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TETRIS 2000  COPYRIGHT 1997 Prymus Corp.  All Rights Reserved

                          MANUAL v1.0
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ABOUT THE GAME

Welcome to tetris 2000!
I designed tetris 2000 because I like the tetris game idea and
I was tired of all the other versions which according to me don't
give the right feeling. Tetris 2000 includes very nice 256 color
SVGA graphics (for example some gorgeous landscape images),
4 channel amiga type music modules, sound effects, hiScore Table,
pinpoint playing accuracy and more. I think this will be the only
tetris you will ever need.

Game features & System Requirements

* PC compatible
* 256 color SVGA graphics (VESA compatible display driver)
* 4 channel mod music & sound fx (SoundBlaster Pro/16)
* 11 levels (Each level has it's own picture & music)
* Possible to use your own pics, mods and wavs
* HiScore Table
* Pause function
* Drop function (More points the faster you drop)
* Increasing difficulty (Both speed & randomly preset bricks)
* Pinpoint playing accuracy (Fast & exact key response)
* Windows 95 & Dos compatible (Win95 DirectX version coming soon)
* DOS4GW 32-BIT C++ code

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BASIC INFO


  HOW TO START THE GAME
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  (dos) Run the file "T2000.EXE"
  (windows) Double-Click the T2000.EXE icon.

  MAIN MENU
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  Up & down arrows scroll the selection cursor.
  Right arrow selects.  

       1 - Start Game
       2 - Highscore Table       (Not available in shareware version)
       3 - Exit


  1.- START GAME
  ------------------- 
  Starts a game of tetris.

  2.- HIGHSCORE TABLE
  -----------------------
  Displays the Highscore Table.         (Not available in shareware version)

  3.- EXIT
  -------------
  Exit Game and go back to dos or windows. 

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THE GAME


       1 - Game Speed
       2 - Keys      
       3 - Scoring
       4 - Game Goal        

  1 - GAME SPEED
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  Game speed will increase 1 step with every piece dropped.
  Minimum game speed is 0.  (equals exactly 1 second)
  Maximum game speed is 90.
  The only way to reduce your game speed is to get multiple lines.
  
  2 - KEYS
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  Ingame keys are:

  F1 -          pause game
  
  ESC -         end current game

  UP ARROW -    rotate brick

  DOWN ARROW -  move brick down

  LEFT ARROW -  move brick left

  RIGHT ARROW - move brick right 

  SPACE -       drop brick


  Menu keys are:

  UP ARROW -    move cursor up

  DOWN ARROW -  move cursor down

  RIGHT ARROW - select

  
  3 - SCORING
  -------------------
  Each dropped brick gives you a score. The faster you manage to drop it
  the more you will score.
  The more lines you remove at one time the more you will score.

  4 - GAME GOAL
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  The goal of the game is to complete as many lines and levels as you can and
  receive a highscore. Difficulty grows because of the increasing speed and
  the randomly preset bricks who appear in the beginning of the later levels.

  If you complete all the 11 levels the game ends and you can consider 
  yourself a real tetris master.  
  (shareware version has only 1 level but it must be completed 11 times)
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HOW TO CHANGE PICS, MODS & WAVS
  
  
  PICS: Replace px.pcx with your own 640x480x256 pcx pic.
        Replace bx.pcx with your own 640x480x256 pcx brick image
        with the same palette as px.pcx.

  MODS: Replace mx.mod with your own 4 channel mod.

  WAVS: Replace x.wav with your own wav.

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HOW TO ORDER THE FULL VERSION

  Read the file "order.txt"

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