Netris for Windows v1.1 (Second Release)
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|  Netris is copyright                 |
|  ©1994 Samuel Marshall               |
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|  Contents                            |
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|  Weird User Interface                |
|  System Requirements                 |
|  Installing Netris                   |
|  Netris 2-Player Mode                |
|  HiColor Video Cards                 |
|  Common Dialog Boxes                 |
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|  Weird User Interface                |
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|  To close Netris, either:            |
|    Hold down Alt and press F4        |
|    or double-click the 'X' button at |
|      top-left of the window          |
|                                      |
|  In some cases there may be a delay  |
|  in closing, during which the system |
|  will seem to hang. You just have to |
|  wait a while.                       |
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|  System Requirements                 |
|  -------------------                 |
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|  To run Netris, you need:            |
|    Windows 3.1 (or later)            |
|    A mouse                           |
|    A 386 or above (the game should   |
|      run on 286s but not well)       |
|    At least 16-colour VGA graphics   |
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|  The game also supports:             |
|    MCI-compliant sound card with     |
|      its driver installed in Control |
|      Panel (both MIDI and WAV)       |
|    256 colour and 24-bit graphics    |
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|  HiColor (32k or 64k colour) is not  |
|    fully supported - see later.      |
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|  Installing Netris                   |
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|  Follow these steps, or it won't be  |
|  configured correctly...             |
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|  * Make a directory, e.g. C:\NETRIS  |
|    (use DOS or File Manager)         |
|  * Copy all the Netris files into    |
|    it, including any optional extras |
|    like sound effects                |
|  * Copy the netris.ini file that's   |
|    supplied into the C:\WINDOWS      |
|    directory                         |
|  * From Program Manager, choose      |
|    File/New, Program Item, then      |
|    choose Browse and find netris.exe |
|    in C:\NETRIS, then click OK.      |
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|  * If this program is on a CD-ROM    |
|    disk, you can run it direct as    |
|    long as all the files are in the  |
|    same directory, but you will      |
|    still need to copy the .INI or    |
|    the sound and graphics files will |
|    not be configured in.             |
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|  Netris 2-Player Mode                |
|  --------------------                |
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|  2-Player mode still has the slight  |
|  problem mentioned in the Help file. |
|  See the on-line help (click the     |
|  yellow ? button) from Netris.       |
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|  HiColor video cards                 |
|  -------------------                 |
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|  If you use one of these, Netris     |
|  will not work correctly. I think    |
|  it will run but fail to palettize   |
|  the 256-colour graphics properly    |
|  (they will be the wrong colours).   |
|  If so, you should use the Graphics  |
|  dialog box to change all background |
|  file names to blanks or nonexistant |
|  files, and make do with background  |
|  colour only.                        |
|                                      |
|  The initial screen (with the play   |
|  button) may not display its         |
|  background: to see what the buttons |
|  do, use the help file, selecting    |
|  the `main screen' topic, to get a   |
|  picture of this screen.             |
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|  This is also covered in the help    |
|  file.                               |
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|  I'm sorry about this, but I have    |
|  only very occasional access to a    |
|  machine with >256 colours, so I     |
|  had to code both 24-bit and         |
|  HiColor blind. 24-bit seems to      |
|  work - HiColor doesn't. My          |
|  apologies to those of you affected. |
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|  Common Dialog Boxes                 |
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|  Common dialog boxes are displayed   |
|  so you can browse for graphics,     |
|  sound, and music files. When you    |
|  have chosen your file, do not       |
|  double-click it to close the dialog |
|  as this will result in the dialog   |
|  staying visible and looking messy.  |
|  Instead, click it once to select it |
|  and then use the OK button. (This   |
|  is an irritating bug; sorry).       |
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|  If you forget this, it doesn't      |
|  actually matter, but screen display |
|  may be ugly as the dialog doesn't   |
|  clear itself                        |
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