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- 05/05/93
-
- Tetris 1.01 program by Jim Garrison:
-
- This Tetris game is a 32 bit OS/2 PM application that I wrote to get
- some experience writing OS/2 PM programs. The blocks that make up the
- pieces are bitmaps, so they can be scaled to larger or smaller size
- easily. I have a lot of ideas for new features (like better sound, more
- new shapes, help, etc), and let me know if you have any suggestions.
-
- Permission is granted to freely copy and distribute on a non-profit
- basis.
-
- By the way, this information is all in the help for Tetris.
-
-
- TO START Tetris:
-
- From the shell, type 'Tetris'. You can also type 'Tetris n', where
- the n is the new size, in pixels to use for the blocks (16 is the
- default, 8 is minimum, and 25 is maximum.) You may also just click
- on the Tetris icon (which will of course use 16 pixel square blocks).
-
- TO PLAY Tetris:
-
- The game starts when you move the mouse into the lefthand side of the
- window (the playfield) and start the game by clicking the left mouse
- button in it. Different shaped pieces will fall down one at a time to
- the bottom of the screen, and you can rotate them, move them, or make
- them drop by pressing certain keys.
-
- The keys are:
-
- j or 4 = Move piece left
- k or 5 = Rotate piece clockwise 90 degrees
- l or 6 = Move piece right
- Spacebar or 8 = Drop piece to bottom immediately
-
- NOTE: NUM LOCK must be on if you use the number pad keys.
-
- The object of the game is to drop all pieces so that there are no empty
- spaces at the bottom. When a solid row is completed, all the pieces
- drop down one level and the speed at which the pieces fall increases.
- When the pieces reach the top, and no more can drop down, the game is
- over. The top 10 scores are stored in the file tetris.score, which is
- created if it doesn't exist. When you get a high score, a small window
- will pop up, so you can enter your name (or initials and date). To
- start a new game at any time, select the New Game menu item. To pause
- the game at any time, move the mouse out of the playfield (lefthand
- window) and click the left mouse button. To restart a paused game,
- just move the mouse into the playfield and click the left mouse button
- in it.
-
- OPTIONS you can turn on or off:
-
- Control Panel:
- Sound - Makes feeble beeps when a row is cleared.
- NextPiece - Shows the next piece that will be dropped.
- AutoPlay - The game plays by itself. At the end of the game, it will
- pause for 60 seconds, then restart itself again.
-
- Level Menu:
- Beginner - Plays an easy game. This is default level.
- Advanced - A little more difficult (faster)
- Expert - Usually good for a quick game!
-
-
-
- Hints:
- ------
- I find that going into the Keyboard configuration program, in the Systems
- Setup folder, and setting the Key Repeat Rate to FAST, and setting the
- Repeat Delay to SHORT, will make the game much snapier to play. If you're
- really good, then slowing down the repeat rate will make the game more
- challenging.
-
-
- Revisions:
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-
- 1.0
- ---
-
- The initial release of Tetris.
-
- 1.01
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-
- This release fixes a bug, where the Tetris window is not properly updated
- if you use any font other than the default menubar font.
-
-
- Please let me know if you like this version of Tetris, or if you have
- any enhancements or bugs to report.
-
- Have fun,
-
- Jim Garrison
-
- Work phone (8:00 AM to 4:00 PM) (408) 447-6832
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