Blocks

Throughout the Blocks game piece of three blocks of various colors fall from the top to the bottom of the playing area. When the blocks form a solid row of three or more similar blocks across the playing area, that row vanishes.

Because this is the only way to remove blocks, you should try to form solid rows whenever possible. The game ends when the pieces stack up to the top of the playing area. You can manipulate a piece only when it is falling. Falling blocks may be swapped, moved horizontally, or dropped to the bottom of the playing area. The object of Blocks is to continue playing for as long as possible. The game is over when the playing area is stacked to the top with blocks.

Rules

Blocks pieces appear one at a time at the top of the playing area and then proceed to fall at a constant speed.

Each piece continues to fall until it lands.
You can manipulate a piece only when it is falling.
With the keyboard, you can swap blocks and and move a falling piece left, right, or down.
Each time the blocks form a solid row of three or more similar blocks across the playing area, that row vanishes.
The game ends when the pieces are stacked to the top of the playing area.

Scoring

The game starts with an initial score value, which increases for each successive playing level. Each time you swap blocks or move the piece horizontally, the score value decreases. If you drop the piece, the score value increases proportionally to the distance it falls. Therefore, you can achieve the highest score per piece by immediately dropping it from the top of the playing area. The lowest score will result when you continually manipulate the piece until it lands.

Note: Using the Piece Preview command from the Options menu dramatically lowers the score value of every piece. It is a helpful learning tool, but once you have gained experience, you should turn this command off.

You can earn bonus points by removing multiple rows of blocks simultaneously.

Three Blocks	100 points
Four Blocks	200 points
Five Blocks	400 points
Six or More Blocks	800 points

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