GAMES(1) GAMES(1)
NAME
4s, 5s, ana, mandel, plumb, smiley, life, fsim, clock,
catclock, fireworks, swar, festoon - time wasters
SYNOPSIS
games/4s
games/5s
games/ana [ fixwords ]
games/mandel
games/plumb [ level ]
games/smiley
games/life startfile
games/fsim
games/clock
games/catclock [ -c ]
games/fireworks
games/swar
games/festoon [ -p ] [ -e ] [ -t ] [ -sseed ] [ len ] [ pfn
]
DESCRIPTION
There are a few games in /bin/games:
4s, 5s Try to fill complete rows using 4-square or 5-
square tiles. Move tiles left or right by moving
the mouse. Rotate tiles with buttons 1 and 3.
Drop tiles for more points with button 2 or the
space bar.
ana Find anagrams for words typed on standard input.
Anagrams can contain several dictionary words.
The fixwords argument or numbers typed on stan-
dard input fix the number of words in the output
anagrams.
mandel Compute and display Mandelbrot sets. Menus on
the mouse buttons control various things.
plumb Build a plumbing system. Keep ahead of the
advancing oil and don't waste pipe. The level
argument lets you start at a harder level.
smiley A game of historical importance. Type space to
shoot, comma to move left, and period to go
right.
life Play the game of life, given an initial position.
There is a library of interesting initial posi-
tions; the library is consulted if startfile can-
not be found.
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fsim Pretend you're flying a Cessna.
clock, catclock
Display analog clocks. Option -c makes catclock
crosseyed.
fireworks Hoist the fiery blue peter.
swar Space war for two players called MCI and SPRINT.
One player types a or d to turn left or right, s
to shoot, x to enter hyperspace, and w to accel-
erate. The other player uses `k', ;, l, . and
o. AT&T scores whenever either ship shoots
itself or otherwise causes mayhem. Hyperspace is
occasionally fatal.
festoon Traditional radical monoarchate qualitativeness.
Now produces pictures (-p), tables (-t), and
equations (-e). The seed can be set to recreate
a specific document. Len is sentence length, and
pfn is percent faked nouns (default 0).
FILES
/sys/games/lib/4scores scores of 4s games
/sys/games/lib/5scores scores of 5s games
/sys/games/lib/plumb/scores scores of plumb games
/sys/games/lib/anawords used by ana
/sys/games/lib/plumb/* miscellaneous files used by
plumb
/sys/games/lib/life/* interesting starting positions
SOURCE
/sys/src/games
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