Tetris Again
Version 3.1 for Windows 95(tm)
Copyright (c) 1996-1998 dmagic
All Rights Reserved
by Poul Halgaard Joergensen
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This game is a variant of the old known Tetris game - with a major facelift. The program is distributed as shareware - please pay for it if you like it.

Features includes:
* Great true color mode graphics
* Smooth moving bricks
* Great soundeffects
* Mouse control (Yes - and works great too!) or keyboard control
* Tree different gametypes: speed, cleaning and time challenge!
* Hiscorelist (works with networked scorelists too!)
* Very intuitive userinterface
* Demo function (plays game by itself) & replay (records your game and allows you to replay it.).
* Great graphics performance and color reduction support for 256-color mode
* Windows friendly 
* With install/uninstall
* ... and a lot more! (and even more to come, if you support my effort by registering.)

Installation:
Just run the Setup program. Use Control panels "add/remove program" facility, to remove it again. This program does not create any files in other places, than it's homedirectory.

Playing the game:
Fill out a whole horizontal line by placing the bricks with the arrow keys. Use arrow-up or return to flip the brick. Use Arrow-down to drop the brick quickly. 
If you play the "Cleaning" gametype, you must clean the playfield from bricks that are already there from the start. In the "Time" gametype, you must get a number of rows within a set timeframe. This is illustrated by two blinking red dots.

How to get great scores:
Try to create as many lines as possible, at the same time, in the beginning of the game. When it starts to get a bit speedy, play more conservatively. 1 line gives you 50 points, 2 lines 100 points, 3 lines 200 points and 4 lines 400 points! If you have any closed holes, try not to drop too many bricks on top of the highest of these. Holes with 3 or more fields are potentially dangerous, try to avoid this. Too many holes with 2 fields are not very nice either. It's wise to have a landing spot for the 2 * 2 (blue) bricks to avoid holes. And... keep an eye on the next brick!

Tips:
* You do not have to wait for wipes to complete - just press the mouse on the area and they will finish at once. (Or any keyboard key - except the Esc-key.)
* You can use the Esc-key to exit the game or quit any screen.
* The game can also be controlled with the mouse. Try clicking on the brick.

Disclaimer
Users of the product must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
"The Tetris Again package is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of the product."

This software remains the property of the author.  This software may not be modified in any way.

Distribution
Beyond a fee for the reproduction and media cost, no fee may be charged for distribution of this software, without the written permission from dmagic. All files must be included.

Network topscorelist
If you are connected to a network you can use the same scorelist as many other players! To install this facility, follow these steps:
1. Run TetrisAgain from a nonwriteprotected disk.
2. Check out the TopScore list, by pressing the TopScore-button. This writes TetrisAgain.dat to the disk.
3. Copy TetrisAgain.dat, from the TetrisAgain directory, to the network location where the common list should be. In the TetrisAgain.ini file, write the path to the TetrisAgain.dat file, e.g. ScoreListPath=x:\TetrisA
4. You should be up and running by now.
5. You can also just install the program on the network instead. Then you don't have to follow these steps.

Ordering

For details on ordering see the Order.txt file, located in the same folder as this text.
