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From: res@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Rich Strebendt)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc,rec.games.video,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,misc.wanted
Subject: Re: Seeking "Tetris" for IBM XT
Summary: Buy it -- not expensive!!
Message-ID: <10195@ihlpb.ATT.COM>
Date: 13 Apr 89 03:24:57 GMT
References: <6915@cg-atla.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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In article <6915@cg-atla.UUCP>, granger@cg-atla.UUCP (Pete Granger) writes:
> 
>     I recently ran into an arcade version of "Tetris" for the first time, and
> immediately became hooked. It was the first time I'd seen it, in spite of all
> the talk about it on the net.
>
>     Any leads on getting "Tetris" for an IBM XT (clone) with EGA graphics will
> be greatly appreciated. I'd prefer one that allows keyboard control, rather
> than joystick or mouse. Thanks.

The game is commercially available in many computer software stores (eg:
Egghead Software is where I bought mine).  The company marketing it in the US
is Spectrum Holobyte (or something close to this).  As I recall, it was not a
terribly expensive piece of software.

				Rich Strebendt
				ihlpb!res