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33.\"	@(#)tetris.6	8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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35.Dd May 31, 1993
36.Dt TETRIS 6
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm tetris
40.Nd the game of tetris
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl ps
44.Op Fl k Ar keys
45.Op Fl l Ar level
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49command runs display-based game which must be played on a CRT terminal.
50The object is to fit the shapes together forming complete rows,
51which then vanish.
52When the shapes fill up to the top, the game ends.
53You can optionally select a level of play, or custom-select control keys.
54.Pp
55The default level of play is 2.
56.Pp
57The default control keys are as follows:
58.Pp
59.Bl -tag -width "xxspacexx" -compact -offset indent
60.It j
61move left
62.It k
63rotate 1/4 turn counterclockwise
64.It l
65move right
66.It Aq space
67drop
68.It p
69pause
70.It q
71quit
72.El
73.Pp
74The options are as follows:
75.Bl -tag -width indent
76.It Fl k
77The default control keys can be changed using the
78.Fl k
79option.
80The
81.Ar keys
82argument must have the six keys in order, and, remember to quote any
83space or tab characters from the shell.
84For example:
85.sp
86.Dl "tetris -l 2 -k 'jkl pq'"
87.sp
88will play the default games, i.e. level 2 and with the default
89control keys.
90The current key settings are displayed at the bottom of the screen
91during play.
92.It Fl l
93Select a level of play.
94.It Fl s
95Display the top scores.
96.It Fl p
97Switch on previewing of the shape that will appear next.
98.El
99.Sh PLAY
100At the start of the game, a shape will appear at the top of the screen,
101falling one square at a time.
102The speed at which it falls is determined directly by the level:
103if you select level 2, the blocks will fall twice per second;
104at level 9, they fall 9 times per second.
105(As the game goes on, things speed up,
106no matter what your initial selection.)
107When this shape
108.Dq touches down
109on the bottom of the field, another will appear at the top.
110.Pp
111You can move shapes to the left or right, rotate them counterclockwise,
112or drop them to the bottom by pressing the appropriate keys.
113As you fit them together, completed horizontal rows vanish,
114and any blocks above fall down to fill in.
115When the blocks stack up to the top of the screen, the game is over.
116.Sh SCORING
117You get one point for every block you fit into the stack,
118and one point for every space a block falls when you hit the drop key.
119(Dropping the blocks is therefore a good way to increase your score.)
120Your total score is the product of the level of play
121and your accumulated
122.ie t points\(em200
123.el points -- 200
124points on level 3 gives you a score of 600.
125Each player gets at most one entry on any level,
126for a total of nine scores in the high scores file.
127Players who no longer have accounts are limited to one score.
128Also, scores over 5 years old are expired.
129The exception to these conditions is that the highest score on a given
130level is
131.Em always
132kept,
133so that following generations can pay homage to those who have
134wasted serious amounts of time.
135.Pp
136The score list is produced at the end of the game.
137The printout includes each player's overall ranking,
138name, score, and how many points were scored on what level.
139Scores which are the highest on a given level
140are marked with asterisks
141.Dq * .
142.Sh FILES
143.Bl -tag -width /var/games/tetris.scoresxx
144.It /var/games/tetris.scores
145high score file
146.El
147.Sh AUTHORS
148Adapted from a 1989 International Obfuscated C Code Contest winner by
149Chris Torek and Darren F. Provine.
150.Pp
151Manual adapted from the original entry written by Nancy L. Tinkham and
152Darren F. Provine.
153.Pp
154Code for previewing next shape added by Hubert Feyrer in 1999.
155.Sh BUGS
156The higher levels are unplayable without a fast terminal connection.
157