Wordtris (DOS)

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Wordtris
Wordtris - DOS.jpg
Platform: DOS
Year: 1991
Developer: Spectrum HoloByte
Buy: Amazon
For other games in the series, see Tetris.

Wordtris is a puzzle game based on the popular puzzle game Tetris. The player must line up words horizontally or vertically to spell words. Instead of level numbers, the levels are represented in letters. The game stops at Level J and keeps going until the player loses. Every time the level changes, there is a different background image with a Russian theme and a short music number.

Screenshots

Wordtris - DOS - Title.png

The title screen.

Wordtris - DOS - Copy Protection 1.png

The copy protection.

Wordtris - DOS - Main Menu.png

Viewing the main menu.

Wordtris - DOS - Level A.png

Playing Level A.


Music

The game claims the music is Russian-style and it is. Ed Bogas provided 12 musical tracks. Unfortunately, the music does not loop. Ed wrote MIDI files in Super Studio Session which were then converted to the sound engine, suspected to be Ad Lib Visual Composer.

Recording

The AdLib recording starts with a 1, the MT-32 recording starts with a 2, and the Tandy 3 Voice recording starts with a 3.

# Title ComposerArranger Length Listen Download
101 Title Screen Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:40
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102 Level A Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:23
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103 Level B Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:23
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104 Level C Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:30
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105 Level D Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:21
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106 Level E Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:20
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107 Level F Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:18
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108 Level G Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:29
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109 Level H Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:27
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110 Level I Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:31
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111 Level J Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:14
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112 High Scores Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyEd Bogas 0:24
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# Title ComposerArranger Length Listen Download
201 Title Screen Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:46
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202 Level A Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:25
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203 Level B Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:24
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204 Level C Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:31
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205 Level D Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:23
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206 Level E Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:22
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207 Level F Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:19
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208 Level G Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:30
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209 Level H Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:29
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210 Level I Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:33
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211 Level J Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:16
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212 High Scores Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyEd Bogas 0:26
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# Title ComposerArranger Length Listen Download
301 Title Screen Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:48
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302 Level A Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:23
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303 Level B Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:24
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304 Level C Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:29
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305 Level D Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:20
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306 Level E Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:20
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307 Level F Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:18
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308 Level G Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:29
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309 Level H Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:14
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310 Level I Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:14
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311 Level J Ed BogasEd Bogas 0:14
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312 High Scores Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyEd Bogas 0:24
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Credits

(Source)

Don Harlow is credited for sound, but is also credited in Super Tetris (DOS) for sound programming. Therefore, he has been listed as the programmer.

Game Rip

Format

Conversion

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BNK.png MIDI.png RAW.png

VGZ.png WAV.png

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This rip contains AdLib instrument bank file that is installed in the root game folder, original compressed resource files, uncompressed music (AdLib, Roland MT-32, Tandy) and RAW sounds.

STUNS tool was used to decompress resources (PKWare compression).

Also the rip contains VGZ format recording and manually converted sounds in WAV format.

Audio Devices

Music

Icon - AdLib.png Icon - LAPC-I.png Icon - MT-32.png Icon - Sound Blaster.png Icon - Tandy 3 Voice.png

Sound

Icon - AdLib.png Icon - PC Speaker.png Icon - Sound Blaster.png Icon - Tandy DAC.png

(Source) - The game lets you choose the devices at startup.

Releases

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Wordtris - DOS.jpg
Title: Wordtris
Platform: DOS
Released: 1991-09-19
Publisher: Spectrum HoloByte

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