User:Rich Nagel

I'm a major Tetris fan, as well as a player of Damian Yerrick's EXCELLENT freeware "Lockjaw" Tetris-styled tetromino game! Here are a few skins and goodies that I've created for Lockjaw:


 * "4-Tris" Skin for LockJaw
 * "Bejeweled 2 Worlds" Skin Pack for LockJaw - Seventeen new skins for Lockjaw.
 * "Blue Ice" Skin for LockJaw
 * "Blue Lava Tetris" Skins for LockJaw - Two versions included.
 * "Blue Neon" Skin for LockJaw
 * "Blue Plastic" Skin for LockJaw
 * "Blue Steel" Skin for LockJaw
 * "Blue Steel Large" Skins for LockJaw - Two versions included.
 * "Brian Caos Tetris Music Player" Skin for LockJaw
 * "Ceramic Tiles 2" Skin for LockJaw
 * "Ceramic Tiles 3" Skin for LockJaw
 * "Dancing Tetrominoes" Demo for LockJaw v0.36
 * "LockJaw Handheld" Skins for LockJaw - Two versions included.
 * "LockJaw Rhythm 20G" Tune for LockJaw
 * "LockJaw Technical Funk Rhythm 20G" Tune for LockJaw
 * LockJaw Skin and Setup Selector Utility v4.0 - Complete frontend and menu utility for Lockjaw.
 * LockJaw Skins and Sound Effects Pack v3.0 - Eighteen new skins and a sound effects pack for Lockjaw. New skins include: Black and White, Ceramic Tiles, Electronica 60 Tetris 1, Electronica 60 Tetris 2, GameBoy Tetris, GameBoy Tetris DX, Lots Of Buttons, Microsoft Tetris, Monochrome 1, Monochrome 2, Original Tetris, Plain 1, Plain 2, Tetris Classic, Tetris Jr, TriTryst, Wooden Skin, and Wooden Skin Color.
 * "Mini Classic Tetris" Skin for LockJaw
 * "Minimal" Skins for LockJaw - Two versions included.
 * "Minimal Large" Skins for LockJaw - Two versions included.
 * "N-Blox" Skin for LockJaw
 * "NES Tetris" Skins for LockJaw - Two versions included.
 * "Quake Master" Skins for LockJaw - Two versions included.
 * "Shockwave Tetris" Skin for LockJaw
 * "SNES Tetris" Skin for LockJaw
 * "Space Warp" Skins for LockJaw - Two versions included.
 * "StretchTris" Skin for LockJaw
 * "Super Tetris 3" SNES Skin for LockJaw
 * "Template" Skins for LockJaw - Template files useful for creating new Lockjaw skins.
 * "Tengen Tetris" Skins for LockJaw - Two versions included.
 * "Tetris Classic" Skin Pack for LockJaw - Eleven new skins for Lockjaw.
 * "Tetris Concept Wiki" Skin for LockJaw
 * "Tetris Concept Wiki Large" Skins for LockJaw - Two versions included.
 * "Tetris Mania" Skins for LockJaw - Two versions included.
 * "Tetris The Grand Master" Skin Pack for LockJaw - Ten new skins for Lockjaw, four versions of each included.
 * Tetris Guideline Tetromino Colors TSR Utility - Not Lockjaw related, but for use with Vadim Gerasimov and Alexey Pajitnov's Tetris (IBM PC) v3.12.
 * Organic Art Deluxe/Plus! Screensaver Tetris Scenes Pack - Again, not Lockjaw related, but here are a few new Tetris-themed "scenes" for use with Computer Artworks' "Organic Art Deluxe" screensaver, or the "Organic Art" screensaver that shipped with Microsoft Plus! 98.

I recently purchased a "PlayTV Legends Family Tetris" game, which is a direct-to-TV unit distributed by Radica Games. The game ships with two gamepad-style controllers which hold four "AA" batteries, and connects directly to a standard television via the television's audio/video composite inputs. Quite a fun game, although the graphics are very "cartoonish".

Anyhow, my all-time favorite version of Tetris is Spectrum Holobyte's "Tetris Classic" for PC (DOS). Developed by Sphere and released in 1992, this was the first version of Tetris that I had ever played (and I still play it, even today... long live DOS!). Download alternate base address General MIDI drivers for the Windows version of the game here (TCAGMDrv.zip), which may help with sound and music problems when the game is played on a modern PC. Also, here is currently maintained High Scores List for the game.

P.S. Watch this space... Coming soon: updates for many of the skins, my Stereo Sound Effects Pack (recently finished this task on 11/28/07 - with the new filename and extra sound effect added in Lockjaw v0.39), as well as my LockJaw Skin and Setup Selector Utility for compatibility and the new features of Lockjaw v0.39-v0.41!

ASCII 157 - "Tetrisized" version of the "official" ¥Weeds¥ logo!

What is "¥Weeds¥", you ask? Below is the "official" history of "¥Weeds¥":

Unlike what many may think, this came about from my country music band days, sort of a stage nickname of "TumbleWeeds".

I also used to do a LOT of camping out in Big Cypress Swamp out in the Everglades of South Florida (Weeds LOVES the swamp!), and over the course of time "TumbleWeeds" was shortened to simply "Weeds".

I first got into computers back in 1978, and (a few years later) was looking for a suitable signature to use for message posts on some of the various local BBSs that I used to frequent. After searching through some ASCII tables, the "¥" character (character 157 in the [DOS code page) looked pretty close to me to the "official" Weeds logo - see the original painted logo on the old ¥Weeds¥ camping-gear box in this photo.

Heh, many years later, I discovered that the "¥" character was the symbol for Japanese currency.

Anyhow, all of the above finally developed into "Rich ¥Weeds¥ Nagel", which I still currently use today as an online signature (and even hold a few copyrights with).

P.P.S. Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays!

Rich ¥Weeds¥ Nagel richnagel*AT*earthlink.net http://www.richnagel.net ¥Weeds¥ Backwoods Homestead