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diff --git a/games/gemdropx/pkg-descr b/games/gemdropx/pkg-descr index b44545d28a24..13042835a7a5 100644 --- a/games/gemdropx/pkg-descr +++ b/games/gemdropx/pkg-descr @@ -1,20 +1,18 @@ - Gem Drop X is an interesting one-player puzzle game for X-Window. +"Gem Drop X" is an interesting one-player puzzle game using the +Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) libraries. - Gem Drop X is a direct port of Gem Drop, an Atari 8-bit game -written in Action! (a very fast C and Pascal-like compiled language -for the Atari). The concept of the game Gem Drop is based directly -on an arcade game for the NeoGeo system called "Magical Drop III" -by SNK. +It is a direct port of "Gem Drop," an Atari 8-bit game written in Action! +(a very fast C- and Pascal-like compiled language for the Atari). - If you're familiar with games like Jewels, Klax, Bust-A-Move or -Tetris, this game is similar to them all. I consider it closest to -Klax. (Jewels is like a combination of Klax and Tetris. Bust-A-Move -is the least similar, in my opinion, but everyone seems to have -heard of it more than the others (except Tetris, of course!)) +It was originally ported to X11, using SDL for sound and music. +Eventually, the Xlib graphics calls were removed and replaced with +SDL calls. - The game is played with YOU at the bottom of the screen. At the -top is a random assortment of colored shapes ("gems"). As time goes -on, more gems appear at the very top of the screen, pushing the -rest downwards. The game is over when the gems reach the bottom. +The concept of the game "Gem Drop" is based on an arcade game for the +NeoGeo system called "Magical Drop III" by SNK. + +If you're familiar with games like Jewels, Klax, Bust-A-Move or Tetris, +this game is similar to them all. I consider it closest to Klax. +Some people have compared it to "Tetris meets Space Invaders." WWW: http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/gemdropx/ |