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xbill -- save your computers from Wingdows [TM] virus
xbill
[-l|-L starting level] [-v]
Ever get the feeling that nothing
is going right? You're a sysadmin, and someone's trying to destroy your
computers. The little people running around the screen are trying to infect
your computers with Wingdows [TM], a virus cleverly designed to resemble
a popular operating system. Your objective is to click the mouse on them,
ending their potential threat. If one of the people reaches a computer,
it will attempt to replace your operating system with the virus it carries.
It will then attempt to run off the screen with your vital software. The
game ends when only 0 or 1 of your computers is being productive. Additionally,
some computers are connected with network cables. When one computer on
a network becomes infected, a spark will be sent down the cable, and will
infect the computer on the other end when it reaches there.
Clicking the
button on one of the little people will cause it to cry out in pain and
melt (id software eat your heart out!), dropping the stolen os if it is
carrying one. If a computer is running Wingdows or is temporarily off,
the os can be dragged back to the computer (or another computer compatible
with that os). To extinguish a spark drag the bucket of water from the
upper left corner onto it.
The status bar at the bottom tells the following:
Number of Bills on/off the screen
Number of Computers running their OS/off/Wingdows
Level
Score
- -l n, -L n
- Start at level n.
- -v
- Print version number and exit.
- -h
- Print
help and exit.
- All standard X Intrinsics options are also supported.
Main
Programmer:
Brian Wellington <bwelling@tis.com>
Programming & graphics:
Matias Duarte <matias@hyperimage.com>
Copyright (c) 1994-6 Psychosoft
It's FREE! If you want to express
your undying gratitude to us for bringing a small bit of meaning into your
otherwise pointless existence, you could always send us e-mail. XBill is
distributed under the GNU Public License.
Go play the game now!
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