SQUAREZ DELUXE

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Press Keyboard right side: Alt+Enter keys to switch to full screen game play, and Alt+Enter keys to return.

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How to play SQUAREZ DELUXE

Universal Keys

  • Esc – Give up / exit
     
  • F1 – Pause (doubles as screen-saver)
     
  • F10 – Abort and return to Main Menu
     

Joystick

  • Button A – Rotate piece
     
  • Button B – Place piece

SQUAREZ DELUXE Description

The next generation of puzzle games is here, featuring hazardous chemicals, devastator bombs, and missiles! Maneuver your pieces to form squarez and stay ahead of your opponent—or race the clock to practice your skills. Three difficulty levels let you choose your style of play:

  1. Basic – plain tiles, great for practice.
     
  2. Normal – standard mix of special tiles.
     
  3. Extreme – chaotic mode packed with exploding tiles and surprises.
     

Troubleshooting: If you have trouble running the game, read trouble.txt.

How to Master Squarez

The key to mastery is practice—and once you start, it’s hard to stop.
Objective: create 3 × 3 squarez using the pieces you receive.

  • Speed = Points: The faster you place a piece, the more you score—especially important in two-player matches.
     
  • Score Multiplier
     
    • Grows when you complete a 4 × 4 (or larger) square.
       
    • Increases when you activate a plus (+) tile.
       
    • Resets to zero with a minus (−) tile.
       
    • Slowly falls back to 1× over time—keep building to hold it high!
       

Special Tiles (Normal & Extreme Modes)

Bombs, spikes, acid, missiles, sticky splooge, and other oddities appear at random. Form a square that includes one to activate it. Some specials affect each other—experiment to discover the combos. Refer to “The Magic Tiles” section for details.

Backgrounds: If the in-game background patterns bother you, start Squarez with the command-line switch
Squarez /B.

 

Game Options

Press J at any time to calibrate or reconfigure joysticks.

Main Menu (Quick Keys)

Key

Action

S

Start the game

M

Choose mode: Basic / Normal / Extreme

P

Select players: single or head-to-head

1

Set controls for Player 1

2

Set controls for Player 2

H

View high scores

D

Watch an Extreme-mode demo or replay your last game

I

Instructions (tile guide, scoring, etc.)

Q

Quit

 

Keyboard Layouts

Mode

Move Piece

Rotate Piece

Place Piece

Right-Side Player

Arrow keys

5 / . / Del

0 / Ins

Left-Side Player

F T H B

G / Z

Space / A

Single-Player

—

Ctrl

Alt

 

The Magic Tiles

Score

Tile

Description

1

Normal

Standard tile.

1

Cracked

Activates if a nearby explosion or square forms.

3

Shield

Must be squared three times or exploded.

0

Steel Pyramid

Cannot form squarez; only explosions destroy it.

0 / 25

Arrows

Moves the center bar. Points go to the player the bar moves away from.

5

Splooge

Releases a sticky puddle.

10

Acid

Unleashes a corrosive pool.

20

Dumb Missile

Fires across the screen, clearing everything in its path.

50

Devastator Bomb

Destroys a large radius when detonated.

0

Spikes

Expands into an obstruction—only explosions remove it. Destroy early!

200

Activator

Triggers every special tile on the screen.

100

Releaser

Frees all enclosed tiles, making them touch-activated.

0 / 50

NoSquarez

Temporarily stops squares from dissolving. Points only if activated on the rival’s field.

50

Punishment Box

Gives the owning player a ring of shields as the next piece; points to the opponent.

—

Empty Tile

Drag over another tile to pick it up.

???

Question Mark

Transforms into a random tile when activated.

—

( + / − )

Raises or lowers the score multiplier.

Other Hazards

  • Splooge: Sticky purple goo—pieces that touch it stick together.
     
  • Acid: Green corrosive slime—destroys any tile on contact.
     

 

Credits

Role

Person

Design & Programming

Adam Pedersen

Graphics

Adam Pedersen

Sound

Adam Pedersen

Compression & Sound Code

Jason Blochowiak

 

Squarez Deluxe 1.5 – Freeware Edition

The original classic is now FREE! Enjoy head-to-head modem/serial play, devastator bombs, missiles, hazardous chemicals, and frantic puzzle action with digital sound. Experience a fresh twist on Tetris-style gameplay from the creator of Jetpack—fast, addictive, and endlessly replayable.

 

Cheats/Hints/Walkthroughs for SQUAREZ DELUXE

No posted cheats for this game yet.

SQUAREZ DELUXE - additional information

Platform
DOS
Game year
1993
Publisher
Software Creations
Developed by
Adept Software
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