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- TOMMY'S NYET (C) COPYRIGHT 1989 BY TOMMY'S TOYS
- P. O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
- CATALOG #89-121-1A
-
- INSTRUCTIONS:
-
- THIS IS THE GAME, A.K.A. TETRIS, ALLEGEDLY DESIGNED BY EARTHLING RUSSIAN
- RESEARCHERS ALEXEY PAZHITNOV AND VADIM GERASIMOV, BROUGHT TO YOUR PC BY ALIENS
- FROM OUTER SPACE. OF COURSE, WHERE WE COME FROM, THIS IS JUST A RUDIMENTARY
- SPACE SHIP LANDING TRAINING SIMULATOR, FOR A SPACE SHIP DRIVERS LICENSE TEST
- -- AS OLD AS THE HILLS AND TWICE AS DUSTY. BUT THE RUSSIANS CLAIM THEY
- INVENTED EVERYTHING, SO WE'LL HUMOR THEM.
-
- THE GAME IS TO MANEUVER BLOCKS INTO THE BIN SO AS TO FORM SOLID ROWS. THE
- BLOCKS COME IN 7 DIFFERENT SHAPES, AND THE FARTHER A PIECE FALLS BEFORE COMING
- TO REST, THE GREATER THE SCORE. WHEN A BLOCK COMES TO REST AT THE TOP OF THE
- BIN THE GAME IS OVER.
-
- DIFFICULTY LEVELS:
- LEVEL 1 IS THE EASIEST, 9 IS THE HARDEST.
-
- MANUVERING THE BLOCKS:
- USE THE 4 ARROW KEYS ON THE NUMERIC KEY PAD. THE UP/DOWN ARROW KEYS CHANGE
- THE ORIENTATION OF THE BLOCK AND THE LEFT/RIGHT KEYS MOVE THE BLOCK SIDE TO
- SIDE. IF YOU HIT THE SPACE BAR THE BLOCK DROPS INSTANTANEOUSLY AND YOU GET
- 1 EXTRA POINT FOR EACH ROW BEYOND 4 THE BLOCK MOVED.
-
- COMPLETE ROWS:
- A COMPLETE (SOLID) ROW FORMED BY THE BLOCKS IN THE BIN WILL DISAPPEAR AND
- THE ROWS ABOVE IT WILL MOVE DOWN TO MAKE MORE ROOM.
-
- NEXT BLOCK PEEK MODE TOGGLE:
- IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT THE NEXT BLOCK TO FALL WILL BE, HIT FUNCTION KEY F3.
- THIS LOWERS THE SCORING VALUES PER BLOCK, BUT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO PLAN
- AHEAD.
-
- SCORING:
- IF THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL IS L, THEN YOU GET 3*L POINTS FOR EACH ROW A BLOCK
- MOVES BEFORE COMING TO REST; BUT ONLY L POINTS IF THE NEXT BLOCK PEEK MODE
- IS ACTIVE. IN ADDITION, YOU GET 100 POINTS FOR EACH SOLID ROW YOU FORM.
-
- HIGH SCORE FILE:
- THE TEN BEST SCORES FOR EACH OF THE 9 DIFFICULTY LEVELS ARE KEPT AUTOMATICALLY
- BY THE COMPUTER ON DISK.
-
- PRACTICE MODE:
- DIFFICULTY LEVEL 0 IS THE PRACTICE MODE. IN THIS MODE YOU SELECT A SINGLE
- BLOCK TYPE WHICH WILL BE THE ONLY TYPE TO APPEAR THROUGHOUT THE GAME. YOU
- THEN SELECT THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL (1..9) IN WHICH TO PRACTICE. IN THIS MODE,
- YOUR HIGH SCORE WILL NOT BE SAVED. THE HIGH SCORE DISPLAY ON THE GAME SCREEN
- IS THE HIGH SCORE DURING PRACTICE MODE ONLY.
-
- TOURNAMENT MODE:
- AT PROGRAM START YOU SELECT WHETHER YOU WANT TO PLAY SOLO (1 PLAYER) OR
- TOURNAMENT MODE (2-6 PLAYERS). IN TOURNAMENT MODE THE EXACT SAME SEQUENCE OF
- UP TO 100 BLOCKS IS THROWN AGAINST EACH PLAYER, AND HIGH SCORE WINS. THE HIGH
- SCORE FILE WILL NOT BE UPDATED IN TOURNAMENT MODE.
-
- GAME RESTART:
- HITTING THE ESC KEY WHILE THE GAME IS IN PROGRESS PERMITS YOU TO RESTART THE
- GAME. NOTE: THIS WILL NOT WORK IN TOURNAMENT MODE UNLESS YOU ARE ALSO IN
- DEMO MODE.
-
- FUNCTION KEYS:
-
- KEY # FUNCTION*
- ----- --------
- F1 SOUND EFFECTS TOGGLE
- F2 DEMO MODE TOGGLE. IN DEMO MODE THE COMPUTER PLAYS WHILE YOU WATCH.
- **NOTE: PRESSING THIS KEY ZEROES THE SCORE!
- F3 NEXT BLOCK PEEK MODE TOGGLE. **NOTE: PRESSING THIS KEY DEDUCTS 10
- POINTS FROM THE SCORE!
- F5 DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS
- F7 QUIT
- F10 (COLOR MONITORS ONLY) CHANGE THE SCREEN BORDER COLOR
-
- *NOTE THAT FOR TOGGLE-TYPE SWITCHES THE FUNCTION KEY LEGEND DISPLAYS THE MODE
- THAT WILL BE ENTERED BY PRESSING THE KEY, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE MODE
- CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.
-
- TO SKIP THE STARTUP MUSIC: HIT THE <ENTER> KEY TWICE INSTEAD OF ONCE WHEN
- RUNNING THE PROGRAM FROM DOS.
-
- COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
- S START UP WITH SOUND OFF
- M FORCE MONO DISPLAY MODE
- C FORCE COLOR DISPLAY MODE
- B USE BIOS CALLS (SLOW BUT MORE MACHINE INDEPENDENT) FOR DISPLAYING
- THE BLOCKS (ELSE DIRECT DISPLAY MEMORY ACCESS IS USED)
- * SKIP THE STARTUP SHOW
-
- EXAMPLE: >NYET MB
-
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-
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