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- Written by
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- Andy Whiteley, January 1992
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-
- THE GAME:
- ~~~~~~~~
-
- TETREN is a one or two player version of the popular aracde classic,
- but with many totally original and taxing levels to keep you occupied and
- to be a little different from the others.
-
- Player One uses Joystick 1 - Joystick plugged into J/S Port
- Player Two uses Joystick 2 - Joystick plugged into Mouse Port
-
- In Game controls:-
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- 'P' at any time during play - Pauses game & stops timer
-
- 'ESC' aborts the current game
-
-
- For the very few of you who have never played this type of game
- before, the idea is to form completely blocked in horizontal lines by
- rotating the descending shapes (by pressing Fire) and by moving them to
- the left and right. Once you start to get confident, you can speed up the
- shapes' descent by pulling down on the joystick.
-
- Each line you complete disappears and when you have completed the
- required number of lines for that level, you can start the next one.
- That's the theory for the first couple of levels - after that, the idea's
- the same, but anything can (and does) happen, so watch out!
-
- If anyone is good enough to finish all the levels in ONE go, then
- drop me a line with your finish code and if you're very lucky, I'll send
- you a Congratulatory Mars (or preferred similar confectionary)!
-
-
- INSTALLING ONTO HARD-DISK:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- It should be fairly straightforward to install TETREN onto a Hard
- Disk Drive, especially if you have a file handler such as SID or DIR OPUS:
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- 1) Use MAKEDIR to make a directory called "TETREN" on your
- Hard Disk Drive.
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- 2) Copy the files "A" - "R" (excluding "C") and TETREN
- into this directory.
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- 3) Copy the contents of the Fonts directory on the TETREN
- disk to the FONTS directory on your HD.
-
- 4) Either i) Insert "Assign TETREN: dh0:TETREN"
- into your startup-sequence
-
- Or ii) Type "Assign TETREN: dh0:TETREN"
- before calling TETREN from Shell.
-
- 5) Once you have re-booted, type "TETREN:TETREN" from
- Shell and the game should start.
-
-
- If at any time during the game, the computer is low on memory,
- then TETREN will display a relevant message informing you of the action it
- is taking - usually turning off the music for a while. Also, the disc must
- be kept inserted at all times, write enabled, otherwise error messages
- will prompt you to take the appropiate action.
-
-
- THE DEVELOPMENT:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- TETREN started out as a 'present' for my Mum who became hooked on
- a very basic version that I had written on the office computer, and so I
- decided to write her a colour version for her Amiga. Before I knew it, my
- brother was drawing the graphics and my flat-mate was composing the music
- and the next thing I knew my friend back home had thought up a host of
- devious levels.
-
- Feeling a little guilty that I was getting all this help and not
- programming much, I knuckled down to it, ignoring my studies, and produced
- a version on two disks which had an extra tune and some sampled speech.
- However, I really wanted to get it onto one disk and so unfortunately I
- had to drop one of the tunes (Mike's personal favourite) and get rid of
- the speech, much to everyone's relief!
-
-
- So here it is - play and enjoy - and any comments are welcomed.
-
-
- DISTRIBUTION:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- TETREN can be freely distrubuted on the Public Domain, provided
- the following rules are adhered to:
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- a) All files, including this document file, are distributed
- together.
-
- b) The files are distributed as a self-booting disc or
- equivalent file type (e.g. DMS).
-
- c) No alterations are made to any of the files, whatsoever.
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- d) The game is used entirely at the risk of the user - no blame
- nor liability for any damage caused by the use or misuse
- of this game will be accepted by the author.
-
- c) The Music and Graphics are not used for any other purpose
- without the express written permission of the author.
- THE 'TEAM':
- ~~~~~~~~~
-
- Andy Whiteley - Author
- Mike Kingham - Music
- Mark Whiteley - Graphics
- Rupert Hart - Gameplay & Level Design
-
- Tested by - Gerred Blyth, Stephen Jones,
- Joanne Westwood, Pete Sparrow,
- Jo Ferguson & Wayne Thomas.
-
- Dedicated to - Mum & Dad.
-
-
-
- CONTACT ADDRESS:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Any comments and claims for winners' Mars Bars should be sent to:
-
- Andy Whiteley,
- c/o 104 Newbridge Hill,
- Bath, Avon,
- BA1 3QB.
- ENGLAND.
-
- or alternatively, you can contact my at my Fido Net address:
-
- 2:253/510.3
-
-
- TETREN was written on AMOS v1.34, Compiled and Packed with
- PowerPacker v3.1.