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Petris Help

# $Id: petris-help.pod,v 1.3 1999/08/28 22:14:01 root Exp $

# Copyright (c) Mark Summerfield 1999. All Rights Reserved. # May be used/distributed under the GPL.

Press <Escape> or <q> to close this help window; scroll using the scrollbar, arrow keys, <PageUp> or <PageDown>.

Aim

This is a standard Tetris game. The aim is to gain the highest possible score.

Play

You must fit the dropping blocks together so as to completely fill rows. Each filled row is removed from the board and the score is increased for every removed row. The dropping blocks can be moved from side to side and rotated - but they cannot overlap the edges or the blocks that have gone before. Game ends when you cannot place another block on the board

Keystrokes

  • s Start a new game.

  • SPACEBAR Pause/resume the game.

  • o Change the options.

  • a Show the About box.

  • F1 Invoke this help window.

  • q Quit the game.

  • UP-ARROW, k, f Rotate the block. (Resumes if paused.)

  • DOWN-ARROW, j, b Drop the block immediately. (Resumes if paused.)

  • LEFT-ARROW, h, d Move the block left. (Resumes if paused.)

  • RIGHT-ARROW, l, g Move the block right. (Resumes if paused.)

To see other keystrokes, or to change or add your own, see the file petris-keys.pl.

Options

Options should be set using the Options dialogue. User options are stored in ~/.games/petrisrc (or PETRIS.INI for Win32).

Any options you change in this file take precedence over the default options. To reinstate a default option delete or comment out (with #) the option(s) you wish to reinstate - the next time you run the game the defaults will be back.

summer@chest.ac.uk

Copyright (c) Mark Summerfield 1999. All Rights Reserved.

Petris may be used/distributed under the GPL.

Petris is a clone of Tetris which was invented by Alexey Paszhitnov, Dmitry Pavlovsky and Vadim Gerasimov.