Tetris 1.0 This distribution of Tetris contains two files: Tetris: the executable for the game README: the file that you are reading now The NeXT version of Tetris resulted from my desire to have the game on the NeXT. Tetris is quite a popular game here on campus, and since it's available on almost all makes of computers, it is played quite a lot. However, now that I am using a NeXT quite a bit in my daily computing work, I realize that I'm missing out on the fun of being able to play the game on this machine. So, here is my attempt at reconciling the problem. Tetris is freeware, so please feel free to pass it along to others. I only ask that you include this README file with the game so that others will know how to install the program. Feel free to send me any suggestions or bugs you find. If there is enough response, I'll work on a future version. Enjoy. INSTALLATION ------------ Installation is quite simple. As in the normal case, move the Tetris program either to your own Apps directory or to the /LocalApps directory. I suggest that you install it in /LocalApps so that everyone on the system can play. (You may need superuser access to do this, though.) After you've done one of these two, go to the Utilities menu in Workspace and choose Find Applications to update the icons. The only tricky part comes from a file called .TetrisScores, a file that Tetris uses to keep track of high scores. This file can be installed in the same directory as the one that Tetris is in, or in your home directory. If you install the program in /LocalApps, then it would make sense to keep .TetrisScores in /LocalApps. Normally, this file is created automatically by Tetris after the first run, but if you install Tetris in /LocalApps, then you'll have to do some preparations to make the file accessible to everyone. If you decide to install it in /LocalApps, then do the following after installing the program. Run the Terminal application and enter 'touch /LocalApps/.TetrisScores'. Finally, do a 'chmod 666 /LocalApps/.TetrisScores'. (An alternative way to give everyone access to .TetrisScores is to create the file and set the setuid-to-root bit for the Tetris program. If you understand what this means, then you already know how to do it.) Eric Ly dayglow@portia.stanford.edu
If you are using a monochrome system, you should copy the Tetris blocks from MonoBlocks to this directory. You can design blocks of your own by using Icon and saving them as Block1, Block2, Block3 and Block4. Be sure to save you images as 16x16 files. NOTE: Icon will open(and save) the Block images as 48x48 so you will have to change the image size back to 16x16. Also, if you would like to design a color icon for Tetris, please NeXTmail me the TIFF at the following address. melling@cs.psu.edu Also, I'm interested in hearing about any features that you would like added. -Mike
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.
