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QUATRIS PRO is Copyright (C) 1990 by Eugene Ignatius Kim.
Copyright (C) 1990 by Citadel Corporation.
QUATRIS PRO User's Manual
for IBM Personal Computers and Compatibles
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| QUATRIS PRO, 1st Place "WINNER" of 1990 Rockwell International |
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| Computer Science competetion (LAUSD). |
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| QUATRIS PRO was actually used for the rehabilitation of brain- |
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I give glory and thanks to my God
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
For helping me write this program.
Citadel BBS : (818)701-7465
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GETTING STARTED
System Requirements
Hardwares:
- IBM PC, XT, AT, IBM PS/2 Series, or a 100%
compatible computer.
- An EGA/VGA card
- An IBM Enhanced Color display, or equivalent
- Microsoft Mouse or compatible (optional)
Software:
- The Disk Operating System, version 2.1 or later.
- The mouser driver program (Mouse.com/Mouse.sys)
should be loaded into memory before you operate
the program if you want to use mouse for user
interface.
- QUATRIS PRO program. The game should contain all
of the following files to run :
* CITADEL.EXE
* QRISPRO.OVR
* PHEAD.IMG
* PTITLE.IMG
* PAUTHOR.IMG
* PROGINFO.INF
* UINFO.DAT
* SCORES.DAT
* G1.IMG
* G2.IMG
* G3.IMG
* G4.IMG
* G5.IMG
* G6.IMG
* G7.IMG
* G8.IMG
* G9.IMG
* G10.IMG
* K1.IMG
* H10.IMG
Quatris Pro automatically checks for the above files.
Quatris Pro will terminate if ANY of the files above
are missing.
Back Up Your Diskettes
It is always advisable to make back-up copies of your
master program disks, to increase the life of the masters
and guard against accidents. Put write-protect tabs on
the original diskettes and follow these steps:
- Use the DOS DISKCOPY command to make a working copy
diskette.
- Put the original QUATRIS PRO diskette in a safe place.
This way, if working copies are accidentally damaged
your orginals are safe.
Running The Program
* Quatris Pro probably won't work under Desqview or QEMM.
If you have QEMM installed, please remove it from your
"Config.Sys" file.
To run QUATRIS PRO, type "QRISPRO" at the DOS prompt. The
program will run by itself for a while displaying the
title page. After the title page, a pop-up menu will be
displayed in the center of the screen with five selections:
- About The Program
- Star New Game
- Start/Continue
- Score Board
- Quit/Save
You may either move your mouse or use your cursor pad to
move the menu bar and select a choice in the menu. To
play the game, move the bar to 'Start/Continue' and press
enter or the left button of you mouse. The main menu will
disappear and a robot will instruct you what to do.
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HOW TO PLAY QUATRIS PRO
Keys To Know
- [LEFT,RIGH] cursor keys. Moves the blocks left or right
direction.
- [DOWN] cursor key. Moves the block down faster. Use then
when you are tired of waiting for it to move down automatically
- [UP] cursor key. Turns the grid on/off in the Game-Window. This
helps you determine the position of the blocks better.
- [PgDn] cursor key. Drops the block to the bottom line.
Similar to [Down] key, but this is much faster.
- [Space Bar] key. When you press this button, the robot will
tell you to move a bar that appears in the screen. Move the
bar by using the cursor keys and press "ENTER" at where you want
to drop the bomb.
- [Home] key. This lets the robot to release a Super Bomb
which destroys all the blocks in the screen.
- [Enter] key to turn the block.
Main Menu
- About Program : Information about the program
- Start New Game : This will erase any previously saved game
and start a new game.
- Start/Continue : When you select this choice, the program
will continue your old game. If you havn't saved your
game before, the program will start a new game.
- Score Board : Displays top scores. Your score will be
displayed in the botton. Your final score will be
inserted into the top-score list when you are game over.
The scores are sorted by the 'IQ'.
What Do You Do And How Does It Work?
Basics
The computer will randomly give you a piece with 4
sets of blocks. The blocks will fall down slowly.
As it falls down, turn it around by pressing [Enter]
and move it left and right to fill the bottom row
of the window. When one or more lines are filled with
blocks, it will destroy that row and give you points.
QUATRIS Number
Each block has a number in it. When a row is being
destroyed, the computer adds up all the numbers of the
blocks in that row that has been deleted. The sum of
these numbers are called Block Sum in the game. When
the number of the Block Sum exceeds or is equal to the
amount given in the QUATRIS #, you will recieve extra
bombs and points. Note that everytime you rotate the
block, the numbers in the blocks will be reduced by one,
giving you fewer points.
Bombs
The number of your bombs are displayed in the score board
in the game screen. When you press [Space Bar] or [Home],
it calls the robot and causes the robot to release a bomb
to help you destroy blocks. Regular bombs destroy only
one row. When you use the Super Bomb, everything in the
screen will be deleted.
Levels
There are 15 formal levels in this game. If you finish
that, that doesn't mean you are done with the game. There
are still more which I will not reveal in this manual.
Speed of the fallings bocks, size of the Game window,
and Quatris Number changes every time the level is changed.
Level changes when you have destroyed enough rows of blocks.
The robot will instruct you what to do everytime the level
goes up.
Game Over
When the blocks reach the top and you are not able to
destroy the blocks in the window, the program will stop
and will display a message, 'Game Over'. If you want to
play again, press [ESC] and select either 'Start New Game'
or 'Start/Continue' from the main menu. Selecting
'Start/Continue' from the menu at this stage will not
allow you to continue the game. You will start all over
from level 1. Your previously saved game will be deleted
also.
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** Problems ** :
Q. My computer system crashes or locks up on me while running
Quatris Pro.
A. If you are running QEMM or DesqView in your system, please
remove them from your "CONFIG.SYS". Quatris will lock-up
your system while displaying the title page if you are
running it under QEMM or DesqView.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this program,
please leave us a message in our BBS.
Citadel BBS PCBoard (818)701-7465 24 hrs.
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