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From: ingemar@isy.liu.se (Ingemar Ragnemalm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: tetris on mac? (Attempting a survey.)
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Date: 13 Jun 91 09:02:55 GMT
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dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) writes:

>In article <1991Jun11.111047.7375@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk> dam@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (David Morning) writes:
> > Chuck.Hoffman@f98.n250.z1.FidoNet.Org (Chuck Hoffman) writes:
> > >Tetris on the Mac is available from Spectrum Holobyte.  Works great.
> > 
> > As an alternative Catch the Buzz is a rather neat Shareware implementation
> > of tetris but with an additional problem. Available ftp from most good
> > archives. Check it out.
> > 
>You might alse try Wesleyan Tetris; available from the same sources.  My
>spokesmen tell me it is very good (although a bit silly at times).
>Addicting is the word.
>--
>dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
>dik@cwi.nl

There are *lots* of Tetrisoids out there by now; perhaps it is time to try to
make a list of them. (I know it is futile, but...)
If we stay with the 2D games, and primarily the SW/PD ones:

A list (and my own rating) of some Tetris-like games for the Mac:
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Tetris by Spectrum Holobyte. B/W version, Color version, DA version.
Very polished. Music, sounds, color version is 256 colors.
Commercial.
*****

Tetrix.
Plain tetrisoid. Simple but ok. Worth the space on the disk.
Poor graphics, but it feels appropriate.
Appears to be freeware.
***

Catch the Buzz.
Well... different. More luck than skill. Gives silly comments in the
window title. Lots of flicker.
Shareware.
**

Wesleyan Tetris.
Nice graphics. Makes rude sounds for every piece you
drop; very annoying. Bombs frequently. Some features looked promising,
but when it just doesn't work... Very large due to all the sounds.
Is it shareware? Don't know: it bombs when I try to pull down the apple menu.
*

Hextris.
Hexagonal. Lacks some features, like high scores. Decent graphics.
Shareware.
** 

Bikaka.
Hexagonal the other way around.
Freeware.
(No rating. I refuse to rate my own game.)

Cumulonimbus.
One of the tetrisoids that believe that the screen should be blanked once
in a while. Lots of settings. Simple graphics, looks poor on B/W screen.
1$ Begware.
**

Columns.
Match patterns rather than fill lines. Nice.
Shareware.
****

The ratings mean something like:
* = Poor. Trash it.
** = OK, but needs some improvements.
*** = Good.
**** = Addicting.
***** = Excellent.

DISCLAIMER: I havn't played all of these games all that much, so some
statements might be made on loose grounds, especially concerning the
games that I don't like.
If I rated your game low, please don't get mad. There was something I
didn't like about it. How about improving it?

--
Ingemar Ragnemalm
Dept. of Electrical Engineering	     ...!uunet!mcvax!enea!rainier!ingemar
                  ..
University of Linkoping, Sweden	     ingemar@isy.liu.se