PiFrac, a 3D packing game for your Palm

P i F r a c
A 3D packing game for your Palm

INDEX

Frac ... ifrac .. PiFrac

Preview

Download

On-line Manual

World-Wide Score Table

PiFrac On the Web

Other Links

Current version is 1.0.1

Frac ... ifrac ... PiFrac

If you like Tetris^TM , and looking for a simple way to extend your experience to a new dimension, check this out. You probably wouldn't think of anything easier (and more addictive) than packing rectangular prisms ("3D oblongs") having at least two reebs (sides) of same size, and this is what the game is about !

Originally released in 1990 by Simsalabim Software (Max Shapiro & Per Bergland), FRAC very soon became a bestseller in Mac and MS DOS world and still has supporters all over the world. For Linux the code was rewritten completely from scratch with adding 'demo' mode, 256colour support, and more.and and released in 2000 as ifrac. Windows part of ifrac (wifrac) appeared in 2001, now is the time for Palm!

Here are the special features of PiFrac (Palm release of ifrac) :

More relaxed game conditions: rollover from level 9 back to level 1 (registered version only)
Consistent scroring: the new scoring system encourages skipping levels or starting with a non-empty keybopard
Control with stylus and/or bottom keys
Flipped version for left-handed players
Supports all PalmOS versions (1.0 to 5.0) and all colour modes (BW to 16 bpp).

Other features (inherited from ifrac):

Local and world-wide score tables
Demo mode (plays itself!)

No sound support so far !

Preview

Standard version	Flipped version
Greyscale (4bpp) view	Monochrome (B&W) view
HandEra^TM 330

Download

PiFrac standard version (with help and manual):

PiFrac-1.0.1.zip (87K)

Here are the additional releases (the code only, use help and manual from the main package) :

Type

Standard orientation

Flipped orientation

Flipped version, 49K:

PiFrac_flipped-1.0.1.prc.zip

No colour support (takes less space on your device), 35K: PiFrac_nocolour-1.0.1.prc.zip PiFrac_nocolour_flipped-1.0.1.prc.zip

Handera 330TM special , 49K: PiFrac_HandEra-1.0.1.prc.zip PiFrac_Handera_flipped-1.0.1.zip

On-line Manual

PiFrac manual: HTML format PDF format

World-Wide Score Table

World-wide score table has been relocated, please update the links.

To see World-Wide scores for Palm, click the following link

PiFrac World Scores.

To submit your score, make sure you have your score and submission code ready.
You will have to enter your name or alias, location (country and state/province), and optionally age and contact email:

Submit your score !

PiFrac on the web

Visit PiFrac page at:

PalmGear

pdassi

Handango

Type	Standard orientation	Flipped orientation
Flipped version, 49K:		PiFrac_flipped-1.0.1.prc.zip
No colour support (takes less space on your device), 35K:	PiFrac_nocolour-1.0.1.prc.zip	PiFrac_nocolour_flipped-1.0.1.prc.zip
Handera 330TM special , 49K:	PiFrac_HandEra-1.0.1.prc.zip	PiFrac_Handera_flipped-1.0.1.zip