Version 1.7
This is a small utility that aids in converting bitmaps, gifs and jpegs into windows icons. It works best with all the icon pages on the net that store the pictures in an OS-neutral format.? Freeware- source available below.
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BedPoing was a homage to a great little freeware game I used to play on my Amiga called “Poing!”. Its a standard breakout clone with the slight variations of your bat is on the left side of the screen and you need to advance through past the right side of the screen. If you’re on level 3 and you miss the ball; you go back to level 2 and get a chance to recover; then back to level 1 if you miss it again. This game is pretty much complete except for the UI graphics. I just could never be bothered finishing it. The level sets can be generated or all pre set and are just flat text files so anyone can create their own levels easily.
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Executeable – 725KB
Bedter
Version 2.52
Bedter was renamed from Bedtris after legal threats from The Tetris Company!
The ultimate in tetris style games. With all the features that I wanted in a tetris game because I couldn’t find one I liked, so I wrote my own. Now at version 2.52. Bedter is freeware so download and distribute to all of your friends.
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Most likely you will also need the Qt runtime libraries libqt.so.2.gz (2.6MB) and libqtintf.so.gz (440KB).
If you already have version 2.2.4 of these libraries (as libqt.so.2.2.4 and libqtintf.so.2.2.4) you can use these by creating symbolic links libqt.so.2 and libqtintf.so to point to the existing libraries, respectively.
Run “tar xzvf BedTer.tar.gz”. If you need to install the Qt runtimes do so to a common library path (ie /us/lib) and then run /sbin/ldconfig as root.
Bedter Resources
Bedter is fully customisable in regards to graphics and sound/music. Here are a few graphic resources for Bedter. Simply copy over the existing files. Remember to make a backup of the originals; but if you forget, the original Bedter resources are also here. If you have created Bedter resources feel free to send them to me and I’ll make them available here. Do not distribute the Bedter executable zip file with customised resources.
original.zip – 55.2KB. The original theme including graphics, music and sounds.
purple.zip – 55.4KB. A purple background with nicely shaded pieces (graphics only).
contrast.zip – 9.1KB. A high contrast theme (piece graphics only).
doom.zip – 298KB. Sounds based on the game Doom.People’s Responses
Here’s what people have to say about Bedter:
“The game’s pretty cool. It’s one of the better Tetris clones out there and it doesn’t even take up that much memory either.” — Matt P. , SoftSeek WebPage
“I’d like to commend you on bedtris…it is by far the best tetris clone that I’ve ever seen, and i’ve spent quite some time playing it.” — David Ham
“I’m really enjoying Bedtris. I had been using another shareware (BLOCKED) previously to satisfy my Tetris addiction. Yours is much better.” — Mike Morgan
“I just downloaded Bedtris from shareware.com and I love it! Excellent job! I too have been looking for a good copy of Tetris for my home PC and yours is the best!” — Paul LaBouve
“Downloaded Bedtris from the Net last night. Been playing ever since.” — Barry Kendal
“You have done an incredible job with this game. It is definitely one of the best tetris clones for windows I’ve ever seen.” — David Ko
“FINALY!!! My wife has had me searching the net far and wide for a tetris game and now it’s finaly downloaded for her. Although she has not tried it as yet I have and it’s great!! Now all those others can stop taking up room on my disc.” — Rodger Banda
“Bedtris v 2.0 has everything I could possibly want in a tetris game, the music and sounds are awesome, and the graphics are the best I’ve seen!” — Rick Chern
“I’ve been a BedTris supporter since V1.0 came out.” — Daniel Segall
“I’m now the lucky owner of your game “Bedtris”. I wish to tell you it’s really great stuff, and the soundtrack from the point mode-fantastic!” — Wolfgang Hinz
