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NAME¶
opensurge - retro game engine inspired by 16-bit Sonic games
SYNOPSIS¶
opensurge [options]
DESCRIPTION¶
OpenSurge is a retro game engine inspired by 16-bit Sonic games.
It comes battery included: Surge the Rabbit is a fun retro platformer bundled with the engine.
You can play it and use it as a base to create your own games!
OPTIONS¶
- --help -h
- display this message
- --version -v
- display the version of this program
- --ssversion
- display the version of the SurgeScript runtime
- --license
- display the license of this game engine
- --fullscreen
- fullscreen mode
- --windowed
- windowed mode
- --resolution X
- set the scale of the window size, where X = 1, 2, 3 or 4
- --quality Q
- set the video quality Q to "low", "medium" or "high"
- --show-fps
- show the FPS (frames per second) counter
- --hide-fps
- hide the FPS counter
- --level "filepath"
- run the specified level (e.g., levels/my_level.lev)
- --quest "filepath"
- run the specified quest (e.g., quests/default.qst)
- --language "filepath"
- use the specified language (e.g., languages/english.lng)
- --game "/path/to/game"
- play a game; the same as --game-folder with --compatibility-mode
- --game-folder "/path/to/game"
- use game assets from the specified folder
- --compatibility-mode [version]
- compatibility mode for MODs. To be combined with --game-folder
- --reset
- factory reset: clear all user-space files & changes
- --import "/path/to/game"
- import an Open Surge game from the specified folder
- --import-wizard
- import an Open Surge game using a wizard
- --mobile
- enable mobile device simulation
- --verbose
- enable verbose logging with debug messages
- -- -arg1 -arg2 -arg3...
- user-defined arguments to be used in the scripting layer
FILES¶
- /usr/share/games/opensurge/
- Game data files.
- $XDG_DATA_HOME/opensurge/
- defaulting to ~/.local/share/opensurge//
Configuration and state for OpenSurge/Surge the Rabbit.
AUTHOR¶
Open Surge Engine is brought to you by:
© 2008-2026 Alexandre Martins & the Surge Engine Developers and Contributors
This manual page was written by Sébastien Noel <sebastien@twolife.be>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
| February 2026 | opensurge 0.6.1.3 |