Whell, since emmy put up the Flash Tetris page, I just thought I\'d take it one step further. If it can be done, I\'d like to see PSX2Central establish a
Tetrinet server. Its tetris on the internet with a competitive twist!
Here\'s the first parts of the readme:
TetriNET v1.13 PUBLIC
By: St0rmCat (If he\'s not in #tetrinet, he\'s the wrong St0rmCat)
E-mail:
stormcat@citilink.comChannel: EFNET: #TetriNET - Come join us to get some
active servers, advertise your server, find
out more about TetriNET, or just chat!!
Gee, Tetris? Whats that? Yeah, yeah, so it\'s been
done 2 billion times before (give or take a few bil),
but this is different! Yes, all you tetris addicts
out there be prepared for even MORE excitement..
internet tetris! Now you can play your five best
buddies in one of the most well known games in
existence!
TetriNET is for Windows95/NT machines and WILL NOT RUN
WITH WIN32S. TetriNET operates best on a display
capable of 256 colors or more. If your screen resolution
is 640x480, you may have to set your windows taskbar to
auto-hide while playing to see both windows entirely.
PLEASE CONSIDER CONTRIBUTING
- READ SCREEN ON TETRINET STARTUP FOR DETAILS
CONTENTS:
Concept - Game explanation
Inventory - Explanation of inventory feature (READ!!)
Win list - How the game keeps score
Partyline - Explanation and features
Moderators - What moderators are for
Server - What is and how to set up a SERVER
Client - What a client is
Teams - Explanation of teams
Modifying - How to modify TetriNET
Acknowledgements - People who helped alot in the making of TetriNET
VERSIONS - Whats been changed throughout the versions
Concept:
According to how the server has modified the settings,
occasionally a sphere block with a letter will appear in
your playing field. When you make one or more lines with
any of the lines containing one or more of these special
blocks, the special blocks in the lines will be added
to your inventory which is located near the bottom of the
window. These special blocks do different things to players.
Each effect for the special blocks will be explained below.
The more lines you clear at the same time and the more
special blocks that are in those lines will put more
special blocks in your inventory. A player loses when
his/her blockstack reaches the top of the field. The Winner
is the player left after the other players have lost.
Again, Depending on how the server has modified settings,
you will gain a level (or more) everytime you clear
out a certain amount of lines. When you gain levels,
the fall speed of the blocks coming down will increase
making it harder to find a decent place for the
blocks. The maximum level you can be at is 100.
Inventory: (READ!!!)
As said above, special blocks are added to your inventory
when you clear lines with special blocks in them. You
are only able to use the special block inside the red
box. The red box cannot be moved or the game would be
incredibly easy. The description of what the special block
does to a player is located to the left of the inventory.
To use the current special block, press the player number of
the player you want to attack. If the special block is a
GOOD block, use it on yourself by pressing your player
number.
Here is a list of all the special blocks:
* \'A\' Block: This is the add line block. It will add
a "junk line" to the players field that
you choose.
$ \'C\' Block: This is the clear line block. It clears
the line farthest to the bottom in the
playing field.
$ \'N\' Block: This removes all blocks from a playing
field giving the player a "fresh start".
* \'R\' Block: This removes 10 random blocks from
a player\'s field.
* \'S\' Block: This switches your playing field with
another player\'s field depending on which
player number you pressed. If either of
the fields\' block stack is over 16 blocks
high, the stack will be lowered.
* \'B\' Block: This removes all special blocks from
a players field.
$ \'G\' Block: This "gravity" block takes all the blocks
on the field and "pulls" them all towards
the bottom of the field eliminating any
gaps in the blockstack.
* \'Q\' Block: This causes each of the lines of blocks
on a players field to randomly shift left
or right or not at all.
* \'O\' Block: This is the block bomb, when used on a
player, it clears 3x3 portions on their
field anywhere there are \'o\' blocks.
Any blocks that were in the 3x3 areas
are scattered around the field.
IMPORTANT: Blocks with a \'*\' at the beginning of the line
are ATTACK special blocks; use these on
other players.
Blocks with a \'$\' at the beginning are DEFENSE
blocks and should be used on yourself because
they are GOOD
You can also press the letter \'D\' and it will discard
the first block in your inventory.
When your inventory becomes full, any special blocks
you get cannot go into your inventory. You
will have to use up some of your inventory blocks.
