
          F-TETRIS V1.54 COPYRIGHT (C) MATEUSZ VISTE "FOX" 2002-2005


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 F-Tetris is a  nice clone of the classic  tetris game.  I wrote that game in
 summer 2002  for my girlfriend - Monika.  Because we were on holidays  and I
 haven't any other compilator,  I wrote the whole game  in native QuickBASIC.


            - This is a free software, meaning no commercial ways.
            It has absolutely no warranties, so you use it at your
            own risk. F-Tetris can be freely copied by anyone. It
            cannot be sold for profit.



  FILE LIST:

 F-TETRIS CFG         89  30.04.05  1:53  -  Configuration file (settings)
 F-TETRIS DAT     37.577  30.04.05  1:53  -  Data file
 F-TETRIS EXE     66.585  30.04.05  1:53  -  The main executable
 F-TETRIS HOF        481  30.04.05  1:53  -  The Hall of Fame (HiScores)
 F-TETRIS ICO      2.238  30.04.05  1:53  -  An icon for desktop systems
 F-TETRIS TXT      4.806  30.04.05  1:53  -  F-Tetris documentation



  SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

 Minimal hardware recomendation:
 CPU 486 / 50 MHz
 640 kB RAM
 MCGA graphic+B/W monitor

 Recomended hardware:
 CPU Pentium 75 MHz
 640 kB RAM
 VGA graphic+color monitor

 Note: The game should have the possibility to write on the disk. If launched
       from a CD-ROM the game will obviously not be able to save the settings
       and high-scores tables.



  GAME MODES:

 Classic  - You play  with the  blocks from  the classic  game.  The speed is
            increasing  by 1 at each 1000 points  you pass after  a full line
            (except if  you started  the game with  a higher speed).  You get
            6 points for a dropped block and 100 points for a complete line.
 Hard     - There are some  additional blocks.  It makes the game harder, but
            you get 2x more points  for everything (12 pts per block  and 200
            pts per complete line) and the speed isn't increasing at all.
 Bastard! - The rules are exactly the same than in Hard mode, but the program
            will pay attention  to not give you some  usefull blocks when you
            need them the most.  That's a bit more difficult  than hard mode,
            but the scoring is better: 3x more points than in Classic mode!



  THE HALL OF FAME

 The HiScores  are in the  Hall of Fame,  which is stored in the F-TETRIS.HOF
 file. If you have  two F-TETRIS.HOF file with  nice scores - for example, if
 you copied a F-TETRIS.HOF file from a friend, you can add his scores to your
 own Hall of Fame. To do that, just run:   F-TETRIS /addhof <hof_file>.
  Example:
   You copied a friend's F-TETRIS.HOF file on a  floppy disk and you want add
   his scores  to your  copy  of F-Tetris.  Insert the  floppy disk  with the
   F-TETRIS.HOF file you copied,  go to the directory with  your F-Tetris and
   type:   F-TETRIS /ADDHOF A:\F-TETRIS.HOF
   The game will  automatically compare the  scores in both Halls of Fame and
   create a  new one  with the  best scores.  If in  the 'other' Hall of Fame
   there are two records with the same name (only different scores), F-Tetris
   will take only the highest one. After that launch F-Tetris and look in the
   Hall of Fame to verify that the game has done the job ok.


  HOW TO ERASE THE HIGH SCORES

 If for some  reasons you want  to reset the  high scores (the Hall Of Fame),
 just delete (or rename) the file "F-TETRIS.HOF". The game will automatically
 create a new empty one.



  WHAT TO DO IF THE GAME RUNS TO SLOW?

 First check if it not runs too slow because you set the speed too low...
 If the  "speed"  option  isn't  changing  anything it's  meaning  that  your
 hardware is too slow;
 If you play with a joystick, try to start playing with keyboard support, the
 joystick  routine  in the  game is  a little  primitive  and a  slowdown may
 happens with some cheap joysticks.
 If you play in "color" mode,  try to switch to "mono" mode. The mono mode is
 faster  (less informations to process...) and the  hardware routine for mono
 is a bit faster than the one for color.
 On some oldschool PCs  it may happen that  the blocks will take more time to
 appear in  "Bastard!" mode. It's due  to the fact that the program is trying
 to guess which block is the most wanted by you and give you another one. ;)




                                                          Enjoy!
                                                          Mateusz Viste "Fox"


                         http://the.killer.webpark.pl
                               the.killer@wp.pl

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