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From: deichman@cod.NOSC.MIL (Shane D. Deichman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Speed of Tetris on different Macs
Message-ID: <2298@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 2 Oct 90 14:59:45 GMT
References: <257@geocub.greco-prog.fr> <2295@cod.NOSC.MIL> <4b1zzEG00WBK4472YL@andrew.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: deichman@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (Shane D. Deichman)
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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In article <4b1zzEG00WBK4472YL@andrew.cmu.edu> cp26+@andrew.cmu.edu (Christopher Thomas Parker) writes:
>>Tetris purists will be pleased to know that the game is a LOT easier
>>on the Mac if you use the peek-mode -- with the Mac, you can type the
>>control commands while the last line you deleted is disappearing; when
>>the piece appears, it will instantaneously enact all commands and end
>>up where you want it.
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>Yeah, but if you really want to cheat on the mac... read on...
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>Pause the game.  Then, hold down the space bar for a while.  Then,
>release the pause and force the score to refresh.  I racked up 208,000
>after wedging a quarter in the space bar and going off to dinner. 
>This'll work for the DA and the application.
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You just reminded me of a way to "cheat" on Crystal Quest (a VERY
enjoyable game, if I may say so myself).  On CQ, the object is to
move your "ship" around the screen, picking up all of the crystals,
then make it through a portal at the bottom of the screen which open
er opens up after all crystals have been recovered.  You are timed,
and get a bonus for completing the screen in as little time as possible.

CQ also has a pause key (the TAB button on my machine).  If you hit
TAB just as you enter the escape hatch at the bottom of the screen,
the game will stop (your icon will disappear since you've already 
escaped), but the timer will start running in REVERSE!  It can even
go into negative times, so it's possible to get ANY score at ANY 
level (that is, if you're patient enough -- since each second is 
worth 500 points, an hour is worth 1.8 million; leave it on overnight
and you've got a score in excess of 10 million!).  Of course, to
figure the score also takes time since the counter has to run through
each 500 point increment, but it works!  AND, at lower levels, you get
an extra man for every 15,000 points.  Great fun....

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	 /______\        -- "I'm outta here, man!"

-shane d deichman