BASTET(6) Games Manual BASTET(6)NAME
bastet - Tetris(r) clone with "bastard" block-choosing AI
SYNOPSIS
bastet
DESCRIPTION
bastet (short for "bastard tetris") is a Tetris(r) clone which tries to give you the worst possible block. Playing bastet can be a painful
experience, especially if you usually make "canyons" and wait for the long I-shaped block.
USAGE
bastet tries to conform as much as possible to the tetris guidelines. We refer to those for the rules of the game. In the starting menu,
you can configure the key bindings; the default ones are:
DOWN moves the tetromino down (one single step)
LEFT moves the tetromino left
RIGHT moves the tetromino right
SPACE rotates CW
UP rotates CCW
ENTER drops the tetromino as far down as possible (hard drop)
P pauses the game
CTRL+C exits the game without any further prompt
PLAYING MODES
The game includes two playing modes. In the second one (harder), you do not get the preview of the next tetromino, and the algorithm is
modified to take advantage of this.
FILES
$(HOME)/.bastetrc User options
$(HOME)/.bastetscores User-specific high scores file (used only if the system high scores file is unavailable)
/var/games/bastet.scores2 System-wide high scores for bastet.
OPTIONS
None.
BUGS
Many.
AUTHOR
Federico Poloni <fph@ngi.it>
FEBRUARY 2009 BASTET(6)
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TETRIS(6) BSD Games Manual TETRIS(6)NAME
tetris -- the game of tetris
SYNOPSIS
tetris [-ps] [-k keys] [-l level]
DESCRIPTION
The tetris command runs display-based game which must be played on a CRT terminal. The object is to fit the shapes together forming complete
rows, which then vanish. When the shapes fill up to the top, the game ends. You can optionally select a level of play, or custom-select
control keys.
The default level of play is 2.
The default control keys are as follows:
j move left
k rotate 1/4 turn counterclockwise
l move right
<space> drop
p pause
q quit
The options are as follows:
-k The default control keys can be changed using the -k option. The keys argument must have the six keys in order, and, remember to
quote any space or tab characters from the shell. For example:
tetris -l 2 -k 'jkl pq'
will play the default games, i.e. level 2 and with the default control keys. The current key settings are displayed at the bottom of
the screen during play.
-l Select a level of play.
-s Display the top scores.
-p Switch on previewing of the shape that will appear next.
PLAY
At the start of the game, a shape will appear at the top of the screen, falling one square at a time. The speed at which it falls is deter-
mined directly by the level: if you select level 2, the blocks will fall twice per second; at level 9, they fall 9 times per second. (As the
game goes on, things speed up, no matter what your initial selection.) When this shape ``touches down'' on the bottom of the field, another
will appear at the top.
You can move shapes to the left or right, rotate them counterclockwise, or drop them to the bottom by pressing the appropriate keys. As you
fit them together, completed horizontal rows vanish, and any blocks above fall down to fill in. When the blocks stack up to the top of the
screen, the game is over.
SCORING
You get one point for every block you fit into the stack, and one point for every space a block falls when you hit the drop key. (Dropping
the blocks is therefore a good way to increase your score.) Your total score is the product of the level of play and your accumulated points
-- 200 points on level 3 gives you a score of 600. Each player gets at most one entry on any level, for a total of nine scores in the high
scores file. Players who no longer have accounts are limited to one score. Also, scores over 5 years old are expired. The exception to
these conditions is that the highest score on a given level is always kept, so that following generations can pay homage to those who have
wasted serious amounts of time.
The score list is produced at the end of the game. The printout includes each player's overall ranking, name, score, and how many points
were scored on what level. Scores which are the highest on a given level are marked with asterisks ``*''.
FILES
/var/games/bsdgames/tetris-bsd.scores high score file
BUGS
The higher levels are unplayable without a fast terminal connection.
AUTHORS
Adapted from a 1989 International Obfuscated C Code Contest winner by Chris Torek and Darren F. Provine.
Manual adapted from the original entry written by Nancy L. Tinkham and Darren F. Provine.
Code for previewing next shape added by Hubert Feyrer in 1999.
BSD May 31, 1993 BSD