HARDWIRE

Written by Ian Cowburn on the Net Yaroze for the GDUK 98 competition

Gameplay Instructions

Blocks will descend the screen in the time-honoured tradition imprinted
with various pieces of circuitry.  It’s your job to make connections
between any of the connectors lining the sides and bottom of the pit
using the pieces dropped down the screen at you.  A complete connection
will cause the circuitry to burn up, making more room for the
never-ending supply.

 

Every 30 pieces or so a special block will fall that once laid in place
will blow up all circuit pieces that match the ones surrounding it.

If the blocks (even a special) overflow the top of the pit, it's game
over and back to the dole office.

Title Screen Menu

On starting Hardwire you will be presented with a menu.  Use UP/DOWN on
the joypad to select an option and either LEFT/RIGHT to alter the value
for that item, or the CROSS button to select it.  Pressing START will
start the game (no matter what option you currently have selected) while
pressing SELECT will quit the game.

The options available on the menu screen are :

Play Game

HINTS

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If you find the graphical frippery of the GAME OVER screen tiresome, it
can be

sped up with the DROP key.

In TETRIS mode blocks will become 'unglued' and drop if there is space
below if

one of it's member pieces is destroyed in a connection, or if it is
above a

piece that gets destroyed in a connection...  It should make more sense
when

you see it...  Hopefully!

In COLUMNS mode the blocks are always 'unglued'.

If it helps the order of checks is to see if any of the side connectors
are the

start of a circuit, then the bottom ones and then see if any loops have
been

made.

CONTENTS

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The archive should include :

HARDWIRE.TXT	This file

HARDWIRE.EXE	The executable

CWSDPMI.EXE	DOS virtual memory type thingy...  You shouldn't need this
for

		Windows 95

HARDWIRE.DAT	The Allegro datafile holding the sprites, sounds, etc.

ALLEGRO.CFG	Setup file for Allegro.  If you have troubles with the sound
or

		graphics try editing this (the file is as supplied with Allegro

		and is reasonably self-documenting)

MAKEFILE.	Makefile.  Requires GNU make, DJGPP and Allegro

HARDWIRE.C	The source

PIECEMAP.H	Source file defining the tetris piece maps.

HWPAL.H		Definitions for the palette

HWDAT.H		Definitions for the datafile

KEYSTR.H	Scan code -> strings array

README.H	Arrayed version of this file for internal README

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email:	ianc@noddybox.demon.co.uk

URL:	http://www.noddybox.demon.co.uk/

Please send any bug reports or incompatabilities to the above address. 
Run

'hardwire -v' to find version number when reporting bugs.  TVM.

You are free to do whatever you want with this code, aside from claim

responsibility for it and charge for it.

(c) 1998 noddybox