Re: PuyoPuyo?

["Charles T. 'Dr. Tom' Turley" <gbmaidsf@wco.com>]

Kid (scraft@bigpapa.nothinbut.net) wrote:
I saw somewhere that there is a game called PuyoPuyo for the
IIGS.  What's it like and what FTP site is it on?  I know the
TurboGrafx-16 version, and was woindering if the IIGS one is similar.

Charles T. 'Dr. Tom' Turley <gbmaidsf@wco.com> replies:

The archive for PUYOPUYO GS was first made available from the Genie A2 archives
and I've made it available for all with WWW access from the following URL.

http://www.wco.com/~3d5d1wsw/gsezine/GS.WorldView/*GENIE.GRAB.BAG.96/PUYOPUYO.BXY

This shrinkit archive should also now be available on both of the Apple2 major ftp 
sites; Caltech and Ground.

I've included the docs from the games archive - in this post also see below:
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PuyoPuyo IIgs   - A Right Triangle Production

A game where pieces fall down, and you've gotta match 'em up and make 'em go
away...  Nope, it's not Fun Columns.  And it's not DuelTris.  It's PuyoPuyo.  And
if you become as addicted to this game as half the people I know, you might not
find yourself doing much else this year.

PuyoPuyo can be played either as a one-player or two-player game.  In one-player
mode, the objective is to get as many points as you can before you can before you
reach the top of the screen.  In two-player mode, the object is to wreak as much
havoc as you can upon your opponent's side of the board to make him reach the top
of the screen before you do.  As a note of caution, a two-player game (at least
in my experience) is usually accompanied by loud cheering, cursing and threats of
vengeance.  In other words, it can be incredibly fun.

The rules of the game are rather simple.  As your piece (made up of two colored
balls) is falling, you can move it, rotate it, or drop it however you like.  When
at least four balls of the same color are touching each other, they disappear. 
(They must be directly touching -- no diagonal matches for those Columns
aficionados out there.)  Depending on how many balls disappeared, a number of
grey balls ("rocks") will fall on the opponent's side of the board.  Rocks don't
match up with anything, but they will go away if you make a set of colored balls
disapear adjacent to them.

Grey rocks are very, very annoying.  Therefore, you will want to drop as many as
possible on your opponent.  In order to do this, try to set up chain reactions
("combos").  When a set of balls disapears, causing the ones above to drop, match
up, and disapear themselves, your opponent will be greeted with a whole line of
rocks.  If you get a triple or quadruple combo, your unfortunate opponent will
find himself with a veritable landslide of rocks, and will have to spend a while
trying to get rid of them.

The one-player game is very similar -- you simply get ten points for every grey
rock you would have dropped on an opponent.  Setting up big combos means
receiving big points.  However, the game starts to speed up as you play, so you
have to act quickly, and not waste your time (or pieces) on small matches which
aren't worth many points.

Before you start a game, choose the Configure option to see or change what the
keys and difficulty level are.  During a game, the following keys are also
available:

Escape:  pause the game OpenApple-"Q":  quit the game and return to the main menu
 (important!!) OpenApple-DownArrow:  lower the volume of the music
OpenApple-UpArrow:  raise the volume of the music


Maybe I've told you too much.  After all, the original game didn't have any
documentation at all.  The best way to get the hang of the game is to play it a
few times.  And then you might find yourself playing it a few times more...  and
a few times more...  and more...

Yattana!!


PS:  Special Easter Egg for those who remember the last Right Triangle
Production!


PPS:  Although this is a Freeware release, donations are very, very welcome. 
Please.  Remember, I'm a starving college student.  Send cash, checks, precious
ore, <....contents deleted....ct>  Thanks.

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Hope this is helpful with your information needs!

Cheers!

Tom