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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+############################################################
+# This game is FREE as in both BEER and SPEECH. It is available and can 
+# be distributed under the terms of the GPL license (version 2) or 
+# alternatively the dual-licensing terms of Ruby itself.
+# Please see README.txt and COPYING_GPL.txt for details.
+#
+#  Magic Maze - a simple and low-tech monster-bashing maze game.
+#  Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Kent Dahl
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+############################################################
+
+
+## 
+# Modified start script for Debian.
+##
+
+require 'magicmaze/cli'
+
+cli = MagicMaze::CLI.new
+
+cli.default_option_settings = {
+  sound: true,
+  datadir: '/usr/share/magicmaze/'
+}
+
+options_data = cli.parse_options
+
+
+## TODO: Needs special handling here? Changes done at top-level not propagating out?
+if options_data[:scale] then
+  scale = options_data[:scale]
+  OVERRIDE_GRAPHICS_SCALE_FACTOR = scale
+  module MagicMaze
+    class Graphics
+      OVERRIDE_GRAPHICS_SCALE_FACTOR = ::OVERRIDE_GRAPHICS_SCALE_FACTOR
+    end
+  end
+end
+if options_data[:engine] then
+  engine = options_data[:engine]
+  OVERRIDE_GRAPHICS_ENGINE = engine
+end
+
+
+require 'magicmaze/magicmaze'
+
+MagicMaze::Game.new( options_data ).loop
+