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Instructions: The keys to press are: J,j,4 move left L,l,6 move right K,k,5 rotate ccw I,i,8 rotate cw space,0 drop Q, q quit Create solid rows of blocks to make them disappear. Sounds simple, doesn't it? History: NeXThextris was first written during March and April 1994, at the request of a Hextris fan who wanted to play without using X Windows. After developing a healthy addiction to the game, I downloaded the source code for the X version of Hextris and wrote a NeXTstep I/O front end for the game. Although NeXTstep has a quite different style of control than X Windows, the port was not too difficult due to the high level of abstraction already present in the code. Other useless NeXT applications available upon request include: HomerApp, the ever-annoying sound-player-single-button-interface. TechnoBabble, a recursive random grammar parser. NeXTspim, a NeXT port of SPIM, the MIPS RS 2000 simulator by James Larus. NeXThextris version 1.0 by: Mark Gritter mgritter@gac.edu Original xhextris by: David Markley dam@cs.cmu.edu dm3e@+andrew.cmu.edu
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.