TecnoballZ(6)

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💅 TecnoballZ (sections, bestie)

okay so real talk, this is the tecnoballz(6) manual page from TLK Games — and it's literally the best thing to read before you start smashing blocks. grab a snack, we're doing this 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

tecnoballz — a Breakout-style game. it's giving arcade nostalgia, no cap 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

tecnoballz [options]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So TecnoballZ is a "breaking blocks" game, and the lore is honestly iconic: it was first written for the Amiga platform. vintage. historic. main character energy 👑

The goal? You gotta break all the blocks in each level. That's the whole vibe.

And the structure is a whole little hierarchy — the game is divided into Areas, and Areas are divided into Levels. Sometimes between levels you have to defeat a guardian to get to the next level, which is lowkey stressful but slay 🫶

When you pass an Area, a new edge is open. And between levels you can buy weapons and bonus using the money you earned during the game. shopping spree, but make it gameplay 💸✨

🔥 KEYBINDINGS 🔥

  • Space — release the ball(s). go, girl, go 🏐
  • Left Ctrl — fire. pew pew 💥
  • Left Alt — fire Gigablitz or activate the tilt (your pick, both valid)
  • Ctrl + S — toggle sound activation. mute/unmute era 🙈
  • Ctrl + X — causes a game over. yes, on purpose. it literally ends your run 💀
  • ESC — go to the menu
  • P — toggle pause. self-care break 🌸
  • PAGE UP — volume up 🔊
  • PAGE DOWN — volume down 🔉

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

  • --help — display a short help message. the "wait what does this do" button 🧚
  • --version — display the version number. receipts, basically
  • --full — start the game in fullscreen mode. immersive, dramatic, correct
  • --window — windowed mode (note: full screen is the default!) 🪟
  • --320 | --640 — force the game resolution to 320x200 or 640x480. pick your pixel aesthetic ⭐
  • --verbose — print a lot of debuging information to stdout. yes that's spelled "debuging" in the original, i don't make the rules, i just report them 😭
  • --nosound | --sound — disable or enable the sound 🔇🔊
  • --bg4 — force using a four-color background. retro palette moment 🎨

TecnoballZ is Copyright (C) 1992-2014 by the TLK Games Company. protect the legacy, periodt 💜

💖 AUTHOR 💖

  • TLK Games — http://linux.tlk.fr/games/TecnoballZ/
  • Bruno Ethvignot — development and GNU/Linux port 🫶
  • This man-page was written by Alexis Sukrieh <sukria@sukria.net> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). shoutout Alexis, absolute icon 🌟

okay that's the whole page, you're officially educated bestie. this was TecnoballZ(6) from TLK Games, dated 2014 — and yes the footer said TecnoballZ twice because it's extra like that. mwah 💅🎀

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