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- QUARTET
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- Author:
- Anton Carver (apc@uk.ac.warwick.cs) September 1989
- Address:
- 76 Earlsdon Av. South, Earlsdon, Coventry. CV6 5DT.
-
- If you find this software particularly useful, have any comments, wish to
- report a bug or to contribute to the cost of production. Please contact me
- at the snail-mail (or JANET e-mail) address above. I can not promise to
- reply. Please do not send me unsolicited mail concerning the sale of a
- product, or attempt to phone me.
-
- Copyright Notice:
- This software and the copyright for it are the property of the author,
- it is not public domain. The author gives permission that it may be
- distributed free of charge to anyone across any media. You may not charge
- for the software only the cost of the media. The package must be copied
- completely, including this copyright notice, it is not necessary to copy
- source code if it is not of interest to you. You may not distribute altered
- versions of the software without permission from the author. You may not use
- any part of this software (this includes code, text and images) in another
- product free or otherwise, without permission from the author.
-
- All this software is provided "as is"; the author makes no warranty, express
- or implied, of the fitness for any particular purpose. In no circumstances
- shall the author be liable for any damage, loss of profits, time or data or
- any indirect or consequential loss arising out of the use of this software
- or inability to use this software, even if the author has been advised of
- the possibility of such loss. The author does assure you that the software
- in its current form contains no deliberately destructive content, no viruses
- or worms, harmless or otherwise.
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- QUARTET
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-
- Author:
- Anton Carver (apc@uk.ac.warwick.cs) August 1989
-
- Sorry Quartet will not operate under operating systems prior to RISC-OS.
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- Usage:
- Clicking select on the "Quartet" icon opens the game window. The game is
- started by clicking any button within this window. If the pointer leaves the
- game window the game is paused and may be continued by clicking any button
- within the window.
-
- Game:
- The aim of the game is to pack falling shapes in a bin. Each shape is made
- up from 4 cubes, they fall from the top of the screen and may be moved left,
- right and rotated. When one piece has landed the next will start to fall. If
- any row across the bin has cubes in every position then that row is complete
- and is cleared, giving more room in the bin. The game ends when a piece
- lands partly or completely outside of the bin.
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- Score:
- You score, for each piece dropped depending on the shape of the piece and
- a bonus of 10 points is given for each row cleared. The number of pieces and
- the number of rows cleared are also displayed. High Scores are displayed in
- grey beneath your actual scores. The author's high score is 3500.
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- Keys:
- select (left mouse button) --- move piece left
- adjust (right mouse button) --- move piece right
- menu (middle mouse button) --- rotate piece clockwise
- space bar --- drop the piece (to save time)
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- Acknowledgements:
- Original concept --- "Tetris" by a Russian (name unknown in the west).
- This version inspired by "tt" (Tetris for Terminals) by Mike (Mirk) Taylor.