Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato.ac.nz!canterbury!otago.ac.nz!stanger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: tetris on mac? (Attempting a survey.) Message-ID: <1991Jun14.095538.539@otago.ac.nz> From: stanger@otago.ac.nz (Nigel Stanger) Date: 14 Jun 91 09:55:37 NZDT References: <676362172.45@egsgate.FidoNet.Org> <1991Jun11.111047.7375@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk> <3684@charon.cwi.nl> Organization: University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Lines: 29 In article , ingemar@isy.liu.se (Ingemar Ragnemalm) writes: > dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) writes: > > 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: > ================================================================= [ list omitted ] Add to this variant written locally. It's called Quadra, and is a two-player version of Tetris (sort-of). It's not an action game - it's more like chess in a lot of ways. There's a lot of strategy involved. Has anyone out there actually come across this game in the wide world, or has it never left this university? -- See ya Nigel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nigel Stanger, Internet: stanger@otago.ac.nz c/o University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Phone: +64 3 479-8179 Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND. Fax: +64 3 479-8311 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "If I had a quote, I'd be wearing it." -- Bob Dylan ----------------------------------------------------------------------