Xref: utzoo rec.games.misc:4867 rec.games.video:2449 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d:2659 misc.wanted:4557 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!e260-4e.berkeley.edu!labc-4dc From: labc-4dc@e260-4e.berkeley.edu (Erik Talvola) Newsgroups: rec.games.misc,rec.games.video,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,misc.wanted Subject: Re: Seeking "Tetris" for IBM XT Message-ID: <12384@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 13 Apr 89 23:44:43 GMT References: <6915@cg-atla.UUCP> <10195@ihlpb.ATT.COM> Sender: news@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 38 In article knutsen@athos.rutgers.edu (Mark Knutsen) writes: >In article <10195@ihlpb.ATT.COM> res@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Rich Strebendt) writes: >> 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. >> > 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 >I agree; keyboard control is best. > >> The game is commercially available in many computer software stores > >...and is most assuredly worth buying. > >Time to indulge my ego: my current high score on the PC/XT/AT version >of this game is in the 8700-point range. Has anyone broken 9000? >How? On my Turbo XT clone (10 MHz), I have gotten scores of 14000 running the Resident Tetris. For the normal version, I have gotten a few over 10000. However, the game seems to actually run slower on my computer this way than it does on a normal PC. I suspect it is because I have a Hercules board, which apparently is slower than an EGA or CGA in Tetris at least. (even though I can score in the 9000's on a 386 machine, but only when I get really good - the game really flies on that machine.) If you don't want to purchase Tetris, there is a public domain version called Nyet which is available (and I have it, if anyone is interested). It runs on CGA only (well, CGA & up, but only CGA graphics modes), and claims to be better than the commercial version for running the same speed on different speed machines. It is by David B. Howorth (no address given). -- Erik Talvola | "It's just what we need... a colossal negative talvola@cory.berkeley.edu | space wedgie of great power coming right at us ..!ucbvax!cory!talvola | at warp speed." -- Star Drek