Tetris Windows, DOS game

A hook making Tetris Clone with different playmodis (normal mode, a mode with new unusual Stones, a mode without speed increase, and other).
Although it don't look very good, and it was my first selfprogrammed Videogame (which was ready at 24.12.2003),
it make's me every time a litle hook, when i played it.

More about this Tetris clone
As i have learned the first things about the programming language C (functions, pointer, some graphic functions and more),
i started to programming this Tetris clone with the Watcom C/C++ 11 Compiler at 12.12.2003. Tetris was ready at 24.12.2003.
I don't have programmed it for the public. That's the reasons, why some menus are empty.
But because it made fun, to play it, and because it is good for a first selfmade game, and because i need feedback, i made it download able for others.
I don't have afterwards change the game itself, so it stay the original first selfmade game and Retro.
(Because of the Watcom C/C++ 11 Compiler and so on, this Tetris use dos4gw (it's in the download).
It use DosBox too, but because of the long time, i thing, for play it in Windows, but i'm not sure.
Because this Tetris was programmed for Dos, there are 2 *.Bat-files, to play it in Windows, too.)

How to start the game in Windows
When you have a 64 bit Windows, then start 'TetrisWin64bit.bat' with your mouse.
Otherwise (when your Windows is 32 bit), try to start Tetris with 'Tetris.bat' or 'tetris.exe'.

How to start the game in DOS
Go to the Tetris Main-Directory.
32-Bit: Then type 'dos4gw tetris.exe' to start Tetris in DOS.

Game Controls for Tetris

In the game:
Left/right arrow-key=
Move the Tetris Stone left or right, so that it fit into the lying stones

Spacebar=
Rotate the Tetris Stone, so that it fit into the lying stones

Down arrow-key=
Move the Tetris Stone faster down.
Press this key oftener short or hold it a longer time is a difference.
Tip: Try it out to see the difference.

p=
Pause the game

In the Menus:
Press the number-key to change something or the Esc-Key to go back or leave the game.

Tip 1: There is a small 'Esc-Error':
When you are in the 'Hauptmenü', and then change '-5- Spieloptionen ändern',
and when you then press Esc instead of change Entry 1 or 2, then the game ends
(but normaly it have to go back to 'Hauptmenü' then).
Please start the game then again.

Tip 2: Some Menus are empty.
The Menus "-3- ...", '-4- ...' and '-6- ...' are empty.

The german Menu-Entrys in English

-- The 'Hauptmenu' Menu --
'Hauptmenu' is in English=MAIN MENU.
Now it follows are the Menu-Entrys from the Main-Menu (=Hauptmenü in german):

'-1- Spiel starten' =Start a game
'-2- Spielvariante auswählen' =Change, how you will play the game.
At the 'Spielvarianten'-Menü: Change 1 to play a normal Tetris game,
change 2 to play easier (without more speed at later Levels,
change 3 to play with unusal & new Tetris stones (is harder to play) or
4 to win more points for 'line-making' with the Tetris-Stones.
'-5- Spieloptionen aendern' =Change the Stone fall speed or switch the sound off or on.
At the '-Veraendern der Spiel-Optionen-'-Menü:
Change 1 to change the slowest fall-speed for the Tetris stones,
or change 2, to switch the Gamesound off or on.
'-9- Spiel verlassen' =End the game, and go back to Windows (or DOS)

Tip: At 'Hauptmenu', the entrys 3, 4 and 6 are empty menus.


I wish you fun with my Version of Tetris
(that was my first selfprogrammed Videogame).

Game Description (from the Developer)

I thing, you know what Tetris for a game is. When not:
In Tetris are different 'Stones' with different shapes,
and one stone after another stone falls down to the ground.

While a stone falls, you can move it left or right or rotate the stone,
so that it fit into the stones, that are later or already lying on the ground.

The higher the Level, the faster the stone falls,
and the harder is it to place the stones...
(Except when you change the gamebehavior at '-2- Spielvariante auswählen' and so on)


Please read more about the Tetris-playing or a better English Description at other Internetsites,
or please look Tetris-Videos.
Because my english is not god enough, to write fast and good. Thank you.