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- QUATRIS PRO is Copyright (C) 1990 by Eugene Ignatius Kim.
- Copyright (C) 1990 by Citadel Corporation.
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- QUATRIS PRO User's Manual
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- for IBM Personal Computers and Compatibles
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- | QUATRIS PRO, 1st Place "WINNER" of 1990 Rockwell International |
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- | Computer Science competetion (LAUSD). |
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- | QUATRIS PRO was actually used for the rehabilitation of brain- |
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- | injured patients. This IS the ultimate brain game. |
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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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- Citadel BBS : (818)701-7465
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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 PRO program. The game should contain all
- of the following files to run :
- * CITADEL.EXE
- * QRISPRO.OVR
- * PHEAD.IMG
- * PTITLE.IMG
- * PAUTHOR.IMG
- * PROGINFO.INF
- * UINFO.DAT
- * SCORES.DAT
- * G1.IMG
- * G2.IMG
- * G3.IMG
- * G4.IMG
- * G5.IMG
- * G6.IMG
- * G7.IMG
- * G8.IMG
- * G9.IMG
- * G10.IMG
- * K1.IMG
- * H10.IMG
- Quatris Pro automatically checks for the above files.
- Quatris Pro will terminate if ANY of the files above
- are 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:
- - Use the DOS DISKCOPY command to make a working copy
- diskette.
- - Put the original QUATRIS PRO diskette in a safe place.
- This way, if working copies are accidentally damaged
- your orginals are safe.
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- Running The Program
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- * Quatris Pro probably won't work under Desqview or QEMM.
- If you have QEMM installed, please remove it from your
- "Config.Sys" file.
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- To run QUATRIS PRO, type "QRISPRO" 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 selections:
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- - About The Program
- - Star New Game
- - Start/Continue
- - Score Board
- - Quit/Save
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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 PRO
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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. When you press this button, the robot will
- tell you to move a bar that appears in the screen. Move the
- bar by using the cursor keys and press "ENTER" at where you want
- to drop the bomb.
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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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- Main Menu
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- - About Program : Information about the program
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- - Start New Game : This will erase any previously saved game
- and start a new game.
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- - Start/Continue : When you select this choice, the program
- will continue your old game. If you havn't saved your
- game before, the program will start a new game.
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- - Score Board : Displays top scores. Your score will be
- displayed in the botton. Your final score will be
- inserted into the top-score list when you are game over.
- The scores are sorted by the 'IQ'.
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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 blocks 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 exceeds or is equal to the
- amount given in the QUATRIS #, you will recieve extra
- bombs and points. Note that everytime you rotate the
- block, the numbers in the blocks will be reduced by one,
- giving you fewer points.
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- Bombs
- The number of your bombs are displayed in the score board
- in the game screen. When you press [Space Bar] or [Home],
- it calls the robot and causes the robot to release a bomb
- to help you destroy blocks. Regular bombs destroy only
- one row. When you use the Super Bomb, everything in the
- screen will be deleted.
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- Levels
- There are 15 formal levels in this game. If you finish
- that, that 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
- 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 New Game'
- or 'Start/Continue' 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. Your previously saved game will be deleted
- also.
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- ** Problems ** :
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- Q. My computer system crashes or locks up on me while running
- Quatris Pro.
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- A. If you are running QEMM or DesqView in your system, please
- remove them from your "CONFIG.SYS". Quatris will lock-up
- your system while displaying the title page if you are
- running it under QEMM or DesqView.
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- If you have any questions or comments regarding this program,
- please leave us a message in our BBS.
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- Citadel BBS PCBoard (818)701-7465 24 hrs.
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