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- QUATRIS is Copyright (C) 1990 by Eugene Ignatius Kim.
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- QUATRIS User's Manual
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- for IBM Personal Computers and Compatibles
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- I give glory and thanks to my God
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- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
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- For helping me write this program.
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- INTRODUCTION
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- April, 1989, I was first introduced to a Russian game
- called Tetris. The computer version of this game was
- in great popularity and I became addicted to it.
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- February 14th, 1990, an idea blazed through my brain.
- I thought of a Tetris with 3D blocks, robots, bombs,
- 3D graphical user interface with mouse support, and more.
- Thinking of the Rockwell Computer Science Competition,
- which I was not even planning to enter, I put my head
- to work and came up with my own version of the game,
- which I call it, Quatris.
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- GETTING STARTED
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- System Requirements
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- Hardwares:
- - IBM PC, XT, AT, IBM PS/2 Series, or a 100%
- compatible computer.
- - An EGA/VGA card
- - An IBM Enhanced Color display, or equivalent
- - Microsoft Mouse or compatible (optional)
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- Software:
- - The Disk Operating System, version 2.1 or later.
- - The mouser driver program (Mouse.com/Mouse.sys)
- should be loaded into memory before you operate
- the program if you want to use mouse for user
- interface.
- - QUATRIS program. The game should contain all
- of the following files to run :
- * QUATRIS.EXE
- * HEAD.IMG
- * TITLE.IMG
- * AUTHOR.IMG
- * HELP.INF
- * PROGINFO.INF
- * G1.IMG
- * G2.IMG
- * G3.IMG
- * G4.IMG
- * G5.IMG
- * G6.IMG
- * G7.IMG
- The program will not run if any of the above file
- is missing.
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- Back Up Your Diskettes
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- It is always advisable to make back-up copies of your
- master program disks, to increase the life of the masters
- and guard against accidents. Put write-protect tabs on
- the original diskettes and follow these steps:
- - User the DOS DISKCOPY command to make a working copy
- diskette.
- - Put the original Quatris diskette in a safe place.
- This way, if working copies are accidentally damaged
- you orginals are safe.
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- Running The Program
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- To run QUATRIS, type "QUATRIS" at the DOS prompt. The
- program will run by itself for a while displaying the
- title page. After the title page, a pop-up menu will be
- displayed in the center of the screen with five choices:
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- - About The Program
- - Help On The Game
- - Start/Continue
- - Start All Over
- - Exit To DOS
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- You may either move your mouse or use your cursor pad to
- move the menu bar and select a choice in the menu. To
- play the game, move the bar to 'Start/Continue' and press
- enter or the left button of you mouse. The main menu will
- disappear and a robot will instruct you what to do.
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- HOW TO PLAY QUATRIS
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- Keys To Know
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- - [LEFT,RIGH] cursor keys. Moves the blocks left or right
- direction.
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- - [DOWN] cursor key. Moves the block down faster. Use then
- when you are tired of waiting for it to move down automatically
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- - [UP] cursor key. Turns the grid on/off in the Game-Window. This
- helps you determine the position of the blocks better.
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- - [PgDn] cursor key. Drops the block to the bottom line.
- Similar to [Down] key, but this is much faster.
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- - [Space Bar] key. This releases a bomb which destroy one
- line from the bottom.
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- - [Home] key. This lets the robot to release a Super Bomb
- which destroys all the blocks in the screen.
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- - [Enter] key to turn the block.
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- What Do You Do And How Does It Work?
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- Basics
- The computer will randomly give you a piece with 4
- sets of blocks. The block will fall down slowly.
- As it falls down, turn it around by pressing [Enter]
- and move it left and right to fill the bottom row
- of the window. When one or more lines are filled with
- blocks, it will destroy that row and give you points.
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- Quatris Number
- Each block has a number in it. When a row is being
- destroyed, the computer adds up all the numbers of the
- blocks in that row that has been deleted. The sum of
- these numbers are called Block Sum in the game. When
- the number of the Block Sum and the numbers given by the
- robot, Quatris Number, matches, you will have 3 more
- bombs, 1 super bomb, and few extra points.
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- Weapons
- The number of your weapons are displayed right below
- the score board. When you press [Space Bar] or [Home] key,
- it calls the robot and causes the robot to release a bomb
- to help you destroy blocks. Ordinary bombs destroy only
- one line at the bottom. When you use the Super Bomb, the
- robot delays for a moment to gather energy and releases
- the Super bomb to destroy every blocks in the screen.
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- Pausing Your Game
- If you find yourself that you need some help while
- playing the game, you do not have to quit or start all
- over to read informations in the Help menu.
- Just press [ESC] key to exit to main menu, do your stuffs
- (read help, whatever) and select 'Start/Continue' when
- you are ready. The program will automatically continue
- the game instead of starting all over. If you want to
- start all over, select 'Start All Over' at the main menu.
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- Levels
- There are 15 formal levels in this game. If you finish
- that, it doesn't mean you are done with the game. There
- are still more which I will not reveal in this manual.
- Speed of the fallings bocks, size of the Game window,
- and Quatris Number changes every time the level is changed.
- Level changes when you have destroyed enough rows of blocks.
- The robot will instruct you what to do everytime the level
- goes up.
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- Game Over
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- When the blocks reach the top and you are not able to
- destroy the blocks in the window, the program will stop
- and will display a message, 'Game Over'. If you want to
- play again, press [ESC] and select either 'Start/Continue'
- or 'Start All Over' from the main menu. Selecting
- 'Start/Continue' from the menu at this stage will not
- allow you to continue the game. You will start all over
- from level 1.
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