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Reaction Instructions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reaction is a variation upon the popular game Columns, which is in itself based upon the world-famous Tetris. The basic aim of the game is to guide the tiles into the bucket in order to make lines of three or more tiles of the same colour. Lines can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal and once made are instantly removed. The rest of the tiles then fall down to fill in the gaps. Usually tiles fall in vertical groups of three, each tile being a random colour. Tiles can be one of six colours. When a new group of three cannot be fitted in at the top of the third column from the left, or a piece has been placed in such a way that it sticks out of the top of the bucket, the game is over, and if you have scored enough points you can enter your name into the high score table. If you want your score to be preserved you will need to copy the game on to a blank disc. Occasionally a "magic" block will fall. This appears on all levels as a multi-coloured block, although its appearance differs slightly from level to level. When placed it acts as all six possible colours at the same time - ie. it removes all the lines that any tile in that position could possibly have made - and then disappears. Two other possible blocks, both of which only appear occasionally, are the Blocker and Remover blocks, which appear on the on the first level as a closed and open vice respectively. On later levels their appearance changes, but is related to their action. A Blocker block once placed cannot be removed, except by a Remover block placed in the same column. All Blockers in a column are removed by a Remover. Removers disappear immediately. When the game is run an introduction starts to be shown. To start the game proper it is necessary to push <ESCAPE>. Whilst playing <ESCAPE> will first quit the game and then if pushed again quit the entire program. At the start of the game you are asked to choose a skill level between 1 and 10 inclusive, where pressing <0> selects skill level 10. The higher the skill level the faster the tiles fall, but the more points you score. Once 100 tiles have been removed from the grid the game level increases. The game level is separate from the skill level. When the game level increases the graphics change (unless you have deselected this option), and you are given 5 seconds to preview the new designs before the tiles start falling again. Push a key to skip this pause if you like. The pieces will now also fall faster. Note that the bucket is not emptied - if it were one game could go on for a very long time, which would make the game far less addictive! Note that if you select the "Structured game" option (see later) the bottom two lines of the bucket are cleared every time you go up a level. The tiles are steered left and right using <Z> and <X>, and rotated (the colours shuffle around) with <SPACE>. Pressing <CTRL> hurls the tiles to the bottom of the bucket - but don't push the key for too long or else you'll drop the next tile too! <P> will pause the game. If these keys don't suit you then push <D> when you are asked to select a skill level and you can redefine them all. Should you wish you can also use the mouse buttons to control the blocks. Whilst the game is paused you can press <+> or <-> to increase or decrease the volume, or <S> and <Q> to turn the speaker on or off respectively. When you are asked to choose a skill level if you press <O> instead you are given the chance to configure the game to your own design. Most of the options are self-explanatory, and all are explained in detail in the in-game instructions. However, should you select the "Different block sizes" option then all the blocks which fall into the grid will not only be three tiles high, but some will also be two or four tiles high! Also, it is worth noting that if you deselect the "Wipe screen when paused" option you will only score half as many points as usual, since this makes the game much, much easier! For those who would prefer not to make so many decisions you can select the "Structured game" option. When selected you will start the game with only plain three-high blocks falling, and no special tiles. Once you reach level two Magic blocks will begin to appear occasionally. Getting as far as level three then adds in Blocker and Remover blocks. Finally, once level five is reached blocks of various heights (two, three or four tiles) start to fall! The other major difference is that every new level the bottom two lines of the bucket are cleared. The default options are as follows: Hide the bucket when paused; Structured game Off; Magic, Blocker and Remover blocks On; 'Number of tiles fallen' display off; and to have different sprites each level. If you wish to read the detailed in-game instructions then don't press any keys during the introduction or on the high-score table screen. The program should be removed from the ArcFS archive before use or else the highscore table will not be updated. Tactics ~~~~~~~ Diagonal lines score more than horizontal lines, which in turn score more than vertical lines. You also score more the longer the line is. If you cannot make a line with a piece then it is better to position it in order to form a line of two, for then when later pieces are placed or removed that line of two may then be available to make a line of three. It is best to place all the Blocker blocks in one column, preferably at either edge, since they can then all be removed in one go with a single Remover.
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On later l| 000005a0 65 76 65 6c 73 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 61 70 70 65 |evels their appe| 000005b0 61 72 61 6e 63 65 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 73 2c 0a |arance changes,.| 000005c0 62 75 74 20 69 73 20 72 65 6c 61 74 65 64 20 74 |but is related t| 000005d0 6f 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 61 63 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 |o their action. | 000005e0 41 20 42 6c 6f 63 6b 65 72 20 62 6c 6f 63 6b 20 |A Blocker block | 000005f0 6f 6e 63 65 20 70 6c 61 63 65 64 20 63 61 6e 6e |once placed cann| 00000600 6f 74 20 62 65 0a 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 64 2c 20 65 |ot be.removed, e| 00000610 78 63 65 70 74 20 62 79 20 61 20 52 65 6d 6f 76 |xcept by a Remov| 00000620 65 72 20 62 6c 6f 63 6b 20 70 6c 61 63 65 64 20 |er block placed | 00000630 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 63 6f 6c 75 |in the same colu| 00000640 6d 6e 2e 20 41 6c 6c 20 42 6c 6f 63 6b 65 72 73 |mn. 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Whil| 00000710 73 74 20 70 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 20 3c 45 53 43 41 |st playing <ESCA| 00000720 50 45 3e 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 66 69 72 73 74 0a 71 |PE> will first.q| 00000730 75 69 74 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 61 6e 64 |uit the game and| 00000740 20 74 68 65 6e 20 69 66 20 70 75 73 68 65 64 20 | then if pushed | 00000750 61 67 61 69 6e 20 71 75 69 74 20 74 68 65 20 65 |again quit the e| 00000760 6e 74 69 72 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2e 0a 0a |ntire program...| 00000770 41 74 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 6f 66 20 |At the start of | 00000780 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 |the game you are| 00000790 20 61 73 6b 65 64 20 74 6f 20 63 68 6f 6f 73 65 | asked to choose| 000007a0 20 61 20 73 6b 69 6c 6c 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 20 62 | a skill level b| 000007b0 65 74 77 65 65 6e 20 31 20 61 6e 64 0a 31 30 20 |etween 1 and.10 | 000007c0 69 6e 63 6c 75 73 69 76 65 2c 20 77 68 65 72 65 |inclusive, where| 000007d0 20 70 72 65 73 73 69 6e 67 20 3c 30 3e 20 73 65 | pressing <0> se| 000007e0 6c 65 63 74 73 20 73 6b 69 6c 6c 20 6c 65 76 65 |lects skill leve| 000007f0 6c 20 31 30 2e 20 54 68 65 20 68 69 67 68 65 72 |l 10. The higher| 00000800 20 74 68 65 0a 73 6b 69 6c 6c 20 6c 65 76 65 6c | the.skill level| 00000810 20 74 68 65 20 66 61 73 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 | the faster the | 00000820 74 69 6c 65 73 20 66 61 6c 6c 2c 20 62 75 74 20 |tiles fall, but | 00000830 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 73 20 |the more points | 00000840 79 6f 75 20 73 63 6f 72 65 2e 0a 0a 4f 6e 63 65 |you score...Once| 00000850 20 31 30 30 20 74 69 6c 65 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 | 100 tiles have | 00000860 62 65 65 6e 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 64 20 66 72 6f |been removed fro| 00000870 6d 20 74 68 65 20 67 72 69 64 20 74 68 65 20 67 |m the grid the g| 00000880 61 6d 65 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 |ame level increa| 00000890 73 65 73 2e 20 54 68 65 0a 67 61 6d 65 20 6c 65 |ses. The.game le| 000008a0 76 65 6c 20 69 73 20 73 65 70 61 72 61 74 65 20 |vel is separate | 000008b0 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 73 6b 69 6c 6c 20 6c |from the skill l| 000008c0 65 76 65 6c 2e 20 57 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 67 |evel. When the g| 000008d0 61 6d 65 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 |ame level increa| 000008e0 73 65 73 0a 74 68 65 20 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 |ses.the graphics| 000008f0 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 20 28 75 6e 6c 65 73 73 20 | change (unless | 00000900 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 64 65 73 65 6c 65 63 |you have deselec| 00000910 74 65 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 29 |ted this option)| 00000920 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 0a 67 69 |, and you are.gi| 00000930 76 65 6e 20 35 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 73 20 74 6f |ven 5 seconds to| 00000940 20 70 72 65 76 69 65 77 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 77 | preview the new| 00000950 20 64 65 73 69 67 6e 73 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 | designs before | 00000960 74 68 65 20 74 69 6c 65 73 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 |the tiles start | 00000970 66 61 6c 6c 69 6e 67 0a 61 67 61 69 6e 2e 20 50 |falling.again. P| 00000980 75 73 68 20 61 20 6b 65 79 20 74 6f 20 73 6b 69 |ush a key to ski| 00000990 70 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 61 75 73 65 20 69 66 20 |p this pause if | 000009a0 79 6f 75 20 6c 69 6b 65 2e 20 54 68 65 20 70 69 |you like. The pi| 000009b0 65 63 65 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 77 20 61 6c |eces will now al| 000009c0 73 6f 0a 66 61 6c 6c 20 66 61 73 74 65 72 2e 20 |so.fall faster. | 000009d0 4e 6f 74 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 62 75 |Note that the bu| 000009e0 63 6b 65 74 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 65 6d 70 74 |cket is not empt| 000009f0 69 65 64 20 2d 20 69 66 20 69 74 20 77 65 72 65 |ied - if it were| 00000a00 20 6f 6e 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 0a | one game could.| 00000a10 67 6f 20 6f 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 61 20 76 65 72 79 |go on for a very| 00000a20 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 74 69 6d 65 2c 20 77 68 69 63 | long time, whic| 00000a30 68 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 74 68 65 |h would make the| 00000a40 20 67 61 6d 65 20 66 61 72 20 6c 65 73 73 20 61 | game far less a| 00000a50 64 64 69 63 74 69 76 65 21 0a 4e 6f 74 65 20 74 |ddictive!.Note t| 00000a60 68 61 74 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 73 65 6c 65 63 |hat if you selec| 00000a70 74 20 74 68 65 20 22 53 74 72 75 63 74 75 72 65 |t the "Structure| 00000a80 64 20 67 61 6d 65 22 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 28 |d game" option (| 00000a90 73 65 65 20 6c 61 74 65 72 29 20 74 68 65 20 62 |see later) the b| 00000aa0 6f 74 74 6f 6d 0a 74 77 6f 20 6c 69 6e 65 73 20 |ottom.two lines | 00000ab0 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 62 75 63 6b 65 74 20 61 72 |of the bucket ar| 00000ac0 65 20 63 6c 65 61 72 65 64 20 65 76 65 72 79 20 |e cleared every | 00000ad0 74 69 6d 65 20 79 6f 75 20 67 6f 20 75 70 20 61 |time you go up a| 00000ae0 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 74 69 6c | level...The til| 00000af0 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 73 74 65 65 72 65 64 20 6c |es are steered l| 00000b00 65 66 74 20 61 6e 64 20 72 69 67 68 74 20 75 73 |eft and right us| 00000b10 69 6e 67 20 3c 5a 3e 20 61 6e 64 20 3c 58 3e 2c |ing <Z> and <X>,| 00000b20 20 61 6e 64 20 72 6f 74 61 74 65 64 20 28 74 68 | and rotated (th| 00000b30 65 0a 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 73 20 73 68 75 66 66 6c |e.colours shuffl| 00000b40 65 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 29 20 77 69 74 68 20 3c |e around) with <| 00000b50 53 50 41 43 45 3e 2e 20 50 72 65 73 73 69 6e 67 |SPACE>. Pressing| 00000b60 20 3c 43 54 52 4c 3e 20 68 75 72 6c 73 20 74 68 | <CTRL> hurls th| 00000b70 65 20 74 69 6c 65 73 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 0a 62 |e tiles to the.b| 00000b80 6f 74 74 6f 6d 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 62 75 63 |ottom of the buc| 00000b90 6b 65 74 20 2d 20 62 75 74 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 |ket - but don't | 00000ba0 70 75 73 68 20 74 68 65 20 6b 65 79 20 66 6f 72 |push the key for| 00000bb0 20 74 6f 6f 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 6f 72 20 65 6c 73 | too long or els| 00000bc0 65 20 79 6f 75 27 6c 6c 0a 64 72 6f 70 20 74 68 |e you'll.drop th| 00000bd0 65 20 6e 65 78 74 20 74 69 6c 65 20 74 6f 6f 21 |e next tile too!| 00000be0 20 3c 50 3e 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 70 61 75 73 65 20 | <P> will pause | 00000bf0 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 65 |the game. If the| 00000c00 73 65 20 6b 65 79 73 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 73 75 |se keys don't su| 00000c10 69 74 0a 79 6f 75 20 74 68 65 6e 20 70 75 73 68 |it.you then push| 00000c20 20 3c 44 3e 20 77 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 | <D> when you ar| 00000c30 65 20 61 73 6b 65 64 20 74 6f 20 73 65 6c 65 63 |e asked to selec| 00000c40 74 20 61 20 73 6b 69 6c 6c 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 20 |t a skill level | 00000c50 61 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 0a 72 65 64 65 |and you can.rede| 00000c60 66 69 6e 65 20 74 68 65 6d 20 61 6c 6c 2e 20 53 |fine them all. S| 00000c70 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 73 68 20 79 |hould you wish y| 00000c80 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 75 73 65 20 |ou can also use | 00000c90 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e |the mouse button| 00000ca0 73 20 74 6f 0a 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 20 74 68 65 |s to.control the| 00000cb0 20 62 6c 6f 63 6b 73 2e 0a 0a 57 68 69 6c 73 74 | blocks...Whilst| 00000cc0 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 69 73 20 70 61 75 | the game is pau| 00000cd0 73 65 64 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 70 72 65 73 |sed you can pres| 00000ce0 73 20 3c 2b 3e 20 6f 72 20 3c 2d 3e 20 74 6f 20 |s <+> or <-> to | 00000cf0 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 20 6f 72 20 64 65 63 72 |increase or decr| 00000d00 65 61 73 65 0a 74 68 65 20 76 6f 6c 75 6d 65 2c |ease.the volume,| 00000d10 20 6f 72 20 3c 53 3e 20 61 6e 64 20 3c 51 3e 20 | or <S> and <Q> | 00000d20 74 6f 20 74 75 72 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 65 61 |to turn the spea| 00000d30 6b 65 72 20 6f 6e 20 6f 72 20 6f 66 66 20 72 65 |ker on or off re| 00000d40 73 70 65 63 74 69 76 65 6c 79 2e 0a 0a 57 68 65 |spectively...Whe| 00000d50 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 61 73 6b 65 64 20 |n you are asked | 00000d60 74 6f 20 63 68 6f 6f 73 65 20 61 20 73 6b 69 6c |to choose a skil| 00000d70 6c 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 70 |l level if you p| 00000d80 72 65 73 73 20 3c 4f 3e 20 69 6e 73 74 65 61 64 |ress <O> instead| 00000d90 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 0a 67 69 76 65 6e 20 74 | you are.given t| 00000da0 68 65 20 63 68 61 6e 63 65 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 6e |he chance to con| 00000db0 66 69 67 75 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 |figure the game | 00000dc0 74 6f 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6f 77 6e 20 64 65 73 69 |to your own desi| 00000dd0 67 6e 2e 20 4d 6f 73 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 0a |gn. 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