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!AWDec92/Goodies/Blocks/Instruct
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Archimedes World » AW-1992-12.adf » AWDec92 |
| Filename: | !AWDec92/Goodies/Blocks/Instruct |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0749 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
!Blocks Desktop Puzzle Ben Pickering for Archimedes World When !Blocks has loaded, Click SELECT on the button in the query window to load a set of graphics to use in the puzzle. When this first window disappears, use SELECT on icon bar to open the main windows. The aim of the game is to place all the pieces from the Pieces Store onto the Playing Board, so that each coloured square touches only its own colour where the pieces connect. To get a piece from the store, click on it with SELECT. This will move it from its place on the store to the rotation area (surrounded with arrows) in the Board window. You may rotate the piece around using SELECT or ADJUST on the arrows. When you are ready to place the piece, simply click on the appropriate square on the main board. A previously placed piece may be removed by clicking on the 'Remove Piece' button in the Board window. Clicking on any piece(s) on the Board will move them to the rotation area, pushing any piece already there back to its position in the store. Remember to select 'Place Piece' before attempting to place a removed piece back on the board in a different position or after rotation. Please note that when a piece is clicked on in the Store, 'Place Piece' is automatically selected. If you make a mess of the game and wish to restart, clicking on the 'Reset Board' button with SELECT will reset all the pieces back to their starting position. The Main Menu Info - Gives Info about the application. Colours - Allows you to alter the graphics set. Click on the 'OK' button to load the new graphics from disc. Open Board - This option opens the Main Board window. Open Store - This option opens the Pieces Store window. Quit - This removes !Blocks from memory. !Blocks is Copyright Argus Specialist Publications (Archimedes World).
00000000 20 0a 21 42 6c 6f 63 6b 73 20 44 65 73 6b 74 6f | .!Blocks Deskto| 00000010 70 20 50 75 7a 7a 6c 65 20 20 0a 0a 42 65 6e 20 |p Puzzle ..Ben | 00000020 50 69 63 6b 65 72 69 6e 67 20 66 6f 72 20 41 72 |Pickering for Ar| 00000030 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 20 57 6f 72 6c 64 0a 0a |chimedes World..| 00000040 0a 57 68 65 6e 20 21 42 6c 6f 63 6b 73 20 68 61 |.When !Blocks ha| 00000050 73 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 2c 20 43 6c 69 63 6b 20 |s loaded, Click | 00000060 53 45 4c 45 43 54 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 62 75 |SELECT on the bu| 00000070 74 74 6f 6e 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 71 75 65 72 |tton in the quer| 00000080 79 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 |y window to load| 00000090 20 61 20 73 65 74 20 6f 66 20 67 72 61 70 68 69 | a set of graphi| 000000a0 63 73 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |cs to use in the| 000000b0 20 70 75 7a 7a 6c 65 2e 20 20 57 68 65 6e 20 74 | puzzle. When t| 000000c0 68 69 73 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 |his first window| 000000d0 20 64 69 73 61 70 70 65 61 72 73 2c 20 75 73 65 | disappears, use| 000000e0 20 53 45 4c 45 43 54 20 6f 6e 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 | SELECT on icon | 000000f0 62 61 72 20 74 6f 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |bar to open the | 00000100 6d 61 69 6e 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 2e 0a 0a 54 |main windows...T| 00000110 68 65 20 61 69 6d 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 |he aim of the ga| 00000120 6d 65 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 70 6c 61 63 65 20 61 |me is to place a| 00000130 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 70 69 65 63 65 73 20 66 72 |ll the pieces fr| 00000140 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 50 69 65 63 65 73 20 53 74 |om the Pieces St| 00000150 6f 72 65 20 6f 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 50 6c 61 |ore onto the Pla| 00000160 79 69 6e 67 20 42 6f 61 72 64 2c 20 73 6f 20 74 |ying Board, so t| 00000170 68 61 74 20 65 61 63 68 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 65 |hat each coloure| 00000180 64 20 73 71 75 61 72 65 20 74 6f 75 63 68 65 73 |d square touches| 00000190 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 69 74 73 20 6f 77 6e 20 63 6f | only its own co| 000001a0 6c 6f 75 72 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 |lour where the p| 000001b0 69 65 63 65 73 20 63 6f 6e 6e 65 63 74 2e 0a 0a |ieces connect...| 000001c0 54 6f 20 67 65 74 20 61 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 66 |To get a piece f| 000001d0 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 6f 72 65 2c 20 63 |rom the store, c| 000001e0 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 69 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 |lick on it with | 000001f0 53 45 4c 45 43 54 2e 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 77 69 |SELECT. This wi| 00000200 6c 6c 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 69 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 |ll move it from | 00000210 69 74 73 20 70 6c 61 63 65 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 |its place on the| 00000220 20 73 74 6f 72 65 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 72 6f | store to the ro| 00000230 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 72 65 61 20 28 73 75 72 |tation area (sur| 00000240 72 6f 75 6e 64 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 72 72 |rounded with arr| 00000250 6f 77 73 29 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 42 6f 61 72 |ows) in the Boar| 00000260 64 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2e 0a 0a 59 6f 75 20 6d |d window...You m| 00000270 61 79 20 72 6f 74 61 74 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 69 |ay rotate the pi| 00000280 65 63 65 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 75 73 69 6e 67 |ece around using| 00000290 20 53 45 4c 45 43 54 20 6f 72 20 41 44 4a 55 53 | SELECT or ADJUS| 000002a0 54 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 61 72 72 6f 77 73 2e |T on the arrows.| 000002b0 20 20 57 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 72 | When you are r| 000002c0 65 61 64 79 20 74 6f 20 70 6c 61 63 65 20 74 68 |eady to place th| 000002d0 65 20 70 69 65 63 65 2c 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 |e piece, simply | 000002e0 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 61 70 70 |click on the app| 000002f0 72 6f 70 72 69 61 74 65 20 73 71 75 61 72 65 20 |ropriate square | 00000300 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 62 6f 61 72 |on the main boar| 00000310 64 2e 20 0a 0a 41 20 70 72 65 76 69 6f 75 73 6c |d. ..A previousl| 00000320 79 20 70 6c 61 63 65 64 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 6d |y placed piece m| 00000330 61 79 20 62 65 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 64 20 62 79 |ay be removed by| 00000340 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 | clicking on the| 00000350 20 27 52 65 6d 6f 76 65 20 50 69 65 63 65 27 20 | 'Remove Piece' | 00000360 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 42 6f |button in the Bo| 00000370 61 72 64 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2e 20 20 43 6c 69 |ard window. Cli| 00000380 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 61 6e 79 20 70 69 65 |cking on any pie| 00000390 63 65 28 73 29 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 42 6f 61 |ce(s) on the Boa| 000003a0 72 64 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 74 68 65 |rd will move the| 000003b0 6d 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 72 6f 74 61 74 69 6f |m to the rotatio| 000003c0 6e 20 61 72 65 61 2c 20 70 75 73 68 69 6e 67 20 |n area, pushing | 000003d0 61 6e 79 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 61 6c 72 65 61 64 |any piece alread| 000003e0 79 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 62 61 63 6b 20 74 6f 20 |y there back to | 000003f0 69 74 73 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 6e 20 |its position in | 00000400 74 68 65 20 73 74 6f 72 65 2e 0a 0a 52 65 6d 65 |the store...Reme| 00000410 6d 62 65 72 20 74 6f 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 27 |mber to select '| 00000420 50 6c 61 63 65 20 50 69 65 63 65 27 20 62 65 66 |Place Piece' bef| 00000430 6f 72 65 20 61 74 74 65 6d 70 74 69 6e 67 20 74 |ore attempting t| 00000440 6f 20 70 6c 61 63 65 20 61 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 |o place a remove| 00000450 64 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 62 61 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 |d piece back on | 00000460 74 68 65 20 62 6f 61 72 64 20 69 6e 20 61 20 64 |the board in a d| 00000470 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f |ifferent positio| 00000480 6e 20 6f 72 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 72 6f 74 61 74 |n or after rotat| 00000490 69 6f 6e 2e 20 20 50 6c 65 61 73 65 20 6e 6f 74 |ion. Please not| 000004a0 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 77 68 65 6e 20 61 20 70 69 |e that when a pi| 000004b0 65 63 65 20 69 73 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 65 64 20 6f |ece is clicked o| 000004c0 6e 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 53 74 6f 72 65 2c 20 |n in the Store, | 000004d0 27 50 6c 61 63 65 20 50 69 65 63 65 27 20 69 73 |'Place Piece' is| 000004e0 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 73 | automatically s| 000004f0 65 6c 65 63 74 65 64 2e 0a 0a 49 66 20 79 6f 75 |elected...If you| 00000500 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 61 20 6d 65 73 73 20 6f 66 20 | make a mess of | 00000510 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 61 6e 64 20 77 69 73 |the game and wis| 00000520 68 20 74 6f 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 2c 20 63 6c |h to restart, cl| 00000530 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 27 52 |icking on the 'R| 00000540 65 73 65 74 20 42 6f 61 72 64 27 20 62 75 74 74 |eset Board' butt| 00000550 6f 6e 20 77 69 74 68 20 53 45 4c 45 43 54 20 77 |on with SELECT w| 00000560 69 6c 6c 20 72 65 73 65 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 |ill reset all th| 00000570 65 20 70 69 65 63 65 73 20 62 61 63 6b 20 74 6f |e pieces back to| 00000580 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 73 74 61 72 74 69 6e 67 20 | their starting | 00000590 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 0a 20 54 68 65 |position.... The| 000005a0 20 4d 61 69 6e 20 4d 65 6e 75 0a 0a 20 49 6e 66 | Main Menu.. Inf| 000005b0 6f 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 47 69 76 65 73 20 |o - Gives | 000005c0 49 6e 66 6f 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 61 |Info about the a| 000005d0 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 20 43 6f 6c |pplication.. Col| 000005e0 6f 75 72 73 20 20 20 20 2d 20 41 6c 6c 6f 77 73 |ours - Allows| 000005f0 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 61 6c 74 65 72 20 74 68 | you to alter th| 00000600 65 20 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 73 65 74 2e 20 |e graphics set. | 00000610 20 43 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 27 4f | Click on the 'O| 00000620 4b 27 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |K' button | 00000630 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 74 | to load t| 00000640 68 65 20 6e 65 77 20 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 |he new graphics | 00000650 66 72 6f 6d 20 64 69 73 63 2e 0a 20 4f 70 65 6e |from disc.. Open| 00000660 20 42 6f 61 72 64 20 2d 20 54 68 69 73 20 6f 70 | Board - This op| 00000670 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 70 65 6e 73 20 74 68 65 20 4d |tion opens the M| 00000680 61 69 6e 20 42 6f 61 72 64 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 |ain Board window| 00000690 2e 0a 20 4f 70 65 6e 20 53 74 6f 72 65 20 2d 20 |.. Open Store - | 000006a0 54 68 69 73 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 70 65 6e |This option open| 000006b0 73 20 74 68 65 20 50 69 65 63 65 73 20 53 74 6f |s the Pieces Sto| 000006c0 72 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2e 20 0a 20 51 75 69 |re window. . Qui| 000006d0 74 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 54 68 69 73 20 72 |t - This r| 000006e0 65 6d 6f 76 65 73 20 21 42 6c 6f 63 6b 73 20 66 |emoves !Blocks f| 000006f0 72 6f 6d 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 2e 0a 0a 20 21 42 |rom memory... !B| 00000700 6c 6f 63 6b 73 20 69 73 20 43 6f 70 79 72 69 67 |locks is Copyrig| 00000710 68 74 20 41 72 67 75 73 20 53 70 65 63 69 61 6c |ht Argus Special| 00000720 69 73 74 20 50 75 62 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 |ist Publications| 00000730 20 28 41 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 20 57 6f 72 | (Archimedes Wor| 00000740 6c 64 29 2e 0a 20 20 20 0a |ld).. .| 00000749
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