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Tetris (Apple II version)

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Jeff Thomas

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Jan 6, 2003, 7:01:48 PM1/6/03
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Was "Tetris" ever released officially for the Apple II series? what
about an enhanced IIGS edition? I knew Jordan Mechner (creator of
"Karateka" and "Prince of Persia" series) was huge fan of the
'unofficial' version. Any ideas where I can find both as 'disk' or
'ShrinkIt' images?

Thanks,
Jeff.

Rob

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Jan 7, 2003, 12:15:32 AM1/7/03
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Spectrum Holobyte released a version for the Apple II series


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Willie Yeo

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Jan 7, 2003, 2:44:58 AM1/7/03
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3 versions was included in the Tetris box.

An Apple II+ version, a Apple IIe verison with Double HiRES and an
Apple IIGS specific version.

I am not sure if I still have the disks (it's here somewhere) and not
even sure if it works !

Dosius

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Jan 7, 2003, 5:04:16 PM1/7/03
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Jeff Thomas <a2fo...@usa.net> wrote in message news:<3E1A18EC...@usa.net>...

Have seen the IIgs version and played the //c+ version. By Spectrum Holobyte.

Images, I wish.

-uso.

no...@nowhere.net

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Jan 7, 2003, 11:25:28 PM1/7/03
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Just FYI: Something I read once in Computist and verified on my copy of
Tetris -
The 5.25 copy protected disk had three versions, 48k B&W HR version, 64k
HR color version, and a 128k DHRversion of the program. There is a 3.5"
disk with the IIgs version which had a manual check before it would run.

What lots of folks didn't seem to notice was that the DHR 128k version
was included on the 3.5" diskette or the IIc+ and was not protected in
any way. So there should be no issue in getting the 128k DHR version
into an archive.

Thankx,
Ed


Dosius

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Jan 8, 2003, 3:32:14 PM1/8/03
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I thought the background was scrambled on copies. Well, still playable.

-uso.

Mitchell Spector

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Jan 9, 2003, 6:13:06 PM1/9/03
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Jeff Thomas <a2fo...@usa.net> wrote:

There was an official port for the IIgs but it suffered from being
fairly average: plain graphics, very simple music (which only
played for a few seconds at the start of each level; and not the
usual Tetris themes) and if memory serves right, pieces that didn't
glide down when dropped. In otherwords you couldn't slide them.

There were several unofficial ports (unfortunately none with
the original arcade music score) but by far DuelTris was the
best IIgs-specific incarnation of Tetris. I successfully managed
to get the registered version reclassified--you can download it
from here:

http://www.gno.org/pub/apple2/gs.specific/games/tetris/

Mitchell Spector

Obsbedia2

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Jan 10, 2003, 1:42:26 AM1/10/03
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<< So there should be no issue in getting the 128k DHR version
into an archive. >>


I run Tetris off of my hard drive. No problem.
JaY

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