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- (version 1.1)
-
- by
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- LOYD L. TOWE & DAVE RODEN
- ______________________________________________
-
- INTRODUCTION
-
- Floatris is a fun and challenging game of skill. Starting out with the basic
- elements of many existing falling block style games, Floatris was developed
- with the addition of many unique features. The shapes in Floatris rise from
- the bottom of the screen to the top in eight air shafts. Each airshaft is
- like a mini-game within the game. Shapes will rise in one, or in many shafts
- at the same time. Each shape can be controlled into position and then you
- can move on to position another shape in another shaft, before the previous
- shape has reached the top. In other words, you have full time, simultaneous
- real time control over all eight airshafts. At the top of the main play
- screen, a horizontal staging area holds the shapes that will be put into play
- next, but you won't have much time to look up there at higher levels as the
- action becomes fast and furious.
-
- TO INSTALL FLOATRIS
-
- Floatris does not require any special setup or directory structure. All the
- file should be placed in the same directory. It's that simple.
-
-
- TO RUN FLOATRIS:
-
- Type "Floatris" at the dos prompt after connecting to the directory you have
- set up that contains the files, and hit the enter key.
-
- Example:
-
- c:> CD \FLOATRIS
-
- c:\floatris> Floatris
-
- HOW TO PLAY FLOATRIS
-
- Playing Floatris is both simple and complex. The block shapes will rise
- at ever increasing speed and frequency. The object is to get a row of
- shape tiles all the way across the shaft. When this is done, the row will
- be removed from play and all the blocks below will move up accoringly.
- The challenge of course is to keep the shafts as free of unused shapes as
- possible. The more a shaft fills, the harder it is to match rows up and the
- faster it continues to fill. When a shaft has filled to the bottom, and no
- more shapes can be launched into that shaft, the shaft will be closed, or
- NIXED as we call it. A universally recognized symbol will indicate when a
- shaft has been closed and removed from play. When all the shafts have been
- NIXED, the game is over and you will be taken to the game end screen. Your
- score will be compared to the high scores for the current playing session
- and if yours is greater than the top 7, you will enter you name into the
- high scores list for all to see and admire. High scores are only kept for
- the current playing session.
-
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- FLOATRIS GAMEPLAY ACTION KEYS:
-
- NUMERIC KEYPAD
-
- 4 = Move left 5 = Rotate shape clockwise 90 degrees 6 = Move right
- 8 = Quickfloat up 1 space
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- KEYBOARD
-
- Z = Move shaft selector arrow to the LEFT
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- X = Move shaft selector arrow to the RIGHT
-
- SPACEBAR = Quick float shape up to highest possible position
-
- ESC = Pause / Quit / Continue
-
- T = Toggle sound effects ON or OFF
-
- R = Toggle between blockset #1 and #2
-
- F1 = Online help screens
-
-
- SCORING IN FLOATRIS
-
- Scoring is as follows:
-
- For each shape succesfully launched: 30 points times the level.
-
- For each row matched and removed from play: 100 points times the level.
-
- 1000 point bonus awarded for moving to the next level.
-
- 10000 point bonus awarded for reaching level 10.
-
-
- SHAPES LEGEND
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- SHAREWARE VERSION:
- __ after lev 5 __
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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- ADDITIONAL SHAPES IN THE REGISTERED VERSION:
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- 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
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- ENHANCEMENTS IN THE DELUXE VERSION OF FLOATRIS
-
-
- o 18 addtional block shapes (see above, 2 added at every new level)
- o Helium bombs (use to clear shafts, awarded at every third level)
- o Shape morphing (don't like the current shape, try to change it
- to something more useful, but sometimes it's not better!)
- o Support for Soundblaster and compatables
- o More sound effects in both Soundblaster mode and PC speaker mode
- o Background music (in Soundblaster mode)
- o Saves high scores to disk (show off to your friends and loved ones)
- o Printed documentation/quick reference
-
-
- TO REGISTER FLOATRIS
-
- Print out the file, 'order.frm' and go from there. It contains all the
- order information, pricing, etc.
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-