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- Readme File For SuperBlox v. 2.0
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- Machine Requirements:
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- o 80286 or above IBM PC or 100% compatible
- o standard VGA card (256K of memory on video card)
- o minimum of 512K free of conventional memory
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- Special note to Microsoft(tm) Windows(tm) users:
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- SuperBlox v. 2.0 cannot run while Microsoft(tm) Windows(tm) is
- active. Therefore, if you are using Windows, you must first
- exit Windows before running SuperBlox. Note that this means
- exiting Windows completely... not just shelling out to DOS.
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- Description:
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- SuperBlox is a 256-color VGA adaptation of Tetris. Colorful graphics
- spice up a great game. New features include:
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- o Bombs!
- Blast away blocks in the playing field. Bombs away!
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- o Dynamic Playing Field Option!
- Placed blocks randomly move up or down to add more challenge.
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- o Self-Play Mode!
- Watch the computer play SuperBlox.
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- o Textured Block Styles!
- As the levels increase, the block elements are drawn with new
- textures and patterns.
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- o Animations!
- You'll have to see for yourself.
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- o Configureable!
- Change the starting level, allow/disallow bombs, toggle dynamic
- playing field option, turn on/off sounds, and more. All of these
- options can be changed during the game.
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- Playing Instructions:
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- Playing instructions are available on-line by selecting the "READ ME!"
- choice from the main menu. If you are unfamiliar with the game of
- Tetris, watch the demo to see how the game works.
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- Installation Instructions:
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- Although SuperBlox may be played on both floppy disk or a hard drive, it
- is strongly recommended that you install the software on a hard drive.
- Using the hard drive is perferred since the game will be more responsive.
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- To install to your hard drive, copy all of the files on the floppy disk
- to the appropriate directory on your hard drive. Below is an example,
- assuming the floppy drive is A: and your hard drive is C: and the
- destination directory is C:\SBLOX
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- C:
- CD \
- MD SBLOX
- A:
- COPY *.* C:\SBLOX
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- If SuperBlox came as a zipped archive, copy the zipped archive to the
- directory you wish SuperBlox to reside in and then unzip the archive.
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- To start the game, go to the drive and directory where the program
- resides ( e.g. CD \SBLOX ) and enter
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- BLOX
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- Command Line Options:
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- There are several command line options available. To see a listing of
- the options, type:
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- BLOX /h
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- IMPORTANT HINT: Users with computers which have slower video cards
- may wish to use the /s command line option. This
- option disables some of the video card intensive
- operations during the game ( e.g. the shaking of the
- screen when a bomb explodes ). Use this option if
- the screen shaking slows down the gameplay too much.
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- Have fun and experiment with the various options that are available!!
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