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.\"                                      Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
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.TH SCUMMVM 6 "April 24, 2002"
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.SH NAME
scummvm \- SCUMM graphic adventure game interpreter
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B scummvm
.RI [ options ] " game" ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBscummvm\fP is an interpreter that will play graphic adventure games written
for LucasArts' SCUMM virtual machine. Some other adventure games using similar
engines may be supported - for example \fBSimon The Sorcerer\fP
.P
The following games have been reported to work:
.P
\fBLoom\fP (CD Talkie)
.br
\fBMonkey Island I\fP (CD version)
.br
\fBMonkey Island II\fP
.br
\fBIndiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis\fP
.br
\fBDay of the Tentacle\fP
.br
\fBSam & Max Hit the Road\fP
.P
Please be aware that the engine may contains bugs and non-implemented features
that may make it impossible to finish the game. Check the website for the
latest compatability information.
.SH OPTIONS
The interpreter expects to find the game's data files in the current directory.
You may supply a different path using -p on the command line. The name of the
game is then supplied on the command line.
.P
.TP
.B simon1win or simon1dos
Simon the Sorcerer
.TP
.B loomcd
Loom CD Talkie
.TP
.B monkey or monkey1
Monkey Island I
.TP
.B monkey2
Monkey Island II
.TP
.B atlantis
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
.TP
.B playfate
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (demo)
.TP
.B tentacle
Day of the Tentacle
.TP
.B dottdemo
Day of the Tentacle (demo)
.TP
.B samnmax
Sam & Max Hit the Road
.TP
.B snmdemo
Sam & Max Hit the Road (demo)
.P
Additionally, the following options are supported.
.TP
.BI \-b <room>
Starts the game in the specified room. The default is 0.
.TP
.B \-f
Runs in full-screen mode.
.TP
.BI \-p <path>
Set a different path to search for game data
.TP
More options are available, see the README file for more information.
.TP
.SH RUNNING THE PROGRAM
While the game is running, the following keys can be used (in addition to any
keys used by the game):
.TP
.B F5
Access the in-game save/load/options dialog
.TP
.B Ctrl+0..9
Load a previously saved game state.
.TP
.B Shift+0..9
Save a game state.
.TP
.B Ctrl+Z
Quit the game.
.TP
.B Ctrl+F
Run in fast mode (process frames as fast as possible).
.TP
.B Ctrl+D
Starts the debugger.
.TP
.B Ctrl+S
Shows memory consumption.
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by David Given <dg@cowlark.com>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
.P
\fBScummVM\fP was written by Ludvig Strigeus <strigeus@users.sourceforge.net>
and the ScummVM team. See
.B http://www.scummvm.org
for more information.