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.TH FREECOL 6 "July 28, 2004" GNU "FreeCol's Manpage"
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.SH NAME
freecol \- A free clone of Colonization
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B freecol
.RI [OPTIONS]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B freecol
command.
This manual page was written for the Debian distribution
because the original program does not have a manual page.
.PP
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\fBfreecol\fP is a free clone of the famous game Colonization. It's a
turn based strategy game in which each player becomes leader of an
European nation, fighting to obtain the independence of the mother country.
.PP
A multiplayer mode has been added to the original game.
.SH OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
.TP
.B \-\-freecol\-data DIR
DIR should be the directory with FreeCol's data files, it
has a subdirectory called
.B images.
.TP
.B \-\-windowed
Runs FreeCol in windowed mode instead of full screen mode.
.TP
.B \-\-no\-sound
Runs FreeCol without sound.
.TP
.B \-\-usage
Shows summary of options.
.TP
.B \-\-version
Shows version of program.
.TP
.B \-\-server PORT
Starts a stand-alone server on the specified port.
.SH LICENSE
FreeCol is available under GPL license terms.
.SH SEE ALSO
Homepage: http://freecol.sourceforge.net/
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Jean Lepropre <jean_lepropre@users.sourceforge.net>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).