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* TETRIS *        Johan Peitz 1997
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Disclaimer
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"I do not accept any responsibility for any effects, adverse or otherwise,
that this code may have on you, your computer, your sanity, yor dog
or anything else you can think of. Use it at your own risk. I have,
however, never experienced any trouble at all with this software."

The Plot
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The object of the game is to arrange falling blocks into nice lines. When a
full line is created it will be removed and you will be rewarded with points.
The more lines you remove in one go, the higher score you achive. The more
lines you remove the faster the game will go, making it a little bit harder.
If you can't arrange the pieces good enough the window will soon be filled
with pieces and then the game will be over.

Playing Modes
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- 1 player modes
  Normal. Your average tetris. Play until you lose.
  Countdown. Achieve as many points you can during 25 lines.

- 2 player modes
  Versus. The object of the game will be to last longer than your opponent. 
  When removing 2 or more lines on your side, equal number of lines will 
  appear on your opponents side as penalty.
  Linehunt. Be the first one to remove the selectde number of lines. 
  A very fast game indeed.

Control
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- Default
  Use left and right arrows to steer current piece left and right. Lower it 
  by pressing down arrow. You can rotate the piece by using Ctrl and Alt for
  left and right rotaion. If playing two the oter player will use the keys 
  Q and W to rotate, F and H for left/right and G for down.
  
- Custom
  By selecting controls at the menu you can custom your own keyset.

By pressing 'P' you can pause/unpause the game.

Options
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1/2 PLAYER GAME         How many wants to play? One or two players possible.

SHOW NEXT PIECE         Decides wether to show the next piece to fall or not.
                        Has some strategic influence.

PLAYING MODE            See descriptions above.

HELPLINES               With this ON lines will appear to help you to aim
                        the blocks right.

START LEVEL             Determines on which level you wish to start. The 
                        higher the level, the faster the game.

START HEIGHT            By increasing this value you can add rubbish to the
                        botton of the playfield. This will make the game
                        harder. The higher the value the more rubbish.

MAIN MENU               Return to main screen.


Freeware
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This Tetrisgame is absolutely free. Copy it as much as you like and spread it 
as much as you can, upload it anywhere and everywhere. There is only one 
thing I want you to promise. Always include these files when spreading:

        BASEBLK.CFG     SYSTEM.FNT      TITLES.CEL
        BKDRP.CEL       TETRIS.EXE      BKDRP2.CEL      
        TETRIS.HI       README.TXT      TETRIS.CFG

Please do not tamper with any of them.

Do you want the source? Mail me and You'll get it right away.

Who dunnit?
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Tetris was written by Johan Peitz.

You can reach me here:

        Email:  d98peitz@dtek.chalmers.se

        WWW:    http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d98peitz
