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    ^1Welltris^0 is what you would call the "next generation" of Tetris, the 
 original Russian block-stacking game released by Spectrum Holobyte.  

    As you may remember from our review of Tetris in Big Blue Disk #33, the 
 object of the game is to stack geometric shapes made up of square segments.  
 When you have a solid horizontal line of these shapes, the line disappears, 
 you get points, and all the blocks stacked on top fall down to fill the gaps.  
 The game ends when the blocks stack all the way to the top of the screen. 

   In Welltris, you are now looking overhead at a flat 8x8 board with four 
 vertical walls connecting on each side of the board, to give you a three 
 dimensional view.  The same geometric pieces fall down the sides of the walls 
 until they slide onto the flat board.  You can move the pieces around onto 
 all four walls using the arrow keys, but when the piece reaches the board, 
 you cannot move it. 

   Each time a piece falls and there is no room on the board, it stacks 
 up on the wall, which freezes the wall so no piece can fall down it nor 
 can you move pieces onto the frozen wall.  If all four walls freeze, the 
 game is over.

   This game is a little more thought-provoking than Tetris and more fun, 
 too.  The VGA version has excellent graphics and all the pieces have 
 different colors, depending on their shapes.  The CGA version has nice 
 graphics as well, but all the pieces are the same color.  The game also 
 supports Hercules Monochrome and Tandy graphics adapters. 

    Welltris requires an IBM PC or 100% compatible with 256K and a floppy 
 (5 1/4" or 3 1/2") disk drive.  The game is not copy protected, but you need 
 the manual to answer a question at startup.  Have a great time . . . this 
 game is FUN! 

^R^1-- John Romero