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XTROJKA(6) Games Manual XTROJKA(6) NAME xtrojka - a game of skill. USAGE xtrojka [-scores] [-help] [-debug] [X11 options] OPTIONS -scores Display high-scores. -help Show a short help text. -debug Show a bunch of debug messages. X options Specifies the display on which xtrojka will be run. See X(1) for further details. DESCRIPTION xtrojka is the X version of an old game called Trojka. It finally packs the thrills of Tetris and the combinations of Columns into one (I hope) attractive game. The name Trojka is derived from the Russian word "Trojka", which means "three", or "triple". The aim of this game is to control and to place the falling blocks, so that at least three blocks horizontally or diag- onally, or both, have matching patterns or colors. This sequence is then removed, and the above blocks will collapse. The latter sequence is repeated as long as there are matching patterns after each collap- sion. A sequence of three immediate collapsions results in a socalled "Trojka", which is rewarded with bonus points. If you reach the top of the screen, the game is finished. xtrojka is menu-controlled, so here comes a short description of the menu's. TROJKA Menu New game start a new game. Your old game must be finished. Abort game finish a game by selecting this menu option. Wizard When this option is checked, you play in a socalled wiz- ard mode. This means that combinations of blocks appear at the bottom of the screen. Only real Trojka wizards know how to cope with this. If you played in wizard mode, an asterisk will appear in the highscore list. Slick With this option you can choose between slick shadowed blocks, or unicolored blocks. Quit Well, this item quits the program. SPEED Menu With this menu you can select your favorite game speed. Beware, the speed will slowly increase, the longer you play. Once playing, you can- not switch back to a slower speed. PREFERENCES The speed and preferences are automatically stored in your homedir un- der the name .xtrojka.prefs.bin. This is a binary file, it cannot be edited. KEYS The falling blocks are controlled using the arrows, but of course you can also use the keys of the alltime favorite Vi-editor: Left arrow,h left Right arrow,l right Insert, Down arrow ,j,<SPACE> drop Up arrow, k increase speed FILES /wrkdirs/usr/ports/games/xtrojka/work/stage/usr/local/share/xtro- jka/xtrojka.scores The xtrojka highscore file .xtrojka.prefs.bin The file in your homedir where the preferences are stored. This is a binary file which you cannot edit. The preferences have to be set from the menu. HISTORY In 1989 the very first version was written for MS-Dog. In 1990 the game was ported to PRIMOS, running on the local Prime system at the Eindhoven Polytechnic. In 1991 versions were written for Windows and the Commodore Amiga. In 1992 the Unix terminal-version became avail- able The Apple Macintosh version was released in 1993. In 1994 the X- version 1.0 was written and released in 1995 after minor bugfixes. An OS/2 version was written in 1996. See also the README file for a more complete version history of the X-version. AUTHORS The MS-DOS, UNIX, Macintosh and this version as well as the whole game- concept is copyrighted by Maarten Los. Prime version (c) Jac Goudsmit, Joran Jessurun, Richard Moeskops and me. Amiga version (c) Joran Jes- surun and Richard Moeskops. MS Windows version (c) Jac Goudsmit. OS/2 version (c) Edwin Groothuis Send all comments and bug-reports to: maarten@djoe.iaf.nl BUGS The preferences are stored in a very Unix-unlike way, a not editable binary file. The locking system of the multiuser scorefile watcher is poor. The sound is also poor. In fact, there isn't any sound at all. Some strings are compiled-in, especially the ones shown when the game isn't initialized for X yet. This prevents setting them all from a the application resource file. DISCLAIMER All brandnames listed are trademarks of their respective owners. See also the Copyright notice that comes with the source code. 1 Mar 1996 XTROJKA(6)
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