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Newsgroups: comp.binaries.atari.st
Subject: v08i046: columns -- Tetrisoid game
Date: 24 Oct 89 21:40:21 GMT
Reply-To: mars@duteca.tudelft.nl (P.C.M van der Arend en Gert-Jan Tromp)
Submitted-by: mars@duteca.tudelft.nl (P.C.M van der Arend en Gert-Jan Tromp)
Posting-number: Volume 8, Issue 46
Archive-name: columns
[maybe i missed something, blocks won't turn. -jf-]
This new game, columns, looks like tetris, but is more fun.
There are falling columns which are build of three blocks. Each
block can have a different color. With the 'turn'-key you can rotate
the three blocks of the column and with some other keys, you can
move the column to the left, right or down. If a column falls on the
heap and there is a sequence of blocks with the same color which
contains 3 or more blocks, then these blocks will disappear.
When you have a high-resolution monitor, you can start the game and
a self explaining menu pops up in front of you. The documentation
which is needed is included in the program (it scrolls in the
top half of the screen). Which are the features ?...
* 10 playing levels (0-9)
* variable number of lines with random placed blocks to begin with.
* variable heigth of the play-field (1 to 16 lines).
* possibility to set your own keys for left, right, turn and drop.
* save option to save the high-scores and your preferences.
When playing, you can switch on a window for:
* Next - this will give you a look-ahead of the next columns.
* Statistics - to prove that the program is not against you.
* Stop - to pause the game and get some coffee.
* Quit - to quit the game and get some sleep.
* Help - to get this table on your screen.
>>> When you quit from a game you will get the main menu again. <<<
>>> When you quit from the main menu, the high scores are NOT <<<
>>> saved automaticly. You must save them with the save option. <<<
To get your columns-game running. First, you must 'uudecode' this
binary. Then, you'll get a file with the name 'COLUMNS.ARC'. When you
unarchive this file, you get the executable file 'COLUMNS.PRG' and
the high-score-table 'COLUMNS.HIG' which you can start on your
ATARI ST.
your dealer PCM vd Arend.
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* PCM vd Arend | ...12th commandment: *
* Delft University of Technology | Thou shall not play *
* Dept. of Elect. Engineering, room 10.04 | columns for more then *
* P.O. Box 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands | 2 hours without 15 *
* Email: mars@duteca.tudelft.nl | minutes of rest... *
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