Atris Alizarin Tetris

Alizarin Tetris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Version 1.0.7 - "fewer buffer overruns" This is a Linux/Win32 version of the classic Tetris game, but with a twist related to gravity and block colors. Getting it to run on your system is a Two Step Process :-). Step 1 - Obtain It ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you're reading this file, you've already mastered this step. Just in case, check out http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~weimer/atris/ Step 2 - Method A - Win32 Binary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UnZip the file (atris-1.0.7-win32.zip) in some directory (e.g., "C:\Program Files\"). It will make its own "atris" subdirectory. You're done. Use Windows Explorer (or somesuch) to run the "atris.exe" file in that directory. Optional: UnZip the file (atris-sounds-1.0.1-win32.zip) in the same directory (e.g., "C:\Program Files\"). Now you'll have neato sound effects. Step 2 - Method B - Linux Binary RPM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Download and install (rpm -i) the following RPMs: freetype-1.3.1-1.i386.rpm (or newer, but not version 2) SDL-1.1.6-1.i386.rpm (or newer) SDL_ttf-1.2.2-1.i386.rpm (or newer) Then proceed to Method C. Step 2 - Method C - Use The Source ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Download, unpack, configure, make, make install (unless you already have them): freetype-1.3.1.tar.gz (or newer, but not version 2) SDL-1.1.6.tar.gz (or newer) SDL_ttf-1.2.2.tar.gz (or newer) Then download and unpack, configure, make and install: atris-1.0.5.tar.gz (or newer) atris-sounds-1.0.1.tar.gz (or newer, optional) I have successfully built the atris source on x86-linux natively and using the mingwin unix->win32 cross compiler. Every effort has been made to make it portable across platforms. You're Done! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Atris does take some command line arguments, use "atris -h" to get a list. Note that under Win32, all the output goes to "stdout.txt". See "Docs/atris.html" for instructions on actually playing the game and strategy hints. ------------------------------------------------------------- Alizarin Tetris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alizarin Tetris was written by: Kiri Wagstaff (wkiri@cs.cornell.edu) Westley Weimer (weimer@cs.berkeley.edu) Alizarin Tetris also uses: o The magical SDL library by Sam Lantinga, available under the LGPL at: http://www.libsdl.org It took a little getting used to, but it's actually quite fast and the cross-platform features are really nice. Go Sam! o The useful SDL_ttf library which is based on the freetype true-type font rendering engine. See http://www.libsdl.org for details. o "fastrand.cpp", a fast random number generator from the Maelstrom game, available under the GPL at: http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/Maelstrom/ o "xflame.c", which draws those popular flaming backgrounds, freeware from The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler). Special thanks to: o Yujia Jin, our first beta-tester. ------------------------------------------------------------- Building instructions: ash ./configure --build=i386-pc-os2 --disable-sdltest remove '#define HAVE_WINSOCK_H 1' from config.h if sdl_config doesn't run correctly - add -lsdl to LIBS in makefile