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- Brix version 2.0 * Troubleshooting & Info
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- Requirements:
- ■ VGA graphics (supports high-quality 256-color graphics)
- ■ 80286 or faster processor
- ■ 512K memory and DOS 3.0 or later
- ■ A Hard Disk
- ■ Lots & Lots of free time!
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- Also supports:
- ■ Sound Blaster & compatible music cards
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- Brix I: A New Shareware Release
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- Created by: Michael Riedel
- Published by Epic MegaGames
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- Brix is an arcade and puzzle experience! Don't let the ultra smooth 256-
- color VGA graphics and animation fool you into thinking Brix is just an
- arcade game, because your brain will be taunted, teased, and twisted
- as must as your reflexes.
-
- Your task in Brix seems simple: Eliminate all of the colored bricks by
- uniting them. But the 112 levels in Brix 1 are also habitated by lasers,
- elevators, boiling acid, anti-gravity, teleporters, and more! There are
- enough hand-crafted puzzles in this Epic action-puzzler duo to keep you busy
- for eons.
-
- Check out Brix, another fine release from the publishers of Jill of the
- Jungle, ZZT, and Kiloblaster!
-
-
- Registration
- ============
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- Registration is $30 + $4 p&h, and earns you Brix I and Brix II Deluxe (with
- 112 awesome new levels, level editor, and a level solver), and a disk of
- Epic's latest bonus games. Print ORDER.DOC for ordering instructions.
-
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- Starting
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- To start Brix, type:
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- BRIX1
-
- Brix also speaks German! To start the German version of Brix, type:
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- BRIX1 /d
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- Troubleshooting
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- If Brix gives you a "Not Enough Memory" message, you need to free up more
- system memory, then start over again. Suggestions:
-
- * Try renaming your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files, then rebooting.
- This will prevent memory-hogging SR's from being loaded.
-
- * Create a boot disk and reboot. To do this:
- 1. Put a blank disk in the A: drive.
- 2. Type: FORMAT A: /S
- 3. Once the disk is formatted, keep the disk drive door closed and
- reboot your computer.
-
- If Brix still refuses to load properly, the problem is most likely due to
- Brix scanning your system for a Sound Blaster card. To solve this, type:
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- BRIX1 /nosb (This turns off the Sound Blaster card)
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- Playing Brix
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- Your main goal is to remove all of the objects (brix) from the screen. To
- remove them, you need to put them together -- which causes them to explode.
- This is easy enough with two objects, but can be very tricky with three
- or more. (Try to figure it out!)
-
- To pick up an object, move the red cursor above it and press [space]. The
- cursor turns white while you are carrying an object.
-
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- Secret Codes
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- When you leave the game (because you missed or finished a level), you will be
- tols a secret code. Remeber this! You can use it later to start back at the
- level without going through all of the previous levels. Use the "Secret Code"
- option in the main menu.
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- Difficulty levels
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- Brix has four difficulty levels ranging from easy to hard. While you're
- first learning to play, we recommend the easy level. It gives you more
- time to complete each puzzle.
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- While playing!
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- Press [Escape] to bring up a menu of options:
- Abort game: Lets you leave the actual game. Use this option once you've
- thoroughly given up and need to take a break!
- Continue game: Keep on playing!
- Retry level: Lets you start over from scratch on the current level, in
- case you've gotten into an unsolvable mess. Beware, the
- time is not set back!
- Solve: Brix will solve the level for you. (Brix 2 Deluxe only!) This will
- cost you 20000 points in the second level, 40000 points in the
- third level, and so on.
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- MEMBER, ASP
- ===========
-
- This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principal
- works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem
- with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to
- help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute with an ASP member,
- but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write
- to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskogeon, MI 49442-9427 or send
- a Compuserve message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
-
- CALL EXEC-PC BBS
-
- Call Exec-PC for all the latest Epic MegaGames releases and
- updates. Sysop: Bob Mahoney.
-
- 414-789-4210 (2400 Baud)
- 414-789-4360 (14.4K Dual HST)
- Epic files are in the 'free files' area
- Type 'FFE' from the main menu (Files/Free/Epic)
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- ON COMPUSERVE
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- Type 'GO EPIC' to get Epic's area
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- Thanks for trying Brix!
-
- Michael Riedel, Author of Brix
- Tim Sweeney, Epic MegaGames
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