3 Tetris-clones in 1 game! Colorfull and fast DirectX graphic.
A three-tile column arranged verticaly or horizontaly falls from the top of the game area. You can use the keyboard arrows to move the column, and the up arrow to swap the three tiles between themselves. The purpose is to form columns, rows or diagonals of at least three tiles of the same color. The more tiles are in a "column", the more points you earn. When you form a column, its tiles dissappear and the other tiles can fall. Gradually the speed of the game increases. Besides you can play the classic version of TETRIS. Before the game you can choose tile set, complexity, game area size and other useful parameters. The game has bright true-color DirectX graphic and sound.
FEATURES:
* 3 Tetris-clone Games in 1 !
* Beautiful pre-rendered 3D True Color graphics.
* DirectX Support, Windowed or full screen rendering.
* Cool visual effects and comical sound effects.
* Non-violent and fun for all ages.
HOW TO PLAY:
A three-tile column arranged verticaly (in V-Lines) or horizontaly (in H-Lines) falls from the top of the game area. You can use the keyboard arrows to move the column, and the up arrow to swap the three tiles between themselves. The purpose is to form columns, rows or diagonals of at least three tiles of the same color. The more tiles are in a "column", the more points you earn. When you form a column, its tiles dissappear and the other tiles can fall. In Normal Skill level there are 5 different color tiles, in Difficult Skill there are 6, and in Easy one there are 5 tiles again but one more Joker Tile which can substitute any other color tile appear.
CONTROL
IN MAIN MENU:
1 - New V-Lines Game
2 - New H-Lines Game
3 - New TETRIS Game
4 - Options
5 - Hight Score Table
6 - Help
7 - Exit
IN GAME:
Left - Move figure to Left
Right - Move figure to Right
Up - Swap tiles or rotate figure (in Tetris)
Down - Drop figure
Esc - Exit to Menu
P - pause
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.
* Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT4.0 or better
* DirectX 3.0 or better
* 16 MB RAM
* 3 MB Hard Drive space
* DirectX-compatible video card
* DirectX-compatible sound card (recomended)
* Microsoft-compatible mouse (recomended)
Color Blocks requires DirectX 3.0 or better. DirectX enhances Windows with advanced multimedia capabilities. If you do not have DirectX installed on your system, you can download it from www.microsoft.com/directx. DirectX comes pre-installed with all copies of Windows 95 and later, so most likely it is already installed on your system.
HOW TO REGISTER.
Please register !
Registration will remove all these nasty reminders and give you access to perpetual FREE upgrades...
In next versions graphics and sound will be improved. New tetris-like games will be added. Possibility of creating your own skins and many other features.
Secure Online Ordering:
Price : $15.00
Please, visit this URL http://members.tripod.com/~stas_vihrov/creg.htm
You pay with your credit card and receive your Registering Number in a few minutes by e-mail!
Thank you!
SUPPORT:
If you have comments, questions, or problems with this product, please report this by E-mail to: stassoft@yahoo.com
Visit my home page: http://members.tripod.com/~stas_vihrov
REDISTRIBUTION OF COLOR BLOCKS
You are allowed to distribute Color BLocks (shareware unregistered version only) to anybody you want, on any support you want (e-mail, floppy disk, CD-Rom...), provided you don't charge anything for this AND you clearly mention it is NOT a free program and users have to purchase a license. You are NOT allowed to distribute a registered version of Color BLocks.
If you represent a magazine, there's no need to ask me for permission to distribute my program on your CD-Roms. Just make sure you have the most recent version. However, I'd be glad if you sent me a copy of the issue(s) where you ship Color BLocks :)
NOTE:
This Game Can't destroy any data on your computer or damage hardware. This game don't send any information to Internet.
INSTALLATION:
The software does not require installation. Simply unzip the archive and start playing!
