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It was worth being in the contest just for the awesome game of Biplanes in the finale against Jason. I already had bought FB #27 of 200. Ended up going to a local flea market and buying a suitcase just to take the two FBs and other gotten-goods home. (a good reason for a Southwest flight).

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It was worth being in the contest just for the awesome game of Biplanes in the finale against Jason. I already had bought FB #27 of 200. Ended up going to a local flea market and buying a suitcase just to take the two FBs and other gotten-goods home. (a good reason for a Southwest flight).

It was a great game to the end :) Well done, Sir.

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I contented Michael and he sent me these preliminary instructions. He is planning to post official instructions soon. If anyone doesn't know how to play, here is enough to get you going...

 

Press any key to start the game. Music will begin to play.

  • Use the action buttons to select another tune if you prefer. <-- not implemented
  • Use the directional disc to adjust the music volume.
    • East is 0% (music is silent), and it increases as you rotate counter-clockwise.
    • East-South-East is 100%.
    • The recommended action is to start from West, which is nearly 50%, and rotate in either direction until you have the desired volume.
  • Use the keypad keys marked with arrows on your overlay to move the three strips.
    • Line up three of the same shape in a column to clear those shapes.
    • Clear more shapes in the same move to score a bigger combo.
    • Keep going until you run out of energy. When the game ends, press any key on the keypad to start a new game. Keep trying to beat your best score.

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First, look at the Combo line at the top. There are four marks in this example, two of which are white. The two white marks indicate the last move cleared two columns simultaneously, or had a combo of 2. The presence of black marks indicate a higher combo was achieved earlier in the game. In this case, there are four marks in total, so the highest combo so far was 4.

Next is the score. The point value for clearing shapes is n² * 10, where n is the combo, or the number of columns you clear at once. The “ones place” of the score is one less than your max combo.

Finally, at the top is your energy level. It is represented by a white bar in a black field. You begin with 6 units and can increase to a maximum of 12 units. Failing to clear any shapes costs 2 units. Clearing shapes earns energy depending on the combo. Running out of energy ends the game.

At the bottom are the high scores for the current play session. The six highest scores are retained until you stop playing.

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Isn't that the sound bug that was talked about and that intvnut gave the explanation about during the roundtable?

Yes - the question is whether it's consistent for all consoles, or only certain ones. There was some discussion about the behavior resulting from revisions to the sound chip.

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Other than the title screen, the screenshot is the entire game. The game play is easy to understand when you know the rules. However, it is surprisingly challenging to play well at so I'd say that it is fun.

 

My high score is a mere 1362.

 

I'll add that you can see that the game had some polishing left to be done:

 

-I run into the reported sound bug. Mostly, just the music is affected that makes it sound like patterned boops and fart noises. However, the innovative volume control via disc trivially makes the music go away.

 

-When you complete a column, just the column appears to video glitch for a moment (just those 3 tiles). Perhaps this was just placeholder animation until thethe final one was written. Minor issue.

 

-Once, the whole screen turned light green. I could raise and lower the music volume and I got error sounds when I pressed invalid buttons so I knew the game was still running but just the video was mucked up. I made a game move (blindly, obviously) and that fixed the video back to normal. Looks like the video just needed a redraw due to a bug.

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I took the liberty of converting the instructions into a PDF file, for those who may want to print them. It's just a single page PDF but it should be useful until something official becomes available. :) The file is attached.

Cool, how about any strategy tips?

 

 

Now you need a back story!

 

Perhaps an alien invasion seeking world domination? LOL

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I contented Michael and he sent me these preliminary instructions. He is planning to post official instructions soon. If anyone doesn't know how to play, here is enough to get you going...

 

Press any key to start the game. Music will begin to play.

  • Use the action buttons to select another tune if you prefer. <-- not implemented
  • Use the directional disc to adjust the music volume.
    • East is 0% (music is silent), and it increases as you rotate counter-clockwise.
    • East-South-East is 100%.
    • The recommended action is to start from West, which is nearly 50%, and rotate in either direction until you have the desired volume.
  • Use the keypad keys marked with arrows on your overlay to move the three strips.
    • Line up three of the same shape in a column to clear those shapes.
    • Clear more shapes in the same move to score a bigger combo.
    • Keep going until you run out of energy. When the game ends, press any key on the keypad to start a new game. Keep trying to beat your best score.

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First, look at the Combo line at the top. There are four marks in this example, two of which are white. The two white marks indicate the last move cleared two columns simultaneously, or had a combo of 2. The presence of black marks indicate a higher combo was achieved earlier in the game. In this case, there are four marks in total, so the highest combo so far was 4.

Next is the score. The point value for clearing shapes is n² * 10, where n is the combo, or the number of columns you clear at once. The “ones place” of the score is one less than your max combo.

Finally, at the top is your energy level. It is represented by a white bar in a black field. You begin with 6 units and can increase to a maximum of 12 units. Failing to clear any shapes costs 2 units. Clearing shapes earns energy depending on the combo. Running out of energy ends the game.

At the bottom are the high scores for the current play session. The six highest scores are retained until you stop playing.

Thank you Lathe!

 

I got the sound working on my Intv 2 and sounds like just what you said.

 

I will play and try to top 1000 that was my goal when I started playing it.

 

Glad to know it can be done!

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Other than the title screen, the screenshot is the entire game. The game play is easy to understand when you know the rules. However, it is surprisingly challenging to play well at so I'd say that it is fun.

 

My high score is a mere 1362.

 

I'll add that you can see that the game had some polishing left to be done:

 

-I run into the reported sound bug. Mostly, just the music is affected that makes it sound like patterned boops and fart noises. However, the innovative volume control via disc trivially makes the music go away.

 

-When you complete a column, just the column appears to video glitch for a moment (just those 3 tiles). Perhaps this was just placeholder animation until thethe final one was written. Minor issue.

 

-Once, the whole screen turned light green. I could raise and lower the music volume and I got error sounds when I pressed invalid buttons so I knew the game was still running but just the video was mucked up. I made a game move (blindly, obviously) and that fixed the video back to normal. Looks like the video just needed a redraw due to a bug.

 

Just to be clear, I do like the game Blix and I find it fun. I view the above items as just a little polishing; not trying to be hyper-critical or anything.

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