Nintendo TETRIS User manual

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® TETRIS* Pak.

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your

new

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PRECAUTIONS

1) This is a high precision game.

should

not

be stored in places

that

are

very

hot

or cold. Never

hit

or drop

it.

not

take

apart.

Avoid

touching

the

connectors. Do

not

get

them

wet

dirty.

Doing so

may

damage

the

game.

not

clean

with

benzene,

paint

thinner, alcohol or

other

such

solvents

Store

the

Game Pak in its

protective

sleeve

when

not

in use.

Always

check

the

Game Pak edge

connector

for

foreign material before

inserting

the

Game Pak

into

the

Control Deck.

Note:

the

interest

product improvement, Nintendo Entertainment System specification

and design are

subject

change

without

notice

"TM

("ELORG"),

TETRIS LICENSED TO NINTENDO.

NINTENDO

ORIGINAL CONCEPT, DESIGN

AND PROGRAM BY ALEXEY PAZHITNOV."

1989

Nintendo

Amer

ica Inc.

Trademarks

Nintendo

America

Inc. 2

WHAT

IS TETRIS?

TETRIS is a

new

type

puzzle game

from

the

Soviet Union

that

tests

your

reflexes.

It's

really simple

play

. Seven

different

shaped

blocks

fall

down

the

game

field

one

after

the

other.

The

object

the

game is

keep

the

blocks

from

piling

the

top

the

game field.

this,

you

can

move

the

blocks

the

left

and

right,

and

rotate

them

they

fall.

you

can

completely

fill in

one

horizontal line,

that

line disappears and

you

get

points

the

blocks pile

the

top

the

game

field,

then

that's

the

end

the

game. TETRIS is simple,

easy-to-understand,

but

difficult

drag

yourself

away

from!

TETRIS originally came

from

the

word

tetra

" meaning

the

number

4. By rearranging

four

squares,

you

can

make

seven

different

shapes

which

are

the

pieces used in

this

game.

With

TETRIS,

you

can play

two

types

games: endurance

game

and

game

where

you

play

for

the

highest

score

the

25th

line.

How

Use

the

Controls

Controller 1

Control

Pad

•H--++

- A

button

___

_J__j

.::::====:f-f-8

button

• Basic Operations

Moves

blocks

the

left.

••••••-+

Moves

blocks

the

right.

• Makes

the

blocks fall

down

fast.

Use these

controls

select TYPE, LEVEL

HEIGHT.

Select

which

way

rotate

the

block

while

is falling

down:

Button

: Block

rotates

clockwise

each

time

button

is pressed.

Button

Block

rotates

counter-clockwise

each

time

button

is pressed.

SELECT

button

: Use

delete

the

NEXT display during play. (Press again

restore).

This

will

make

the

game more

difficult

you

won't

be able

see

what

the

shape is

until

actually

appears in

the

playfield.

START

button

: Use

start

the

game.

Press during play

pause. Press again

resume play.

* The license screen will be returned

and the game will be reset

button,

button

and

the

SELECT

button

are pressed at

the

same

time

during game play. The

TOP SCORE

will

not

be erased. (This

functions

the

same

way

the

RESET

switch

0 HOW TO PLAY

• GAME TYPE/MUSIC TYPE setting screen

Pick GAME TYPE. (Pick either A-TYPE

B-TYPE.)

Pick MUSIC TYPE. (Pick either MUSIC-1, -2, -3,

OFF.)

0 A-TYPE game

This is a

test

endurance where

you

must

try

get

a high score

completing

many

lines as possible.

Choose

the

LEVEL (falling speed

the

blocks) on

the

LEVEL

setting

screen. (The higher

the

LEVEL, the faster

the

blocks fall

down

During

the

course

the

game,

the

LEVEL gradually

increases and the game gets increasingly harder. When

the

blocks have reached

the

top

the

game field,

that's

the

end

the

game.

GAME

TYPE/MUSIC TYPE

setting

screen

A-TYPE LEVEL setting screen

LINES

Shows

the

total

number

lines

that

have been

completed

since

the

start

the

game.

SCORE

Shows

the

score

you

have earned

completing

the

lines and

dropping blocks.

STATISTICS

Shows

the

number

each

the

seven

types

blocks

that

have fallen so

far

Shows

the

block. (This can be

turned

off

pressing

SELECT during game play.)

LEVEL

Shows

the

falling speed

the

current

block

on screen.

PLA

YFIELD This is

where

the

action is.

B-TYPE

game

The

object

this

game is

complete

lines.

Select and set LEVEL and HEIGHT (height

the random blocks) at the LEVEL setting

screen. The higher

the

HEIGHT setting,

the

higher

the

random blocks are placed

the

bottom

the

game field.

the

blocks reach the

top

the game field,

your

game is over.

Game B

differs

from

game A in

that

the

level

the

game does

not

change.

LINES

SCORE

STATISTICS

LEVEL

HEIGHT

PLAYFIELD

B-TYPE LEVEL Setting Screen

Shows

the remaining number

lines (decreases

from

25).

Shows

the score you have earned by completing

the

lines.

Shows

the number

the seven types

blocks

that

have fallen so far.

Shows

the

block. (This can be

turned

off

by pressing SELECT

during game play.)

Shows

the falling speed

the

current

block on screen.

Shows

the height

the

random blocks.

This is where the action is. 8

•TOP

SCORE

The names (up

six letters) and thescores

the

top

three playerscan

registered

for

both

games

A and

Use

the

top

and

bottom

the

Control

Pad

select

the

letter

the

alphabet.

Use

the

left

and

right

the

0 Control

Pad

, the A

button

the

button

move

the

cursor.

Press

the

ART

button

go back

the

LEVEL

setting

screen.

* The

top

scores

will

be erased

from

memory

when

the

power

turned

OFF.

TECHNIQUE

• Remember

that

there

are seven

different

types

TETRIS

blocks

• Line up

the

blocks

form

a single line.

1•

.'.r.

Align

the

blocks in a

horizontal

line

making

sure

there

are no gaps.

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