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                          *****        FRETRIS README       *****
                        *****  2001 - Grumpy Gnome Software  *****
                         ***  Website - www.grumpygnome.8m.com  ***
                          ***   Feedback : frakilk@yahoo.com   ****
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Legal Stuff:
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Using this software is to be done so at your own risk. I cannot accept responsibility for any damage or loss of data occured as a result of using this software.

Introduction:
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As if you hadn't guessed by now Fretris is basically a Tetris clone but with a much wider playing area. I decided to program a Tetris clone as it would be good practice and would provide a lot of experience that could be applied to later projects. I took me just over a month to program and a lot of this was spent tweaking the gameplay to get it just right. I tried to keep the basic gameplay as close to the Nintendo Gameboy version as possible as in my opinion it is the best version.

Running the game:
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Nothing too difficult here. Just make sure you have the files "fretris.exe", "gamedata.dat" and "highscore.dat" unzipped into the same directory and you should have no problems.

Main Menu:
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  START GAME - Starts the game
  OPTIONS    - Allows you to turn on and off the music and the shape appearing in the "next"                box
  HIGHSCORES - Displays the top 5 scores for the game
  CREDITS    - Displays the credits for the game
  HELP       - Display the game's controls
  EXIT       - Exits the game

Controls:
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  Movement of the shapes - left, right and down arrow keys
  Rotate clockwise       - J
  Rotate anticlockwise   - K

Credits:
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Programming and graphics : Francis Kilkelly
Additional testing : Murchadh O'Tuairisg
Title screen music : Actraiser on the Super Nintendo
In-game music : Castlevania 4 on the Super Nintendo

Compiled under DJGPP and linked with the Allegro graphics library.
Graphics created using Macromedia Fireworks.
Font created using TTF2PCX


If you have any comments or suggestions about Fretris you are welcome to send them to frakilk@yahoo.com.

Enjoy!


2001 - Grumpy Gnome Software
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You can use this game and source code in any way you want to, but if it
is going to be used in or as a commercial product permission has to be
granted.