Phavon README (C) 2002 Gianluca Insolvibile (branzo at sourceforge.net)
Phavon is a clone of the old times Amiga classic game "Xenon 2: The megablast", originally produced by The Bitmap Brothers (www.bitmap-brothers.co.uk). Please note that the original games Xenon, Xenon 2 and Xenon 2K are (C) The Bitmap Brothers.
The code for the Linux version has been rewritten completely from scratch and is currently based on graphics and sounds borrowed from the "Xenon 2000: Project PCF" one-level version of the game (available from http://www.bitmap-brothers.co.uk/downloads/games/xenon2000/index.htm).
Requirements
In order to compile the game, you need the following libraries:
SDL
smpeg
SDL_mixer
You can find all of them at http://www.libsdl.org. Also, you must be able to run X in 32 bpp mode.
In order to run the game, you will also need to download the Xenon 2000 Project PCF Windows executable from here:
http://www.bitmap-brothers.co.uk/downloads/games/xenon2000/index.htm
Installation
Download the latest release from http://sourceforge.net/projects/phavon. Then, just follow these steps:
- grab a Windows machine and run Xenon2000.exe to install it. It will create a directory like Program Files/The Bitmap Brothers/Xenon 2000 - Project PCF
- copy (or link) the following directories from the Windows partition into the phavon main directory: cd Phavon ln -s <path to Xenon II PCF>/graphics/24bit gfx ln -s <path to Xenon II PCF>/sounds . ln -s <path to Xenon II PCF>/music .
Finally, run the game like this:
phavon -audio 3 -background -full
(refer to on-line help for the meaning of the parameters).
Thanks
Thanks to Bitmap Brothers for letting me borrow their graphics and admit it publicly ;-).