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Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: 
Package: Heroes
System name: heroes
Type: non-GNU

Description:
This game is similar to the \"Tron\" and \"Nibbles\" games of yore, but
includes many graphical improvements and new game features.

   In it, you must maneuver a small vehicle around a world and collect
powerups while avoiding obstacles, your opponents\' trails, and even
your own trail.

   There are five game modes available.  Quest is the classical
Nibbles, in Death Match you start with very long tails a must kill your
opponents, in Kill\'em All you must run over lemmings moving on the
ground, in Time Cash or Color modes you must collect money or pyramids
of color.  Heroes features 12 original sound tracks, 94 levels (in 10
different tile sets) plus a level editor.

   Although a bit steady the current development focus on cleaning the code and 
port the game
to available operating systems.  Our objective is to release the version
1.0 as a clean and portable base that would allow further important
works such as network support or programmable vehicles.


This project is available from http://heroes.sourceforge.net/
I\'d like to move away from SourceForge.

Other Software Required:
Written in C.  Autoconfiscated.  Need a some third-party libraries.

Needed Libraries
================

   Heroes can be configured to use several libraries to handle display,
sound output and joystick support.  Following is a list of supported
libraries (hopefully you won\'t have to install all of them but just a
subset).

   * LibGGI (General Graphic Interface) can be used as a display and
     keyboard driver. Get it from `http://www.ggi-project.org/\'.

   * LibGII (General Input Interface) will provide joystick support
     (the game can be compiled without).  Get it from
     `http://www.ggi-project.org/\'.  It is needed by LibGGI, by the way.

   * SDL can be used as a display and keyboard driver.  Recent
     revisions will also provide support for joysticks.  Get it from
     `http://www.libsdl.org/\'.

   * Allegro, a game programming library, can be used as a display,
     keyboard, and joystick driver.  `http://alleg.sourceforge.net/\'.

   * LibMikMod is a sound library. You don\'t need it if you want to
     compile Heroes without sound support.  Get it from
     `http://www.mikmod.org/\' or from
     `ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/apps/sound/libs/\'.  If you
     install LibMikMod from sources you may want to compile LibMikMod
     without Alsa support (*note Troubleshooting::).

   * SDL_Mixer is an alternative sound engine that can be used only if
     you use SDL as display driver. You don\'t need it if you want to
     compile Heroes without sound support.  Get it from
     `http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/projects/SDL_mixer/\'.


   To summarize, install at least LibGGI, SDL, or Allegro to get video
output and keyboard handling.  Install LibGII to get joystick support,
unless you use a recent SDL or Allegro.  And install LibMikMod (or
SDL_mixer if you have SDL) if you want sound output.

   My personal preference goes to LibGGI/LibGII and LibMikMod which give
you more control over the drivers used.  On the other hand, SDL seems
better at doing full screen display and is maintained actively.  Allegro
is quite new on Unix.



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