diff -ur xjewel-1.6.orig/jewel.c xjewel-1.6/jewel.c
--- xjewel-1.6.orig/jewel.c	Wed Feb 16 05:35:00 1994
+++ xjewel-1.6/jewel.c	Thu Oct  5 17:18:04 1995
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 #include "general.h"
 #include "logic.h"
@@ -526,6 +528,21 @@
 	{
 	XKeyboardControl Values;
 	struct timeval curtime;
+	int arg;
+
+	while (1)
+	    {
+	    arg = getopt_long(argc, argv, "s:", NULL, NULL);
+	    if (arg == -1) break;
+
+	    
+	    if (arg != 's') 
+	        {
+		fprintf(stderr, "bad argument %c (%d)\n", arg, arg);
+		exit(1);
+		}
+	    Set_Initial_Stage(atoi(optarg));
+	    }
 
 	gettimeofday(&curtime,NULL);
 	srandom((unsigned int)(curtime.tv_usec>>8));
diff -ur xjewel-1.6.orig/panel.c xjewel-1.6/panel.c
--- xjewel-1.6.orig/panel.c	Wed Feb 16 05:35:17 1994
+++ xjewel-1.6/panel.c	Thu Oct  5 17:18:42 1995
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include "hscore.h"
 #include "panel.h"
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+
 static int Score;
 static int Lives;
 static float Speed;
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@
 static int Rest;
 static BOOL _Sound = DEF_SOUND;
 static BOOL _Paused;
+static int initialStage = 0;
 
 static float Speeds[]=
 	{
@@ -47,6 +50,16 @@
 	0.0000		/* Stage 27 */
 	};
 
+void Set_Initial_Stage(int stage) 
+	{
+	if (stage > ((sizeof(Speeds) / sizeof(Speeds[0])))) 
+	    fprintf(stderr, "stage %d is too high -- starting at 0\n", stage);
+	else if (stage < 0) 
+	    fprintf(stderr, "stage 0 is the easiest stage\n");
+	else
+	    initialStage = stage;
+	}
+	
 void Reset_Score()
 	{
 	/* set to zero */
@@ -101,8 +114,8 @@
 void Reset_Stage()
 	{
 	/* set stage and speed */
-	Stage=1;
-	Speed=Speeds[0];
+	Stage=initialStage;
+	Speed=Speeds[Stage];
 	Redraw_Speed(Speed);
 	Redraw_Stage(Stage);
 	}
diff -ur xjewel-1.6.orig/xjewel.man xjewel-1.6/xjewel.man
--- xjewel-1.6.orig/xjewel.man	Wed Feb 16 05:35:19 1994
+++ xjewel-1.6/xjewel.man	Thu Oct  5 17:33:00 1995
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH JEWEL 6 "December 1992" "X Version 11"
+.TH JEWEL 6 "October 1995" "X Version 11"
 .SH NAME
 
 xjewel \- X windows droping jewels game
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@
 completion of the 50 jewels required per level.  The current status is
 shown in the REST field.
 
+To start playing at a different stage, start xjewel with a -s option
+followed by the stage number you want to start with. 
+
 .SH NOTES
 
 This game was originally written by Yoshihiro Satoh of HP.  I have made a
@@ -185,6 +188,8 @@
 .br
 >   Document Writing  Nancy Paisner
 .br
+>   Various changes   Erik Troan (ewt@redhat.com)
+.br
 >
 .br
 >Copyright
@@ -211,6 +216,8 @@
 David Cooper
 .br
 Jose Guterman
+.br
+Erik Troan (ewt@redhat.com)
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 
 .SH BUGS