vectoroids(6)

💫 vectoroids — the manual bestie 💫

okay so you found the vectoroids(6) page, part of the Games manual, and honestly? iconic of you. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

vectoroids — a vector-based asteroid-shooting game written in libSDL. yes it's giving retro arcade realness and yes you're gonna be obsessed 🦋

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🕹️ SYNTAX 🕹️

vectoroids [options]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. run it, add options if you want, go shoot rocks 💅

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so here's how you play, listen up bestie:

Use the left and right keys (or the joystick) to rotate your ship. Use the up key (or joystick fire-A) to thrust, and space (or joystick fire-B) to fire bullets ✨

Destroy all of the asteroids to progress to the next level. no asteroids left = next level, periodt 💖

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --nosound — turns off sound and music. silent mode. no bops, only vibes 🙈
• --fullscreen — runs in fullscreen mode, if possible. big screen main character energy 👑
• --help — outputs help information and exits. your girl is here to help 🫶
• --version — outputs version information and exits. for when you gotta know which era we're in ⭐
• --usage — displays acceptable command-line options. the receipts, basically 🧚
• --copying — displays copying information. the legal tea 💜

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📁 FILES 📁

• /usr/local/share/vectoroids/ — Sound, music and graphics data. all the pretty stuff lives here 🌸
• ~/.vectoroidsrc — Paused game state and high score data. your pause save AND your flex numbers, preserved 😭🔥

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

• Bill Kendrick <bill@newbreedsoftware.com> — Programming
• Mike Faltiss <deadchannel@hotmail.com> — Music

See "README.txt" and "CHANGES.txt" for full credits. give them their flowers, fr fr 💐

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ngl, that's the whole page. go forth, rotate, thrust, fire, slay 💅✨

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and that's a wrap bestie 🫶 this page is vectoroids(6) from Bill Kendrick, version v1.1.2 - 2025.01.25. bye bye, go play 🦋💖