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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Help for Tetris V1.01 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Tetris V1.01 OverView
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- 05/05/93 Tetris Version 1.01 by Jim Garrison:
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- 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. See the topic Revisions for more
- information about changes between different versions of this Tetris program.
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- Permission is granted to freely copy and distribute on a non-profit basis.
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- To get more information about Tetris, double click on one of the following
- highlighted words (or press the Tab key until the highlighted word is selected
- and then press Enter).
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- Starting Tetris Keys Options Hints Top scores
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- Please let me know if you like this version of Tetris, or if you have any
- enhancements or bugs to report.
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- Have fun,
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- Jim Garrison
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- Work phone (8 AM to 4 PM) (408) 447-6832
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1. TO START Tetris ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- TO START Tetris :
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- 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).
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- TO PLAY Tetris :
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- 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.
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- The object of the game :
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- 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.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.2. The keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The keys are :
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- 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
- s = Pause the game
- g = Restart game paused by pressing the s key
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- Note: You can also restart a paused game by clicking the left mouse button in
- the playfield window.
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- Note: NUM LOCK must be on if you use the number pad keys.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.2.1. Top Scores ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Top scores :
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- The top 10 scores are stored in the file tetris.scr, 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.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.3. Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Options you can turn on or off :
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- o Control panel:
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- - Sound Makes feeble beeps when a row is cleared.
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- - NextPiece Shows the next piece that will be dropped.
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- - AutoPlay The game plays by itself. At the end of the game, it will pause
- for 60 seconds, then restart itself again.
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- o Level Menu:
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- - Beginner Plays an easy game. This is default level.
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- - Advanced A little more difficult (faster)
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- - Expert Usually good for a quick game!
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.4. Hints ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Hints :
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- 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.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.4.1. Known bugs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Known Bugs :
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- Hopefully there aren't any!
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- 1. If you have the key repeat rate set too slow, the game seems rather
- slugish.
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- 2. The game does not save any setting changes that you make.
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- 3. While you were here browsing help, the game dropped the piece a notch or
- two!
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.4.2. Revisions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Revisions :
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- 1.0 :
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- This was the first version I released.
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- 1.01 :
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- This version fixes a bug that appears when you use a non default text size for
- your menubars. What would happen, is a portion of the window would not get
- refreshed, so whatever was under the Tetris window would show through in that
- area. I now check the size of the menubar window, and size things accordingly
- so it looks right.
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