(Englische Version; Deutsch: LIESMICH.TXT) ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ (C) 1995 by J”rg Reuter - Shareware Version - WELCOME ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Hi there! This document is intended to provide you help on TRIZZ, the ulti- mate Tetris clone. It contains tips, tricks, troubleshooting and a lot more. If I was you, I would read it! SHAREWARE ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Please note that TRIZZ is Shareware. You can test it for about two weeks, and copy it to your friends (you are encouraged to do so!). If you like TRIZZ and want to continue using it, you have to register. You will receive a special registered version, without disturbing shareware screens and a lot more fancy background pictures and tilesets. The registration fee for TRIZZ (+shipping and handling) is: - In Germany: 15 +5 DM - In the rest of the World: 15 +10 DM -OR- 10 +10 US$ I accept emittances, cash and (euro-)cheques. For the professionals: If you want to include the full version of TRIZZ in a commercial package (CD- ROMs etc), contact me for special conditions. Send your registration (with full address and cue "TRIZZ for DOS") to: J”rg Reuter Kolpingstr. 6 59939 Olsberg Germany Bank connection: Volksbank Brilon (Germany), Bank Code No. 41661719, Account No. 411105819 Keep shareware alive and register! HOW TO PLAY ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Playing TRIZZ is quite easy. Select "START" in the mainmenu, and then press: - Cursor left/right to move the current tile left/right - Cursor down to move it down one step - A/S to turn the tile left/right (Cursor up also turns it left) - Space to let it fall down - P to pause the game When you have filled an entire row of the playfield, it disappears, and the rows above fall down one step. It's your goal to do this as many times as you can, because otherwise, the playfield will be filled up to the top. And when there's no more space for the new tile, it's GAME OVER! You get points for every filled line. The more lines you fill at one time, the more points you get. You also get more points in higher levels. You have some little helpers in your quest: The Next-Display, which shows you the next tile you will get, and the Stats-Display. In this a little dia- gram indicates, how often which tiles have occured. The lower the bar, the more likely this tile will come again soon. OPTIONZZ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ If you choose "Optionzz" in the mainmenu, you can make various selections: - Level: If you choose a higher level here, the tiles will fall faster right from the start of the game. Normally, you get one level higher every time you have filled ten lines. By preselecting a higher level, you will in- crease the difficulty of the game, but also get a lot more points (see "Tips and Tricks"). - Lines: If you increase this value, the lowest lines will be randomly filled at the beginning of the game. This increases the difficulty, and therefor you get 6000 points for every line right at the start. - Tileset: Here you can choose the looking of the tiles. There are five fancy tilesets available, and with the registered version, you get even more! - Background: Same as the tilesets, but this affects... well, guess what. - Sound: By now, there are only a few cryptic sound effects available, and this just for Adlib or compatibles. But I`m working on this, so if you re- gister, you will probably get a new and improved version. The Optionzz are saved and will therefor be available the next time you play TRIZZ. TIPS AND TRICKS ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ - You get more points, if you blank more lines at one time: If you blank four lines together in level 1, you earn 1600 points. If you get four times one line, it's only 1200 points! - The "Lines"-Option can give you some easy points: For every line you get 6000 points. It should be no problem for you to deal with about 5 lines. More increase the difficulty quite a bit... - You should only start a game in level 0, if you are an absolute beginner. You`ll get incredibly few points! - If you got TRIZZ from a friend who stuffed the Hi-Scorezz with his name, and if you want to reset them: Just delete the file "TRIZZ_11.DAT". If you run TRIZZ now, it will create a new Hi-Score with 0 points on each rank. Now you SHOULD be able to get a Hi-Score... By the way: Do NOT delete any other "TRIZZ*.*"-File! They're all required to run TRIZZ. REQUIREMENTS & TROUBLESHOOTING ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ - You need at least a 386SX and a VGA card to run TRIZZ. - You should definitely install Trizz on harddisk, because diskettes are awfully slow. - TRIZZ tries to autodetect your soundcard. If it hangs while doing this, start TRIZZ with the -nosound option. This bypasses the autodetection. - If TRIZZ doesn't save your Hi-Scorezz, check if the file "TRIZZ_11.DAT" is write-protected. "ATTRIB -R TRIZZ_11.DAT" should solve the problem. DISCLAIMER & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ There is no warranty, explicit or implied, of the suitability of this soft- ware for any purpose. This software is provided as is, and the user of this software assumes the entire risk as to it's quality, accuracy, and for any damages resulting from the use of this software. (Isn't it a shame I have to put this here?) Tetris is a trademark of Spectrum Holobyte. Most of the background pictures are taken from the Inside Multimedia CD-ROMs by the TRONIC Verlag, Eschwege, the rest from various PD Graphic CD-ROMs. Thanks to the guys who made them. I`d also like to thank my betatesters for betatesting the various betaversions ... Well - that`s it. Bye for now, have fun playing TRIZZ and don`t forget to register!