Polytris is a game with falling polyomino blocks, 1 to 5 connected square blocks. The objective is to stay in game by removing rows. (You don't need explanation, do you?) Tetris™ is one of variations of Polytris which uses only tetrominoes, 4 connected squares.
Polytris is more challenging because it has 29 kinds of blocks, bombs, weights and water balloons. Depending on your skill, you can adjust the difficulty of the game. It can be configured as from 'Someone's Tetris' to 'Ultra Super Duper Extra Tris Plus Twenty-two'. (I never tried this one.)
Version 1.01 works with upper and lower case keys. 'Configure Key' dialog is displayed properly. More minor bugs are fixed in version 1.02.
In version 1.03, for slower color Macs, simple block pictures are added to speed up animation. More bugs are fixed.
Polytris is a shareware game. It is not free. If you want to use it, please send any amount of shareware fee (U. S. currency, please.) or whatever you think it is worth for. Please help a graduate student to get his degree. If you send $10 or more, you will receive unregistered copy of other games. If you send $15 or more, you will receive a version with more cool color blocks and changing background pictures, too. If you send $100 or more, you will receive 7 registered games. If you send $100,000 or more, you will receive copyright of Polytris 1.04. (Copyright offer expires soon. Contact the author for more detail.)
Thanks for your payment in advance. Any comments or bug reports are welcome. Please specify the version name.
S. T. Han
301 Jacks Mill Dr. 10
Boalsburg, PA 16827
U. S. A.
e-mail: STH@eclx.psu.edu
Polytris was tested on color and B/W Macintosh under System 6 and 7 with 32-bit mode on and off. Polytris should run on any Macintosh. It may be incompatable with some inits(system extension) or cdevs(control pannel document). If it crashes your system when you try to launch it, please turn off as many inits and cdevs as possible including Macsbug.
Polytris 1.04 may be freely distributed without any modification, if no more than nominal distribution fee is charged and it accompanies this document. All rights are reserved by the author. Distributors are encouraged to send shareware fee and their sample products.
Polytris is distributed 'as-is'. Although it was tested with the latest version of excellent virus detection program Disinfectant, and any physical damage to your system is not expected, the author does not provide any warranty either to the users or to the distributors related to this software.
