Think #42 24 декабря 1999

Игры

Overview of new products - XIXIT.

             REVIEW novelties


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Author: REAL SOFTWARE.
Genre: Puzzle.


                  XIXIT



                 Introduction

 XIXIT is tetrisoobraznoy game as
for one or for two players. The history of the present authors 
of the game is silent, but on the Spectrum XIXIT did not appear 
for the first time, he exists on other platforms (PC, Corvette 
...), perhaps under another name. In my opinion XIXIT much 
steeper Tetris during the game develops memory, speed

thinking, savvy, bigotry, bad language (with the proviso that 
they play two people) are other good and adverse events. 


          How to play XIXIT?


  In a glass 5h13 cells fall combination of
three figures who geneririruyutsya randomly. From the falling 
figures to be collected by a combination of whom will be cut 
shapes if you do not, then by some time zasypetsya all glass and

will be GAME OVER. Combinations are cut, if
there are at least three identical figures for
horizontal, vertical, and all the diagonals. On this principle, 
we can build a double, triple and other combinations of higher 
order. Double combination called such a combination in which 
the cutting the cut off another, something like a chain 
reaction. 


              Scoring


  Scoring is as follows:
for one cut a figure as 10, and a cut in the shape of double, 
triple and more high-order combinations of charged

20 points. The table records the location
depends on the score remaining rules of the game (speed, number 
of players number of shapes, time) are ignored,

while running.


      How to grow up and growth issues

 Wonderful opportunity to enjoy the game
with two players - can grow
his opponent. In order to be let grow zabombit double, triple or
higher-order combination. If
make a double combination, the enemy will grow by one cell, and 
if a triple, then two and so on.


 Grow up you can configure in Settings, in the
Options Move Up:

 1. None - growing up disabled
 2. Forever - grows even in solitary
               linear combination
 3. Evristic - grows up so that

                subsequently not cut

                figures
 4. Randomize - grows randomly formed
                Thus, ie, after growing up

                possibly cutting shapes


           Playing one man

 One play is not very interesting, tk
no one to grow up, but in practice - it is useful.


             Game two men

 It turns out quite a gamble, if
mode is growing up.


            Saving your settings

 Table of records and other settings
stored in the option Save settings.



 Other details of the game I will not describe because if 
you're a thinking man, it will understand what's what. 



           Special Keys

 During the game, except the control keys
You can press the following keys:

 √ Reference 2, Ext. Mode, CS + SS - pause

 √ removal, CS +0, Delete - Quit the game

 √ PageUp, PageDown - flipping music



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