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Netris for Windows v1.1 (Second Release)
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| Netris is copyright |
| ⌐1994 Samuel Marshall |
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| Contents |
| -------- |
| |
| Weird User Interface |
| System Requirements |
| Installing Netris |
| Netris 2-Player Mode |
| HiColor Video Cards |
| Common Dialog Boxes |
| |
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| Weird User Interface |
| -------------------- |
| |
| To close Netris, either: |
| Hold down Alt and press F4 |
| or double-click the 'X' button at |
| top-left of the window |
| |
| In some cases there may be a delay |
| in closing, during which the system |
| will seem to hang. You just have to |
| wait a while. |
| |
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| System Requirements |
| ------------------- |
| |
| To run Netris, you need: |
| Windows 3.1 (or later) |
| A mouse |
| A 386 or above (the game should |
| run on 286s but not well) |
| At least 16-colour VGA graphics |
| |
| The game also supports: |
| MCI-compliant sound card with |
| its driver installed in Control |
| Panel (both MIDI and WAV) |
| 256 colour and 24-bit graphics |
| |
| HiColor (32k or 64k colour) is not |
| fully supported - see later. |
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| Installing Netris |
| ----------------- |
| |
| Follow these steps, or it won't be |
| configured correctly... |
| |
| * Make a directory, e.g. C:\NETRIS |
| (use DOS or File Manager) |
| * Copy all the Netris files into |
| it, including any optional extras |
| like sound effects |
| * Copy the netris.ini file that's |
| supplied into the C:\WINDOWS |
| directory |
| * From Program Manager, choose |
| File/New, Program Item, then |
| choose Browse and find netris.exe |
| in C:\NETRIS, then click OK. |
| |
| * If this program is on a CD-ROM |
| disk, you can run it direct as |
| long as all the files are in the |
| same directory, but you will |
| still need to copy the .INI or |
| the sound and graphics files will |
| not be configured in. |
| |
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| Netris 2-Player Mode |
| -------------------- |
| |
| 2-Player mode still has the slight |
| problem mentioned in the Help file. |
| See the on-line help (click the |
| yellow ? button) from Netris. |
| |
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| HiColor video cards |
| ------------------- |
| |
| If you use one of these, Netris |
| will not work correctly. I think |
| it will run but fail to palettize |
| the 256-colour graphics properly |
| (they will be the wrong colours). |
| If so, you should use the Graphics |
| dialog box to change all background |
| file names to blanks or nonexistant |
| files, and make do with background |
| colour only. |
| |
| The initial screen (with the play |
| button) may not display its |
| background: to see what the buttons |
| do, use the help file, selecting |
| the `main screen' topic, to get a |
| picture of this screen. |
| |
| This is also covered in the help |
| file. |
| |
| I'm sorry about this, but I have |
| only very occasional access to a |
| machine with >256 colours, so I |
| had to code both 24-bit and |
| HiColor blind. 24-bit seems to |
| work - HiColor doesn't. My |
| apologies to those of you affected. |
| |
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| Common Dialog Boxes |
| ------------------- |
| |
| Common dialog boxes are displayed |
| so you can browse for graphics, |
| sound, and music files. When you |
| have chosen your file, do not |
| double-click it to close the dialog |
| as this will result in the dialog |
| staying visible and looking messy. |
| Instead, click it once to select it |
| and then use the OK button. (This |
| is an irritating bug; sorry). |
| |
| If you forget this, it doesn't |
| actually matter, but screen display |
| may be ugly as the dialog doesn't |
| clear itself |
| |
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