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- Alizarin Tetris
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Version 1.0.5 - "Donna"
-
- This is a Linux/Win32 version of the classic Tetris game, but with a twist
- related to gravity and block colors. Getting it to run on your system is a
- Two Step Process :-).
-
- Step 1 - Obtain It
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- If you're reading this file, you've already mastered this step. Just in
- case, check out
- http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~weimer/atris/
-
- Step 2 - Method A - Win32 Binary
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- UnZip the file (atris-1.0.5-win32.zip) in some directory (e.g., "C:\Program
- Files\"). It will make its own "atris" subdirectory. You're done. Use
- Windows Explorer (or somesuch) to run the "atris.exe" file in that
- directory.
-
- Optional: UnZip the file (atris-sounds-1.0.1-win32.zip) in the same
- directory (e.g., "C:\Program Files\"). Now you'll have neato sound effects.
-
- Step 2 - Method B - Linux Binary RPM
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Download and install (rpm -i) the following RPMs:
- freetype-1.3.1-1.i386.rpm (or newer, but not version 2)
- SDL-1.1.6-1.i386.rpm (or newer)
- SDL_ttf-1.2.2-1.i386.rpm (or newer)
- atris-1.0.5-1.i386.rpm (or newer)
- atris-sounds-1.0.1-1.noarch.rpm (or newer, optional)
-
- Run "atris" at any shell prompt.
-
- Step 2 - Method C - Use The Source
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Download, unpack, configure, make, make install:
- freetype-1.3.1.tar.gz (or newer, but not version 2)
- SDL-1.1.6.tar.gz (or newer)
- SDL_ttf-1.2.2.tar.gz (or newer)
- atris-1.0.5.tar.gz (or newer)
- atris-sounds-1.0.1.tar.gz (or newer, optional)
-
- I have successfully built the atris source on x86-linux natively and using
- the mingwin unix->win32 cross compiler. Every effort has been made to make
- it portable across platforms.
-
- You're Done!
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Atris does take some command line arguments, use "atris -h" to get a list.
- Note that under Win32, all the output goes to "stdout.txt".
-
- See "Docs/atris.html" for instructions on actually playing the game and
- strategy hints.
-