is the section for games, obviously, because that's where the fun stuff goes. π
β¨ NAME β¨
open-invaders β a Space Invaders clone, no cap πΈ
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
open-invaders [-w|-f]
that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. two flags. iconic. π
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
open-invaders is a GPLed clone of the well-known 70's game Space Invaders. yes, the actual 70s. vintage. retro. main character energy from before any of us were born. π
to play the game, you literally just run open-invaders in a terminal, or you start it from the menu like a normal person. either way, aliens gettin' deleted. β¨
if you wanna know more about the game play β the lore, the mechanics, the why of it all β go read the file /usr/share/doc/open-invaders-data/README.gz. it's right there, bestie. it's giving "the devs wrote it all down for you". π
π OPTIONS π
-wβ start the game in windowed mode. cute lil window. cozy. πͺ-fβ start the game in fullscreen mode. entire screen. no distractions. maximum immersion. π₯
ngl that is the entire option list. two options. we love a minimal queen. π«Ά
π BUGS π
please report bugs to Debian's BTS with a copy to <darryl@jamyskis.net>.
like β if something's broken, tell Debian, and also cc the guy. both. don't make them guess. π
π§ AUTHOR π§
open-invaders was written by Darryl LeCount <darryl@jamyskis.net> and this manual page by Siegfried-A. Gevatter Pujals <rainct@ubuntu.com>. π
both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. periodt. β
okay that's the whole page, and just so you have the receipts: this is the Games Manual, and it's dated November 7, 2010. thanks for coming to my ted talk, now go blast some invaders ππ¦π
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: open-invaders 0.3-8 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- debian trixie: open-invaders 0.3-10 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: open-invaders 0.3-7 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu noble: open-invaders 0.3-8build2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu questing: open-invaders 0.3-10
- ubuntu resolute: open-invaders 0.3-10build1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: open-invaders 0.3-10build1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms