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- Textris 1.0 Copyright (c) 1992 Thomas G. Hanlin III
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- Textris requires an EGA or better color display and roughly
- 256k of free memory.
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- Textris is a twist on the familiar Tetris game. Rather than
- blocks of varying shapes, it has falling letters from which you
- can make words. Words must be from 3-7 letters long, and must
- not be capitalized names or trademarks.
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- Spelling counts! You may find that playing Textris helps
- improve your spelling. It'll help polish up those Scrabble (or
- Scramble) skills, too.
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- Of course, the main point is to have fun!
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- You can make words either horizontally or vertically. Textris
- will take the longest word it can find. If it finds two words
- of the same length, it will pick the first it comes across. In
- this context, it may help to know that Textris scans from left
- to right before checking top to bottom.
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- You move using the arrow keys. Either the down arrow or space
- bar can be used to make a letter drop faster. The keys are
- shown on the screen, so you can refer to them as needed.
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- Oh-- one more thing! On occasion, a blank tile will appear.
- You can turn this into the letter of your choice by hitting the
- corresponding key on the keyboard. Be quick, though! If the
- tile touches down before you press a key, it will turn into a
- random letter.
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- Suggestions, comments, and registrations will be appreciated.
- Yes, Textris is shareware. If you like it, please register to
- encourage me to write more games! See REGISTER.TXT for details.
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