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- This software is copyright sgodfrey,
- (sgodfrey@zaparta.demon.co.uk).
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- TETRIS VERSION 1.43 UPDATE (28/07/94)
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- 9 levels of random start debris option added. 'Allow moves while fast dropping' option changed to 'Instant drop' option.
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- TETRIS VERSION 1.42 UPDATE (18/07/94)
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- General tidying up.
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- If 'Allow moves while fast dropping' is off, the blocks drop instantly.
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- TETRIS VERSION 1.40 UPDATE (14/06/94)
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- Removed a erroneous gupdate on from the plotting routine. Dropping is now faster and less flickery.
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- Several other small bugs removed.
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- TETRIS VERSIONS 1.34 to 1.39 Not released
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- Just general tidying up of code
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- TETRIS VERSION 1.33 UPADTE (08/06/94)
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- Removed overflow error when score reaches 32768. Reduced wierd shapes occurance. Now appear when score reaches 8192, and less often.
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- Added rotate left and rotate right keys. Cursor left and right now rotate the piece.
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- TETRIS VERSION 1.32 UPDATE (01/06/94)
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- Speeded up dropping and removed flicker. Thanks to Andrew@zarquon.demon.co.uk for the help with this.
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- TETRIS VERSION 1.30 UPDATE (28/05/94)
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- Strange 4 block shapes start appearing when score reaches 1600+. The high the score, the more difficult the shapes are to place!
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- TETRIS VERSION 1.2x UPDATE
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- Just a few minor bugs removed!
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- TETRIS VERSION 1.21 UPDATE (05/02/94)
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- New features
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- 1) Alter Keys
- The keys used to play the game can be altered. Your new settings are remembered.
- 2) Options
- You can now alter various options for play. These are stored on disk.
- The options are: a) Start speed (slow,medium,fast)
- b) Initial piece orientation (fixed, random)
- c) Sound (Off,Quiet,Medium,Loud)
- d) Allow movement of pieces once quick drop has started
- e) Show next piece
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- Various other bugs have been removed!
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- Psion 3A tetris, version 1.02
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- This software is public domain and may be freely distributed as long as this file accompanies it.
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- New versions will appear from time to time.
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- Copy the Tetris.opa file into any \APP directory, and install in the usual way.
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- The keys are as follows:
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- Cursor up/down - move piece
- Space - rotate piece
- Return - quick drop piece
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- Menu - show menu
- Psion-x - quit
- Psion-v - show version number
- Psion-k - show keys
- Psion-h - show high scores (stored on disk)
- Psion-s - set sound level (setting is stored on disk)
- Psion-r - restart
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- The game will not respond to keys when a piece is 'quick' dropping
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- Tetris will halt if you switch to another application, and resumes when returning to the game.
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- This version has limited sound - a bell sounds when a line is completed.
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- The drop speed speeds up continuously upto a maximum. Every time you complete lines, the speed slows down again slightly.
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- Bonus points are given for dropping pieces - the furthur you drop the more points you get.
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- When you complete one or more lines, you get 100 points for the 1st line, 200 for the 2nd, 300 for the 3rd and 400 for
- the 4th line giving a maximum of 1000 points if you complete 4 lines in one drop. The drop speed also slows down when
- completing lines, at a rate dependent on the number of lines completed in the drop.
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- Please inform me of any bugs/suggestions for the next version.
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- email to sgodfrey@zaparta.demon.co.uk
- or sgodfrey@arcade.demon.co.uk
- or Arcade user #897
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