T.B.BRIC
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FILENAME(S): T.B.BRIC
FILE TYPE(S): PRG
FILE SIZE: 3K
FIRST SEEN: 2025-12-02 02:00:26
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| DISK TITLE | FILENAME | FILE TYPE | COLLECTION | TRACK | SECTOR | ACTIONS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOADSTAR122 S2 | T.B.BRIC | PRG | marcus | 22 | 9 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
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00000000: 00 80 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |... | 00000010: 20 20 C2 20 D2 20 C9 20 C3 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 | . . . ... | 00000020: 20 20 20 20 20 20 42 59 20 CB 41 52 4C 20 C3 5A | BY .ARL .Z| 00000030: 41 50 4C 41 0D 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D4 48 49 53 20 |APLA... .HIS | 00000040: 53 54 52 41 54 45 47 59 20 47 41 4D 45 20 48 41 |STRATEGY GAME HA| 00000050: 53 20 59 4F 55 0D 44 52 4F 50 50 49 4E 47 20 57 |S YOU.DROPPING W| 00000060: 45 49 52 44 2D 4C 4F 4F 4B 49 4E 47 20 42 4C 4F |EIRD-LOOKING BLO| 00000070: 43 4B 53 20 28 43 41 4C 4C 45 44 0D 22 42 52 49 |CKS (CALLED."BRI| 00000080: 43 53 22 29 20 49 4E 54 4F 20 41 20 50 49 54 20 |CS") INTO A PIT | 00000090: 46 4F 52 20 50 4F 49 4E 54 53 2E 20 20 D7 48 45 |FOR POINTS. .HE| 000000A0: 4E 0D 59 4F 55 20 4C 4F 41 44 20 54 48 45 20 47 |N.YOU LOAD THE G| 000000B0: 41 4D 45 2C 20 41 4E 20 4F 50 45 4E 49 4E 47 20 |AME, AN OPENING | 000000C0: 53 43 52 45 45 4E 0D 57 49 4C 4C 20 43 4F 4D 45 |SCREEN.WILL COME| 000000D0: 20 55 50 20 41 53 4B 49 4E 47 20 59 4F 55 20 54 | UP ASKING YOU T| 000000E0: 4F 20 43 48 4F 4F 53 45 0D 46 52 4F 4D 20 53 45 |O CHOOSE.FROM SE| 000000F0: 56 45 52 41 4C 20 4F 50 54 49 4F 4E 53 2E 0D 0D |VERAL OPTIONS...| 00000100: 20 20 20 20 D4 48 45 20 C8 20 41 4E 44 20 D7 20 | .HE . AND . | 00000110: 4B 45 59 53 20 41 4C 4C 4F 57 20 59 4F 55 20 54 |KEYS ALLOW YOU T| 00000120: 4F 0D 49 4E 43 52 45 41 53 45 20 54 48 45 20 48 |O.INCREASE THE H| 00000130: 45 49 47 48 54 20 41 4E 44 20 57 49 44 54 48 20 |EIGHT AND WIDTH | 00000140: 4F 46 20 54 48 45 0D 50 49 54 2C 20 52 45 53 50 |OF THE.PIT, RESP| 00000150: 45 43 54 49 56 45 4C 59 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 20 4E |ECTIVELY. .HE N| 00000160: 41 52 52 4F 57 45 52 20 54 48 45 0D 50 49 54 2C |ARROWER THE.PIT,| 00000170: 20 54 48 45 20 4D 4F 52 45 20 43 48 41 4C 4C 45 | THE MORE CHALLE| 00000180: 4E 47 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 20 47 41 4D 45 0D 49 |NGING THE GAME.I| 00000190: 53 2E 20 20 D3 48 49 46 54 2D C8 20 41 4E 44 20 |S. .HIFT-. AND | 000001A0: D3 48 49 46 54 2D D7 20 44 45 43 52 45 41 53 45 |.HIFT-. 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TO| 00000270: 20 56 49 45 57 20 48 49 47 48 20 53 43 4F 52 45 | VIEW HIGH SCORE| 00000280: 53 20 46 4F 52 0D 54 48 45 20 4C 45 56 45 4C 20 |S FOR.THE LEVEL | 00000290: 44 49 53 50 4C 41 59 45 44 2E 20 20 D4 48 49 53 |DISPLAYED. .HIS| 000002A0: 20 46 45 41 54 55 52 45 0D 43 4F 4D 45 53 20 43 | FEATURE.COMES C| 000002B0: 4F 55 52 54 45 53 59 20 4F 46 20 C9 CE D3 D4 C1 |OURTESY OF .....| 000002C0: CE D4 20 C8 C9 C7 C8 0D D3 C3 CF D2 C5 D3 2C 20 |.. ..........., | 000002D0: 41 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 57 48 49 43 48 20 |A PROGRAM WHICH | 000002E0: 4F 52 49 47 49 4E 41 4C 4C 59 0D 41 50 50 45 41 |ORIGINALLY.APPEA| 000002F0: 52 45 44 20 4F 4E 20 CC CF C1 C4 D3 D4 C1 D2 20 |RED ON ........ | 00000300: 23 38 34 2E 20 20 C2 45 4C 49 45 56 45 0D 4D 45 |#84. .ELIEVE.ME| 00000310: 2C 20 49 54 20 54 4F 4F 4B 20 54 48 45 20 48 45 |, IT TOOK THE HE| 00000320: 41 44 41 43 48 45 53 20 4F 55 54 20 4F 46 20 48 |ADACHES OUT OF H| 00000330: 49 47 48 0D 53 43 4F 52 45 53 2E 20 20 D2 45 4D |IGH.SCORES. .EM| 00000340: 45 4D 42 45 52 2C 20 54 48 45 52 45 20 57 49 4C |EMBER, THERE WIL| 00000350: 4C 20 42 45 20 41 0D 53 45 50 41 52 41 54 45 20 |L BE A.SEPARATE | 00000360: 48 49 47 48 20 53 43 4F 52 45 53 20 46 49 4C 45 |HIGH SCORES FILE| 00000370: 20 46 4F 52 20 45 41 43 48 0D 50 4F 53 53 49 42 | FOR EACH.POSSIB| 00000380: 4C 45 20 4C 45 56 45 4C 2C 20 53 4F 20 4D 41 4B |LE LEVEL, SO MAK| 00000390: 45 20 53 55 52 45 20 59 4F 55 20 53 45 54 0D 54 |E SURE YOU SET.T| 000003A0: 48 45 20 4C 45 56 45 4C 20 46 49 52 53 54 21 0D |HE LEVEL FIRST!.| 000003B0: 0D C6 C5 CE C4 C5 D2 27 D3 20 CE CF D4 C5 3A 20 |.......'. ....: | 000003C0: D3 49 4E 43 45 20 54 48 45 52 45 20 41 52 45 20 |.INCE THERE ARE | 000003D0: 32 35 36 0D 50 4F 53 53 49 42 4C 45 20 4C 45 56 |256.POSSIBLE LEV| 000003E0: 45 4C 53 2C 20 45 41 43 48 20 57 49 54 48 20 49 |ELS, EACH WITH I| 000003F0: 54 53 20 4F 57 4E 0D 31 2D 20 4F 52 20 32 2D 42 |TS OWN.1- OR 2-B| 00000400: 4C 4F 43 4B 20 48 49 47 48 20 53 43 4F 52 45 53 |LOCK HIGH SCORES| 00000410: 20 46 49 4C 45 2C 0D 59 4F 55 27 4C 4C 20 52 55 | FILE,.YOU'LL RU| 00000420: 4E 20 49 4E 54 4F 20 44 49 53 4B 20 50 52 4F 42 |N INTO DISK PROB| 00000430: 4C 45 4D 53 20 49 46 20 59 4F 55 0D 54 52 59 20 |LEMS IF YOU.TRY | 00000440: 54 4F 20 50 4C 41 59 20 41 4C 4C 20 50 4F 53 53 |TO PLAY ALL POSS| 00000450: 49 42 4C 45 20 4C 45 56 45 4C 53 2E 20 20 D4 48 |IBLE LEVELS. .H| 00000460: 45 0D CC CF C1 C4 D3 D4 C1 D2 20 44 49 53 4B 20 |E......... DISK | 00000470: 43 4F 4D 45 53 20 54 4F 20 59 4F 55 20 57 49 54 |COMES TO YOU WIT| 00000480: 48 20 46 4F 55 52 0D 4C 45 56 45 4C 53 20 41 4C |H FOUR.LEVELS AL| 00000490: 52 45 41 44 59 20 50 4C 41 59 45 44 20 42 59 20 |READY PLAYED BY | 000004A0: CB 4E 45 45 53 0D C3 41 4C 48 4F 4F 4E 20 2D 2D |.NEES..ALHOON --| 000004B0: 20 54 48 45 20 53 4D 41 4C 4C 45 53 54 20 4C 45 | THE SMALLEST LE| 000004C0: 56 45 4C 53 3A 20 35 58 35 2C 0D 35 58 36 2C 20 |VELS: 5X5,.5X6, | 000004D0: 36 58 35 20 41 4E 44 20 36 58 36 2E 20 20 D4 52 |6X5 AND 6X6. .R| 000004E0: 59 20 54 4F 20 42 45 41 54 20 48 49 53 0D 53 43 |Y TO BEAT HIS.SC| 000004F0: 4F 52 45 53 2E 20 20 CB 45 45 50 20 49 4E 20 4D |ORES. .EEP IN M| 00000500: 49 4E 44 20 54 48 41 54 20 49 46 20 59 4F 55 20 |IND THAT IF YOU | 00000510: 54 52 59 0D 4D 41 4E 59 20 4C 45 56 45 4C 53 2C |TRY.MANY LEVELS,| 00000520: 20 54 48 45 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 20 4F 46 20 46 | THE NUMBER OF F| 00000530: 49 4C 45 53 20 41 4E 44 0D 42 4C 4F 43 4B 53 20 |ILES AND.BLOCKS | 00000540: 55 53 45 44 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 47 52 4F 57 20 41 |USED WILL GROW A| 00000550: 4E 44 20 4D 41 59 0D 45 56 45 4E 54 55 41 4C 4C |ND MAY.EVENTUALL| 00000560: 59 20 45 58 43 45 45 44 20 54 48 45 20 31 35 34 |Y EXCEED THE 154| 00000570: 31 27 53 20 4C 49 4D 49 54 20 4F 46 0D 31 34 34 |1'S LIMIT OF.144| 00000580: 20 46 49 4C 45 53 20 50 45 52 20 44 49 53 4B 20 | FILES PER DISK | 00000590: 53 49 44 45 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D0 52 45 53 53 |SIDE... .RESS| 000005A0: 20 CC 20 54 4F 20 57 41 52 50 20 42 41 43 4B 20 | . TO WARP BACK | 000005B0: 54 4F 20 54 48 45 0D 46 52 49 45 4E 44 4C 59 20 |TO THE.FRIENDLY | 000005C0: 43 4F 4E 46 49 4E 45 53 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 |CONFINES OF THE | 000005D0: CC CF C1 C4 D3 D4 C1 D2 0D 4D 45 4E 55 2E 0D 0D |.........MENU...| 000005E0: 20 20 20 20 D0 52 45 53 53 20 D2 C5 D4 D5 D2 CE | .RESS ......| 000005F0: 20 54 4F 20 42 45 47 49 4E 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 45 | TO BEGIN ON THE| 00000600: 20 4C 45 56 45 4C 0D 59 4F 55 20 53 45 4C 45 43 | LEVEL.YOU SELEC| 00000610: 54 2E 20 20 D4 48 49 53 20 49 53 20 57 48 45 52 |T. .HIS IS WHER| 00000620: 45 20 54 48 45 20 41 43 54 49 4F 4E 0D 49 53 2E |E THE ACTION.IS.| 00000630: 20 20 CD 4F 56 45 20 54 48 45 20 42 52 49 43 20 | .OVE THE BRIC | 00000640: 41 54 20 54 48 45 20 54 4F 50 20 57 49 54 48 20 |AT THE TOP WITH | 00000650: 54 48 45 0D C3 D2 D3 D2 20 4B 45 59 53 20 4F 52 |THE..... KEYS OR| 00000660: 20 41 20 4A 4F 59 53 54 49 43 4B 20 49 4E 20 D0 | A JOYSTICK IN .| 00000670: 4F 52 54 20 32 2E 0D CE 4F 54 49 43 45 20 54 48 |ORT 2...OTICE TH| 00000680: 45 20 57 48 49 54 45 20 41 52 52 4F 57 20 41 54 |E WHITE ARROW AT| 00000690: 20 54 48 45 20 42 4F 54 54 4F 4D 3A 0D 49 54 27 | THE BOTTOM:.IT'| 000006A0: 53 20 54 48 45 52 45 20 54 4F 20 48 45 4C 50 20 |S THERE TO HELP | 000006B0: 59 4F 55 20 4D 4F 52 45 0D 45 46 46 45 43 54 49 |YOU MORE.EFFECTI| 000006C0: 56 45 4C 59 20 47 55 49 44 45 20 59 4F 55 52 20 |VELY GUIDE YOUR | 000006D0: 42 52 49 43 2E 20 20 D4 4F 20 44 52 4F 50 0D 54 |BRIC. .O DROP.T| 000006E0: 48 45 20 42 52 49 43 2C 20 50 52 45 53 53 20 54 |HE BRIC, PRESS T| 000006F0: 48 45 20 C6 C9 D2 C5 C2 D5 D4 D4 CF CE 20 4F 52 |HE .......... OR| 00000700: 0D D2 C5 D4 D5 D2 CE 2E 20 20 CE 4F 54 49 43 45 |........ .OTICE| 00000710: 20 54 48 45 52 45 20 49 53 20 41 20 54 49 4D 45 | THERE IS A TIME| 00000720: 52 20 4F 4E 0D 54 48 45 20 4C 45 46 54 20 54 48 |R ON.THE LEFT TH| 00000730: 41 54 20 53 54 41 52 54 53 20 41 54 20 32 30 2E |AT STARTS AT 20.| 00000740: 20 20 C5 56 45 52 59 0D 54 49 4D 45 20 41 50 50 | .VERY.TIME APP| 00000750: 52 4F 58 49 4D 41 54 45 4C 59 20 32 30 25 20 4F |ROXIMATELY 20% O| 00000760: 46 20 54 48 45 20 50 49 54 20 49 53 0D 46 49 4C |F THE PIT IS.FIL| 00000770: 4C 45 44 2C 20 54 48 45 20 54 49 4D 45 52 20 53 |LED, THE TIMER S| 00000780: 54 41 52 54 53 20 43 4F 55 4E 54 49 4E 47 0D 44 |TARTS COUNTING.D| 00000790: 4F 57 4E 20 46 52 4F 4D 20 31 38 2C 20 54 48 45 |OWN FROM 18, THE| 000007A0: 4E 20 31 36 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 53 4F 20 4F 4E 20 |N 16, AND SO ON | 000007B0: 54 4F 0D 31 32 2E 20 20 C9 46 20 54 48 45 20 54 |TO.12. .F THE T| 000007C0: 49 4D 45 52 20 52 55 4E 53 20 4F 55 54 2C 20 54 |IMER RUNS OUT, T| 000007D0: 48 45 20 42 52 49 43 0D 44 52 4F 50 53 20 57 48 |HE BRIC.DROPS WH| 000007E0: 45 52 45 20 49 54 20 49 53 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 |ERE IT IS... | 000007F0: D4 48 45 20 22 43 55 52 52 45 4E 54 22 20 41 4E |.HE "CURRENT" AN| 00000800: 44 20 22 4E 45 58 54 22 20 42 52 49 43 53 0D 41 |D "NEXT" BRICS.A| 00000810: 52 45 20 53 48 4F 57 4E 20 41 42 4F 56 45 20 54 |RE SHOWN ABOVE T| 00000820: 48 45 20 54 49 4D 45 52 2E 20 20 D0 4C 41 4E 0D |HE TIMER. .LAN.| 00000830: 41 43 43 4F 52 44 49 4E 47 4C 59 21 0D 0D 20 20 |ACCORDINGLY!.. | 00000840: 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 52 45 43 45 49 56 45 20 32 35 | .OU RECEIVE 25| 00000850: 20 50 4F 49 4E 54 53 20 49 46 20 54 48 45 0D 43 | POINTS IF THE.C| 00000860: 4F 4C 4F 52 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 42 52 49 43 |OLOR OF THE BRIC| 00000870: 20 59 4F 55 20 4A 55 53 54 20 44 52 4F 50 50 45 | YOU JUST DROPPE| 00000880: 44 0D 4D 41 54 43 48 45 53 20 57 49 54 48 20 41 |D.MATCHES WITH A| 00000890: 4E 59 20 44 49 52 45 43 54 4C 59 20 41 44 4A 41 |NY DIRECTLY ADJA| 000008A0: 43 45 4E 54 0D 50 49 45 43 45 20 28 41 42 4F 56 |CENT.PIECE (ABOV| 000008B0: 45 2C 20 42 45 4C 4F 57 2C 20 4C 45 46 54 20 41 |E, BELOW, LEFT A| 000008C0: 4E 44 20 52 49 47 48 54 2C 0D C1 CE C4 20 44 49 |ND RIGHT,.... DI| 000008D0: 41 47 4F 4E 41 4C 4C 59 29 2E 20 20 D4 48 49 53 |AGONALLY). .HIS| 000008E0: 20 49 53 20 4D 55 4C 54 49 50 4C 49 45 44 0D 42 | IS MULTIPLIED.B| 000008F0: 59 20 54 48 45 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 20 4F 46 20 |Y THE NUMBER OF | 00000900: 4D 41 54 43 48 45 53 20 59 4F 55 20 4D 41 44 45 |MATCHES YOU MADE| 00000910: 20 49 4E 0D 54 48 41 54 20 54 55 52 4E 2E 0D 0D | IN.THAT TURN...| 00000920: 20 20 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 41 4C 53 4F 20 52 45 43 | .OU ALSO REC| 00000930: 45 49 56 45 20 35 30 20 50 4F 49 4E 54 53 20 54 |EIVE 50 POINTS T| 00000940: 48 45 0D 53 41 4D 45 20 57 41 59 20 49 46 20 54 |HE.SAME WAY IF T| 00000950: 48 45 20 42 52 49 43 53 27 20 50 41 54 54 45 52 |HE BRICS' PATTER| 00000960: 4E 53 0D 4D 41 54 43 48 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 20 50 |NS.MATCH. .HE P| 00000970: 4F 53 53 49 42 49 4C 49 54 49 45 53 20 41 52 45 |OSSIBILITIES ARE| 00000980: 0D 55 4E 4C 49 4D 49 54 45 44 20 48 45 52 45 21 |.UNLIMITED HERE!| 00000990: 20 20 28 CE 4F 54 45 3A 20 50 4F 49 4E 54 53 20 | (.OTE: POINTS | 000009A0: 41 52 45 0D 4E 4F 54 20 54 41 4B 45 4E 20 41 57 |ARE.NOT TAKEN AW| 000009B0: 41 59 20 49 46 20 54 49 4D 45 20 52 55 4E 53 20 |AY IF TIME RUNS | 000009C0: 4F 55 54 2E 29 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 4D |OUT.).. .OU M| 000009D0: 41 59 20 41 4C 53 4F 2C 20 41 54 20 41 4E 59 20 |AY ALSO, AT ANY | 000009E0: 54 49 4D 45 2C 20 50 52 45 53 53 0D C3 D4 D2 CC |TIME, PRESS.....| 000009F0: 2D D8 20 54 4F 20 5A 41 50 20 59 4F 55 52 53 45 |-. TO ZAP YOURSE| 00000A00: 4C 46 20 42 41 43 4B 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 0D 4D |LF BACK TO THE.M| 00000A10: 45 4E 55 2C 20 49 46 20 59 4F 55 20 44 49 44 20 |ENU, IF YOU DID | 00000A20: 53 4F 4D 45 54 48 49 4E 47 20 4C 49 4B 45 20 4D |SOMETHING LIKE M| 00000A30: 41 4B 45 0D 41 20 57 52 4F 4E 47 20 44 45 43 49 |AKE.A WRONG DECI| 00000A40: 53 49 4F 4E 20 4F 52 20 41 52 45 20 42 4F 52 45 |SION OR ARE BORE| 00000A50: 44 20 4F 55 54 20 4F 46 0D 59 4F 55 52 20 4D 49 |D OUT OF.YOUR MI| 00000A60: 4E 44 20 41 54 20 54 48 45 20 32 30 58 32 30 20 |ND AT THE 20X20 | 00000A70: 4C 45 56 45 4C 20 41 4E 44 20 57 41 4E 54 0D 54 |LEVEL AND WANT.T| 00000A80: 4F 20 45 53 43 41 50 45 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 CF |O ESCAPE... .| 00000A90: 4E 43 45 20 54 48 45 20 50 49 54 20 46 49 4C 4C |NCE THE PIT FILL| 00000AA0: 53 20 55 50 20 54 4F 0D 43 41 50 41 43 49 54 59 |S UP TO.CAPACITY| 00000AB0: 2C 20 59 4F 55 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 48 41 56 45 20 |, YOU WILL HAVE | 00000AC0: 54 48 45 0D 4F 50 50 4F 52 54 55 4E 49 54 59 20 |THE.OPPORTUNITY | 00000AD0: 54 4F 20 45 4E 54 45 52 20 59 4F 55 52 20 4E 41 |TO ENTER YOUR NA| 00000AE0: 4D 45 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 0D 48 41 4C 4C 4F 57 |ME IN THE.HALLOW| 00000AF0: 45 44 20 52 41 4E 4B 53 20 4F 46 20 C2 D2 C9 C3 |ED RANKS OF ....| 00000B00: 20 C8 49 47 48 20 D3 43 4F 52 45 53 2E 0D C9 46 | .IGH .CORES...F| 00000B10: 20 4E 4F 54 2C 20 59 4F 55 27 4C 4C 20 4A 55 53 | NOT, YOU'LL JUS| 00000B20: 54 20 42 45 20 41 42 4C 45 20 54 4F 20 56 49 45 |T BE ABLE TO VIE| 00000B30: 57 0D 54 48 45 4D 2E 20 20 C8 49 47 48 20 53 43 |W.THEM. .IGH SC| 00000B40: 4F 52 45 20 46 49 4C 45 4E 41 4D 45 53 20 57 49 |ORE FILENAMES WI| 00000B50: 4C 4C 20 4C 4F 4F 4B 0D 4C 49 4B 45 20 54 48 49 |LL LOOK.LIKE THI| 00000B60: 53 3A 20 22 20 38 20 36 2E C2 D2 C3 22 2E 20 20 |S: " 8 6....". | 00000B70: D4 48 49 53 0D 49 4E 44 49 43 41 54 45 53 20 54 |.HIS.INDICATES T| 00000B80: 48 41 54 20 54 48 45 20 4C 45 56 45 4C 20 59 4F |HAT THE LEVEL YO| 00000B90: 55 20 50 4C 41 59 45 44 0D 4F 4E 20 57 41 53 20 |U PLAYED.ON WAS | 00000BA0: 38 58 36 2C 20 46 4F 52 20 45 58 41 4D 50 4C 45 |8X6, FOR EXAMPLE| 00000BB0: 2E 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 57 49 4C 4C 0D 54 48 45 4E |. .OU WILL.THEN| 00000BC0: 20 42 45 20 52 45 54 55 52 4E 45 44 20 54 4F 20 | BE RETURNED TO | 00000BD0: 54 48 45 20 4D 45 4E 55 2E 0D 0D CB C3 20 28 CB |THE MENU..... (.| 00000BE0: 41 52 4C 20 C3 5A 41 50 4C 41 2C 20 4E 4F 54 20 |ARL .ZAPLA, NOT | 00000BF0: 59 4F 55 2D 4B 4E 4F 57 2D 57 48 4F 29 0D 0D 20 |YOU-KNOW-WHO).. | 00000C00: 20 5C 5C 5C 5C 20 D2 20 2D 20 D2 55 4E 20 20 20 | \\\\ . - .UN | 00000C10: 20 D2 C5 D4 D5 D2 CE 20 2D 20 CD 45 4E 55 20 5C | ...... - .ENU \| 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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