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- QUATRIS PRO ver 2.0 - Math Edition
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- QUATRIS PRO is Copyright (C) 1990 by Eugene Ignatius Kim.
- Copyright (C) 1990 by Citadel Corporation.
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- QUATRIS PRO User's Manual
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- for IBM Personal Computers and Compatibles
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- | QUATRIS PRO, 1st Place "WINNER" of 1990 Rockwell International |
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- | Computer Science competetion (LAUSD). |
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- | QUATRIS PRO was actually used to help the rehabilitation of |
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- | brain-injured patients. This IS the ultimate brain game. |
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- I give glory and thanks to my God
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- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
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- For helping me write this program.
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- Citadel BBS : (818)701-7465
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- GETTING STARTED
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- System Requirements
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- Hardwares:
- - IBM PC, XT, AT, IBM PS/2 Series, or a 100%
- compatible computer.
- - An EGA/VGA card
- - An IBM Enhanced Color display, or equivalent
- - Microsoft Mouse or compatible (optional)
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- Software:
- - The Disk Operating System, version 2.1 or later.
- - The mouser driver program (Mouse.com/Mouse.sys)
- should be loaded into memory before you operate
- the program if you want to use mouse for user
- interface.
- - QUATRIS PRO program. The game should contain all
- of the following files to run :
- * CITADEL.EXE
- * README.EXE
- * PHEAD.IMG
- * PTITLE.IMG
- * PAUTHOR.IMG
- * PROGINFO.INF
- * UINFO.DAT
- * CITADEL.DAT
- * SCORES.DAT
- * G1.IMG
- * G2.IMG
- * G3.IMG
- * G4.IMG
- * G5.IMG
- * G6.IMG
- * G7.IMG
- * K1.IMG
- * H10.IMG
- Quatris Pro automatically checks for the above files.
- Quatris Pro will terminate if ANY of the files above
- are missing.
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- Back Up Your Diskettes
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- It is always advisable to make back-up copies of your
- master program disks, to increase the life of the masters
- and guard against accidents. Put write-protect tabs on
- the original diskettes and follow these steps:
- - Use the DOS DISKCOPY command to make a working copy
- diskette.
- - Put the original QUATRIS PRO diskette in a safe place.
- This way, if working copies are accidentally damaged
- your original are safe.
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- Running The Program
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- * Quatris Pro probably won't work under Desqview or QEMM.
- If you have QEMM installed, please remove it from your
- "Config.Sys" file.
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- To run QUATRIS PRO, type "CITADEL" at the DOS prompt.
- The program will display a menu with the following
- selections :
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- - About The Program
- - Star New Game
- - Start/Continue
- - Score Board
- - Quit/Save
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- You may either move your mouse or use your cursor pad to
- select a choice in the menu. To play the game, move the
- bar to 'Start/Continue' and press enter or the left button
- of your mouse. The main menu will disappear and a robot
- will instruct you what to do.
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- HOW TO PLAY QUATRIS PRO
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- Keys To Know
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- - [LEFT,RIGHT] cursor keys. Move the blocks to the left or
- to the right.
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- - [DOWN] cursor key. Moves the block down faster. Use them
- when you are tired of waiting for it to move down automatically
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- - [UP] cursor key. Turns the grid on/off in the Game-Window.
- This helps you determine the position of the blocks better.
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- - [PgDn] cursor key. Drops the block to the bottom line.
- Similar to [Down] key, but this is much faster.
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- - [Space Bar] key. When you press this button, the robot will
- tell you to move a bar that appears in the screen. Move the
- bar by using the cursor keys and press "ENTER" at where you
- want to drop the bomb.
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- - [Home] key. This lets the robot to release a Super Bomb
- which destroys all the blocks in the screen.
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- - [Enter] key to turn the block.
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- Main Menu
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- - About Program : Information about the program
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- - Start New Game : This will erase any previously saved game
- and start a new game.
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- - Start/Continue : When you select this choice, the program
- will continue your old game. If you haven't saved your
- game before, the program will start a new game.
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- - Score Board : Displays top scores. Your score will be
- displayed in the bottom. Your final score will be
- inserted into the top-score list when you are game over.
- The scores are sorted by the 'IQ'.
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- - Quit/Save : Save game and quit.
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- What Do You Do And How Does It Work?
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- - You can also run "README.EXE" to get help on how to play Quatris.
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- Basics
- * You see four sets of blocks in the top of the window
- at the beginning of the game.
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- * These blocks will slowly fall to the bottom.
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- * You can rotate these blocks by pressing [Enter].
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- * You can also move them [Right], [Left], and [Down]
- by using the cursor pad. However, You can not move
- them upwards.
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- * Move and adjust the blocks in some way so that you
- will have no space in between each blocks when they
- fall to the floor.
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- * Try to fill in the bottom most row of the window
- with these blocks.
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- * Main purpose of this game is to completely fill in
- one or more rows with these blocks.
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- * When you completely fill in one or more rows,
- that row will disappear and all the other blocks
- above the row destroyed will come down one row.
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- * Repeat this process to keep the blocks from stacking
- up to the top.
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- QUATRIS Number
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- * Each block has a number in it. When blocks are
- destroyed, the program adds up all the numbers in the
- row where the blocks are being destroyed--this number
- is called block sum in this game.
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- * This number is then compared with the number given by
- robot (Quatris Num). If they are equal, you will
- recieve 3 more regular bombs and 1 more super bomb.
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- * The red bar in the left of the game window displays
- current block sum of each row.
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- * You may also adjust the numbers in the blocks while
- playing. Press any number between 0..9 to change
- the block numbers. When you use this feature, you
- will lose one regular bomb.
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- Bombs
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- Regular Bombs : * Maximum Number - 50.
- * Activated by [Space] - Move bomb bar
- and press [Enter] to destroy.
- * Also used to change numbers in the
- block. (See Quatris Number)
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- Super Bombs : * Maximum Number - 10.
- * Activated by [Home] key
- * Destroys everything in the screen.
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- ** Problems ** :
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- Q. My computer system crashes or locks up on me while running
- Quatris Pro.
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- A. If you are running QEMM or DesqView in your system, please
- remove them from your "CONFIG.SYS". Quatris may lock-up
- your system while displaying the title page if you are
- running it under QEMM or DesqView.
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- If you have any questions or comments regarding this program,
- please leave us a message in our BBS.
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- Citadel BBS PCBoard (818)701-7465 24 hrs.
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