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- Spectrum HoloByte
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- WORDTRIS
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- Playable Demo
-
- Type WORDTRIS to start - Game instructions appear onscreen
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- Requires: IBM PC or compatible, 512K RAM, VGA graphics
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- This archive should contain the following:
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- WORDTRIS.EXE
- VGRAPH
- WORD_DCT.DAT
- VPAL
- VS2
- VS3
- VS4
- VT2
- VT3
- VT4
- VTX
- DEMOINT1
- DEMINT22
- DEMOEND1
- DEMOEND2
- VTL
- README.TXT
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- FORTH SOVIET 'TRIS SERIES GAME CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT
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- Wordtris, scheduled to release in August, is a hybrid of Tetris and
- a word puzzle set in motion
-
- Category: Action/Arcade
- Suggested Retail Price: $39.95 IBM / $44.95 MAC
- Shipping: August
- Computers: IBM/compatible & Macintosh/Mac II
-
- CHICAGO, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW, June 1, 1991
-
- Spectrum HoloByte today announced the upcoming release of Wordtris
- the next game in the Soviet 'TRIS Series. This latest mind teaser
- is a cross between Tetris and a word puzzle set in motion. The game
- is scheduled to ship in August for both the IBM and Mac/Mac II
- computers.
-
- Just as in Tetris, Wordtris requires fast action and strategic
- thinking at the same time. The challenge is to manipulate tiles,
- each with a single letter, as the fall from the top of the computer
- screen into a well. The play must carefully match up the falling
- letter with others already placed to form a word. Once made, the
- word will be removed from the playing area and points awarded.
-
- Ultimately, the player wants to create as many words as possible to
- achieve the highest score. The score is based on the number of
- letters in the word, the difficulty level (regular and advanced) and
- the complexity of the word. Another factor that can also effect the
- score is the bonus multiplier. This is a special word that, if
- made, will earn double or even triple points.
-
- In Wordtris time plays a crucial role. The player must quickly find
- a strategic place for the falling letter before it hist the bottom,
- because that's where it will remain once it's landed. When the
- tiles stack up to the top of the well, the game is over.
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- In order for the letters to assemble in crossword fashion
- (vertically and horizontally), the well is half-filled with water.
- When a letter lands on the water it will initially float on top
- until another character lands on it and plunges the first letter
- below the surface. This allows for greater flexibility and strategy
- in the number of words to be created. It also keeps the letters
- from simply piling up on the bottom of the well where they would
- essentially be unusable. On the other hand, the water line makes it
- more difficult because there is a shorter distance for each piece to
- fall.
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- Wordtris will feature a tournament mode, competitive mode,
- cooperative mode and head-to-head play. Players have the option of
- either teaming up with a friend for a combined score or matching
- wits head-to-head.
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- Two features, which can be turned on or off depending on the
- player's ability, are "repeat words" and "next tile." The first
- adds extra challenge by restricting the number of times a word can
- be formed to only once. The latter gives the player the option to
- display the next tile before it drops. This can prove to be a great
- asset in word recognition, but will give the player a lower score
- for each word formed.
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- The game's 30,000 word dictionary will give players infinite
- possibilities to create even the most absurd words. Custom words,
- such as names, can also be added for players to construct during the
- game. Words that are not in the dictionary will not be accepted by
- the computer as legitimate words.
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- Wordtris is scheduled to release in August of 1991 for both
- IBM/compatibles and the Mac/Mac II computers. The suggested retail
- price is $39.95 for IBM and $44.95 for the Macintosh version.
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- The software in this archive is the proprietary and trade secret
- information of Sphere, Inc. Unauthorized reproduction is expressly
- prohibited. Wordtris original game Copyright 1990 Armenica. All
- rights reserved. IBM version Copyright 1991 Sphere, Inc. All rights
- reserved. Wordtris is a trademark of Sphere, Inc. Spectrum
- HoloByte us a registered trademark of Sphere, Inc.
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- This archive may be freely exchanged by electronic means so long as
- no part of it is changed or ommited. No more than a electronic
- service source banner file may be added.