Quadra is a great puzzle game originally by Ludus Design. Quadra is like Tetris but features a kind of "gravity" so loose blocks fall down until they get stuck. This enables you to clear massive amouts of lines at once. In fact, if you build up the blocks correctly, you could use 1 piece to take out 15 or even more lines! Quadra is a fast, fun and very addictive game which comes with full internet support! Quadra, which used to cost $10 to register, is now open source and freeware. What a bargain!
Quadra Features:
Windows and Linux versions
Totally free multiplayer Internet play that is very lag free
TCP/IP Support for LAN games
Excellent user interface
Multiplayer chat
Multiplayer watch modes
CD music player
10 different sound and graphic schemes for the different levels
Shadows of blocks to help you place the blocks easily
Slow, Normal, Fast and Faster modes to control the blocks at your speed
Smooth, clean graphics
Local multiplayer game of up to 3 players
Internet game supports 8 players and many observers, as well as up to 3 players per computer
It's free! :-)
Recording games, allowing you to record and later playback your best single player and multiplayer games.
A top 5 Internet listing which you can add you name to automatically if you get a top score
Fully customizable multiplayer modes with teams and different winning conditions
Fully customizable controls with buttons to rotate left, rotate right AND rotate 180 degrees
Extra Qsnoop taskbar program which lists current internet games
It also features really fast levels that'll have those blocks flying down on you, driving you crazy!
2.2) Controls
The default controls are as follows:
Left arrow - Move block piece left
Right arrow - Move block piece right
Down arrow - Force block piece down
Ctrl button - Rotate block left
Alt button - Rotate block right
2.3) The Pieces
The blocks are formed from the 7 different ways of arranging 4 squares together:
The Straight piece. Green in color.
The 'L' piece. Purple in color.
The 'J' piece. Yellow in color.
The 'T' piece. Blue in color.
The 'S' piece. Cyan in color.
The 'Z' piece. Red in color.
The Square piece. Orange in color.
2.4) What to do with the pieces
Each piece will fall from the top of the screen into a section called the canvas. As the piece falls down, you can move it into various positions and spin it around. Once the piece hits the bottom is gets stuck.
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we should have paid more attention to the cats who, for decades, put their bodies on the line to walk on keyboards and sit on laptops and prevent us from programming
Former 2 time world champion DogPlayingTetris becomes the first player to ever rollover the level counter in NES Tetris, performing what's known in the community as "Rebirth". Final score: 29,486,164, 4216 lines, level 347 (256 + 91)... all huge world records. #tetris
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@shanselman Who at Microsoft do I have to bribe to fix ADO so that those of us on dark mode who copy/paste text from one task to another can do so without our friends on light mode seeing dark text on a dark background?
I updated the blog post with a statement from Revival. While I'm not particularly happy with Revival's decision, I understand their motives. It's just a shame that it was someone from Interplay that had to go and do this. "By games for gamers" my ass.
Damn, got another Tetris world record! This time in the arcade variant developed by Atari. 6,008,005 points, 5,386 lines, round 363. Be warned, it's nearly FIVE HOURS. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2131759212