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In the previous article, gregory@icad.com points out a way to get high
scores in the game. Of course, other unscrupulous types make up their
high score list with resedit. (Not a recommended procedure for those not
familiar with Resedit, so I'll only give what I know of the format.)
Open the "scor" resource, then "scor ID=1000". It will open as a general
format item. The first byte is the length of the high-score holder's
name. That is followed immediately by the name in ASCII, and filler. At
positions 1C,1D,1E and 1F they store the score, as a 4-byte signed hex 
number (ie, the maximum score possible is 7fff ffff, or 2,147,483,647).
Furthermore, the level attained is stored in position 1B (It seems like
the highest level tetris recognizes is 9, but if you set the high bit of
the level, it prints in bold.) The format repeats itself at positions
20, 40, etc (all in hex). One interesting note is that Tetris recognizes
when a score is too high and changes the point size in an attempt to
make it fit, but even at the reduced size, the maximum attainable score
doesn't fit.

PS-Be careful... People might get suspicious if resediting your scores
causes a score of -1, or some other suspicious number in first place.
Furthermore, By using resedit, it is possible to make the first-place
score lower than the others, and screwing up the way Tetris updates the
highscore list.

Disclaimer: This is posted only for the information of netters. I do not
encourage anyone to modify their high score list in any way, and will
take no responsibility for any strange occurences. In other words, if
you screw up, don't blame me. :)

ejgraves@phoenix.princeton.edu
or ejgraves@pucc.bitnet