Honorably mentioned in the 1993 MacUser Shareware Awards, favorably reviewed in several books and magazines, guaranteed to get you addicted... it's Tetris Max! Tetris Max is an outstanding implementation of the classic game Tetris, featuring beautiful 256-color artwork, an original music soundtrack, awesome sound effects, and more. Check out the game that everyone is talking about! Tetris Max is $10 shareware (free for those people who've paid for previous versions).
If you enjoy Tetris Max and play it often, PLEASE send in the $10 shareware fee. It is not very much compared to the cost of a commercial game, and it motivates me to keep improving Tetris Max as well as to work on new games. By even the most optimistic estimate, less than 2% of the people who have older versions of Tetris Max have actually sent in the shareware fee. If you play, please pay. New versions of Tetris Max are always free for registered users. Those who register will also be kept informed of new version releases, as well as the releases of any new products.
Steve Chamberlin
Opinicus Microtechnologies
P.O. Box 390180
Cambridge, MA 02139
email: granola@aol.com
Answers to a few common questions:
¥ "Is there a DOS or Windows version of Tetris Max?"
Yes! There is a Windows version called "Bricklayer" which is very faithful to the original Macintosh version. Look for it on America Online or any of the standard internet archive sites such as wuarchive.wustl.edu.
¥ "Do I need to register Tetris Max and Bricklayer separately?"
Yes. Just as buying Word for the Mac doesn't give you a free copy of Word for Windows, Tetris Max and Bricklayer must be purchased separately. In fact, I didn't even write the Windows port, nor do the shareware fees for it go to me.
¥ "What are the 'extra bonuses' referred to in the instructions?"
Play long enough and you'll probably discover them by accident. If you're really stumped, send me email and I'll clue you in.
¥ "What is the best high score you've seen?"
Care needs to be taken in comparing high scores from different versions of Tetris Max. Versions 2.3 and later are faster and harder than previous versions, so high scores from these versions will therefore be lower. The best score I've seen on one of the older versions is just over 200,000. On the newer version, the best I've seen is roughly 52,000.
¥ "What happened to Log Software?"
Log Software was a figment of my imagination, created for Tetris Max 1.0 because I felt that I need to make up a software publisher's name for the "about" screen. It has since been replaced by Opinicus Microtechnologies, a real company that can do real company stuff, most important of which being cashing checks in its name.
¥ "I'm new to Mac programming. How do I get started?"
First you'll need either a C or a Pascal compiler. I recommend and use the Think C compiler. Metrowerks' Code Warrior includes both a C and a Pascal compiler, and has also received favorable reviews. Next, you'll need some reference books. The "Inside Macintosh" series of books published by Addison Wesley is the encyclopedia of Mac information. It's an extremely valuable reference, but a lousy way to learn the stuff for the first time. For that purpose, I recommed the Macintosh C Programming Primer (volumes I and II) by Dave Mark, also published by Addison Wesley. Finally, it'll really help if you have somebody else's source code that you can look at for guidance. Joining a local user group can be helpful for this purpose. The USENET newsgroup comp.sys.mac.programmer is also an excellent source of program snippets and other good information.
