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Textris 1.0 Copyright (c) 1992 Thomas G. Hanlin III
Textris requires an EGA or better color display and roughly
256k of free memory.
Textris is a twist on the familiar Tetris game. Rather than
blocks of varying shapes, it has falling letters from which you
can make words. Words must be from 3-7 letters long, and must
not be capitalized names or trademarks.
Spelling counts! You may find that playing Textris helps
improve your spelling. It'll help polish up those Scrabble (or
Scramble) skills, too.
Of course, the main point is to have fun!
You can make words either horizontally or vertically. Textris
will take the longest word it can find. If it finds two words
of the same length, it will pick the first it comes across. In
this context, it may help to know that Textris scans from left
to right before checking top to bottom.
You move using the arrow keys. Either the down arrow or space
bar can be used to make a letter drop faster. The keys are
shown on the screen, so you can refer to them as needed.
Oh-- one more thing! On occasion, a blank tile will appear.
You can turn this into the letter of your choice by hitting the
corresponding key on the keyboard. Be quick, though! If the
tile touches down before you press a key, it will turn into a
random letter.
Suggestions, comments, and registrations will be appreciated.
Yes, Textris is shareware. If you like it, please register to
encourage me to write more games! See REGISTER.TXT for details.