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Small Tetris by Tore Bastiansen

1. Links

• Back to overview
• How to play
• Archived files
• Source code

2. Summary

• Programming language: Assembly
• Main size: 2,0 KB
• Extra size: 0 B
• Total size: 2,0 KB
• Feature count: 21
• Bytes per feature: 98 B

3. Command line arguments

usage: TETRIS [options]

options:
    -l N: starting level (1-17) [default: 1]
    -p:   show piece preview

4. Controls

• F16: pause

4.1. Game

• Page Up: skip level
• P: toggle piece preview
• ↑: rotate counterclockwise
• ←: move left
• ↓: hard drop
• →: move right

4.2. Pause screen

• Any Key: unpause

4.3. Game over screen

• Y: retry
• N: quit

5. Features

1. All tetrominoes
2. Colored pieces
3. Drop: hard drop
4. Drop points: fall_height / 2 * level
5. Faster levels: speed = min(level, 17)
6. Game over detection
7. Game over screen: game over text
8. Gravity
9. Horizontal movement
10. Level score multiplier
11. Level selection: start from level 1 - 17
12. Line clearing
13. No bugs
14. Pause: pause emulation
15. Piece preview: single piece
16. Piece preview selection: piece preview or not
17. Placement points:
    • With piece preview: 1 * level
    • Without piece preview: 2 * level
18. Retry
19. Rotation
20. Skip level
21. Toggleable piece preview

6. Notes

• Because beating the default high score before the kill screen isn’t possible, it isn’t counted as a feature

7. How to play

1. Download the archive
2. Download DOSBox
3. Move TETRIS.COM to ~/dosgames
4. Setup AUTOEXEC
5. Run the command for your operating system, with optional command line arguments:
   • Windows:

       dosbox -c "TETRIS [options]"
     

   • MacOS:

       /Applications/dosbox.app/Contents/MacOS/DOSBox -c "TETRIS [options]"