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- Spectrus
- ^^^^^^^^
-
-
- Spectrus is a game of colours: when four or more blocks of the same colour
- are in a line (vertical, horizontal, or slanted), those blocks disintegrated.
-
- The object of Spectrus is simple:
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- Prevent the screen from filling up.
-
-
- But can you?
-
- The speed of the dropping blocks increases with each level...
- Block colors change with each new block...
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- You can only move the block from side to side, or hasten the decent...
- Rotate the piece either direction or the colors within it...
- But Nothing can its decent before it comes to rest.
-
-
- And the Shapes come down faster... and faster...
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- Mastery will not come easily- uncounted struggles, defeats, victories-
- But you Battles will have only begun:
- At your command, the difficulty increase tenfold...
-
-
- The Specifics:
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Every twenty pieces, starting with the number of pieces that have dropped
- when you gain a level, advances you to the next level.
-
- The number of points scored is related to the number of blocks that are
- eliminated, the level you are currently on, and the number of times the
- elimination takes place (should it trigger successive eliminations).
-
- The colours rotate through a fixed sequence in the piece, but watch out!
- Pieces that look the same may rotate differently!
-
- To find out how to activate the advanced piece set, read below:
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-
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- Configuration:
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- (All command line switches mentioned here are also listed when the program
- is executed as: 'Spectrus ?')
-
- Parameters need only be used once (Spectrus records all information) and
- every subsequent time the program is run the options will automatically
- be set.
-
- /K Define New Action Keys
- (Interactive selection of keys for all actions.)
-
- /G Activate Background Grid (Default)
- /N De-Activate Background Grid
- (Background grid aids in aligning pieces.)
-
- /E Activate Extended Piece Set
- /B De-Activate Extended Piece Set (Default)
- (Allows selection of complexity level.)
-
- /F# Set Beep Frequency To #
- /L# Set Beep Length To #
- (Set this to 0 for no beep at all. Time is in milliseconds.)
-
- /R Reset All Parameters To Defaults
- (Resets the beep parameters and the piece set selection.)
-
-
- Included Files:
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- All of these files should be included and with the settings as shown:
-
- SPECTRUS EXE 205038 11-28-93 5:25p
- SPECTRUS DOC 4879 11-29-93 9:06a
- REGISTER FRM 1101 11-18-93 7:17p
- PRINTFRM BAT 675 01-23-93 12:27p
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- Registration Information:
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Spectrus is Shareware! You have three days to try it out, but after that
- it must be registered.
-
- Spectrus is NOT Crippleware and I don't plan to release any other
- programs as such. If not enough people register, however, I may resort
- to only partially operating releases.
-
-
- >> Instructions: <<
-
- Print out the enclosed form 'REGISTER.FRM'- the BAT file 'PRINTFRM.BAT'
- should be able to do this;
-
- Fill out the form as requested, and mail, along with $5.00 (US) in either
- check or money order (that can be deposited in a US bank) to:
-
- Edward W. Jajko
- 6235 ShadyGrove Dr.
- Cupertino, CA 95014, USA
-
- (Internet email contact also available at ejajko@hertz.elee.calpoly.edu)
-
-
- Thank YOU! For Helping To Support A College Student!
- `^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'
-
-
- Restrictions and Copyright Information:
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Quite a bit of Legalese:
-
- Originally Created 1992, Original Shareware Released on January 25, 1993.
- Updated 1993, Shareware Release on November 25, 1993.
- Copyright December 20, 1992 Edward W. Jajko. All Rights Reserved.
- Spectrus must be distributed unmodified and with all files intact.
-
- Previous Copyrights will be acknowledged, but only if they predate
- this one and only in terms of user interface; All code save for that
- present in the form of the Borland LIB and BGI portions included in
- the executable is original and was created by Edward W. Jajko.
-
- The name "Spectrus", the user interface, all coding, and the all parts of
- the game concept that do not infringe on copyrights predating this one
- are copyrighted and all rights pertaining to these are reserved by
- the copyrighter (Edward W. Jajko).
-
- No responsibility is taken for acutal or assumed damage to equipment,
- data, or related items which is assumed to be caused by this program.
- Use at your own risk.
-
- Registration fee reflects cost of Registered User list and cost of update
- notification (if any), as well as other costs associated with this program.
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-