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T.B.BRIC

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00000C20: 5C 5C 5C 0D                                       |\\\.            |
...               B R I C..           BY
 KARL CZAPLA...    THIS STRATEGY GAME HA
S YOU.DROPPING WEIRD-LOOKING BLOCKS (CAL
LED."BRICS") INTO A PIT FOR POINTS.  WHE
N.YOU LOAD THE GAME, AN OPENING SCREEN.W
ILL COME UP ASKING YOU TO CHOOSE.FROM SE
VERAL OPTIONS...    THE H AND W KEYS ALL
OW YOU TO.INCREASE THE HEIGHT AND WIDTH 
OF THE.PIT, RESPECTIVELY.  THE NARROWER 
THE.PIT, THE MORE CHALLENGING THE GAME.I
S.  SHIFT-H AND SHIFT-W DECREASE THE.HEI
GHT AND WIDTH.  THE CURRENT SIZE.IS DISP
LAYED IN GREEN AT THE BOTTOM OF.THE SCRE
EN.  SIZES CAN RANGE FROM 5X5.(A QUICKIE
) TO 20X20 (A SLEEPER), AND.ANYTHING IN 
BETWEEN...    PRESS S TO VIEW HIGH SCORE
S FOR.THE LEVEL DISPLAYED.  THIS FEATURE
.COMES COURTESY OF INSTANT HIGH.SCORES, 
A PROGRAM WHICH ORIGINALLY.APPEARED ON L
OADSTAR #84.  BELIEVE.ME, IT TOOK THE HE
ADACHES OUT OF HIGH.SCORES.  REMEMBER, T
HERE WILL BE A.SEPARATE HIGH SCORES FILE
 FOR EACH.POSSIBLE LEVEL, SO MAKE SURE Y
OU SET.THE LEVEL FIRST!..FENDER'S NOTE: 
SINCE THERE ARE 256.POSSIBLE LEVELS, EAC
H WITH ITS OWN.1- OR 2-BLOCK HIGH SCORES
 FILE,.YOU'LL RUN INTO DISK PROBLEMS IF 
YOU.TRY TO PLAY ALL POSSIBLE LEVELS.  TH
E.LOADSTAR DISK COMES TO YOU WITH FOUR.L
EVELS ALREADY PLAYED BY KNEES.CALHOON --
 THE SMALLEST LEVELS: 5X5,.5X6, 6X5 AND 
6X6.  TRY TO BEAT HIS.SCORES.  KEEP IN M
IND THAT IF YOU TRY.MANY LEVELS, THE NUM
BER OF FILES AND.BLOCKS USED WILL GROW A
ND MAY.EVENTUALLY EXCEED THE 1541'S LIMI
T OF.144 FILES PER DISK SIDE...    PRESS
 L TO WARP BACK TO THE.FRIENDLY CONFINES
 OF THE LOADSTAR.MENU...    PRESS RETURN
 TO BEGIN ON THE LEVEL.YOU SELECT.  THIS
 IS WHERE THE ACTION.IS.  MOVE THE BRIC 
AT THE TOP WITH THE.CRSR KEYS OR A JOYST
ICK IN PORT 2..NOTICE THE WHITE ARROW AT
 THE BOTTOM:.IT'S THERE TO HELP YOU MORE
.EFFECTIVELY GUIDE YOUR BRIC.  TO DROP.T
HE BRIC, PRESS THE FIREBUTTON OR.RETURN.
  NOTICE THERE IS A TIMER ON.THE LEFT TH
AT STARTS AT 20.  EVERY.TIME APPROXIMATE
LY 20% OF THE PIT IS.FILLED, THE TIMER S
TARTS COUNTING.DOWN FROM 18, THEN 16, AN
D SO ON TO.12.  IF THE TIMER RUNS OUT, T
HE BRIC.DROPS WHERE IT IS...    THE "CUR
RENT" AND "NEXT" BRICS.ARE SHOWN ABOVE T
HE TIMER.  PLAN.ACCORDINGLY!..    YOU RE
CEIVE 25 POINTS IF THE.COLOR OF THE BRIC
 YOU JUST DROPPED.MATCHES WITH ANY DIREC
TLY ADJACENT.PIECE (ABOVE, BELOW, LEFT A
ND RIGHT,.AND DIAGONALLY).  THIS IS MULT
IPLIED.BY THE NUMBER OF MATCHES YOU MADE
 IN.THAT TURN...    YOU ALSO RECEIVE 50 
POINTS THE.SAME WAY IF THE BRICS' PATTER
NS.MATCH.  THE POSSIBILITIES ARE.UNLIMIT
ED HERE!  (NOTE: POINTS ARE.NOT TAKEN AW
AY IF TIME RUNS OUT.)..    YOU MAY ALSO,
 AT ANY TIME, PRESS.CTRL-X TO ZAP YOURSE
LF BACK TO THE.MENU, IF YOU DID SOMETHIN
G LIKE MAKE.A WRONG DECISION OR ARE BORE
D OUT OF.YOUR MIND AT THE 20X20 LEVEL AN
D WANT.TO ESCAPE...    ONCE THE PIT FILL
S UP TO.CAPACITY, YOU WILL HAVE THE.OPPO
RTUNITY TO ENTER YOUR NAME IN THE.HALLOW
ED RANKS OF BRIC HIGH SCORES..IF NOT, YO
U'LL JUST BE ABLE TO VIEW.THEM.  HIGH SC
ORE FILENAMES WILL LOOK.LIKE THIS: " 8 6
.BRC".  THIS.INDICATES THAT THE LEVEL YO
U PLAYED.ON WAS 8X6, FOR EXAMPLE.  YOU W
ILL.THEN BE RETURNED TO THE MENU...KC (K
ARL CZAPLA, NOT YOU-KNOW-WHO)..  \\\\ R 
- RUN    RETURN - MENU \\\\.
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