Newtris 1.0b2

Newtris is TOTALLY FREE. Enjoy it. (I do.)  If you feel you must pay for it, look at the Finale below. (Note that some people have done this, and it's well appreciated.)

Release notes

Newtris is based on Tetris (tm). Do I really have to say anything else? Okay, maybe I do:

1.0b2: added high scores. Newtris has always looked at the owner's handedness preference for the Newton to determine which side to place the controls on, but now it also has a feature to do the reverse (in case a friend is playing). An option has been added to show the tiles as all black, instead of various patterns. Overall game play has been sped up; level 13 is the maximum speed possible in this version. (Future versions may be able to go faster after more graphic optimization, but I don't know that anybody could play it that fast!) Minor support for larger Newtons (e.g. MP2000) added. It's not pretty, and won't be until I have one. This release is NOS 2.x only. I hope to incorporate 1.x support back into it, but it's not a high priority for me; if you want 1.x compatibility, please let me know; it'll be another vote to sway me.

1.0b1: first release to the public. It seems that this version doesn't like some (all?) 1.x Newtons.

Bug reports should be sent to <jorj@seas.upenn.edu>. 

Updates should be available from http://binky.seas.upenn.edu/~jorj/newton.html.


Addendum

It bothers me that so much crappy software costs money nowadays. If you're going to charge for your software and call it "shareware", it better damn well work. It should also serve a purpose (entertainment is a purpose), should have had some design thought go into it, and be priced reasonably for what you've done.

For instance, PT100 (a terminal emulator for the Newton, not of my writing) is reasonably priced, seems to work well, and the authors are receptive to users' input.

I have many examples of what isn't good shareware, but I'd have to offend the authors to tell you about them, so I won't.

Finale

If you really like this game, tell me so! If you feel that it's really really extra great, send me a token of your appreciation (I love teas from around the world, for example...)