Whats the best Tetris game for you?

[KillerMiller]

For me its clearly Sega Tetris for Dreamcast/Arcade.


Man, this game is so totally underrated/unknown.


It has a brilliant VS Mode where you dont just get garbage lines but different attacks, so if you make a double for example your enemy has to fuse 2 pieces into 1 big.

For a split double (a double with a uncleared line between them)

a rocket destroys random pieces and so on.


The system really works and doesnt give campers a bit of a chance.


The whole game looks extremely fine with full 3D graphics, sometimes even moving backgrounds.

You can choose different characters with doesnt make a difference but its cool anyway.


If you have a Dreamcast or your a big fan of Tetris you have to try this game, for me its simply the best Tetris (and I played nearly every version).

[colour_thief]

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Whoa man, Sega Tetris is my favourite VS Tetris. Do you know how to unlock all the UFO dolls? I've got most of them, but not all for some reason. Maybe I have to play Single player for that... I don't like that whole Slot Machine concept they use so I've neglected it. I swear I've plowed through on the hardest difficulty without continuing though.


Anyhow, YES! This game has awesome VS. I find it much more interesting than the standard VS.

I am missing 2 Characters too.

So far I have:


Monkey - 2 out of 4 extra colors.

Chicken - 2 extra colors.

Dog - 2 extra colors.

Japanese girl - 2 extra colors.

Large Girl - extra colors.

Robotic Frog - 2 extra colors.

Voodoo look a like guy - 2 extra colors.


I only know that you get the extra colors after beat the CPU Vs Game with a new color Character.

My theory is, that in marathon mode, you have to survive the timelimit after clearing 200 lines, but it gets so freaking fast then, I didnt survived it lol.


But its great the hear that there is someone how knows about this gem http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

[M.Bison]

I cant say I have played Tetris on the Dreamcast, sounds good though. I'm not that sure which version of Tetris is my favorite, I really like Super Tetris 3 and Tetris DX. But I have not yet played either on the actual cartridge only through an emulator. I really have to get some money together and get a copy of DX, DS and maybe a handful of others.


- Jono

[colour_thief]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention my favourite:


Tetris The Absolute The Grand Master 2 PLUS


*phew*


Seriously though, it's a sweet game. I prefer Sega Tetris's multiplayer, but for single player it's unbeatable. Killer Miller, you should give it a try. It shares the same rotation system and piece colours as Sega Tetris!

[caffeine]

tetris ds all the way ;]

[KillerMiller]

Yeah, I know Tetris Grand Master 2, I play it on MAME sometimes.

It plays very nice and fluid, I would like to play Grandmaster 3, but it isnt emulated and only available for Xbox 360 in Japan (and Arcade of course).


I dont have Tetris DS yet, but what I hear is that is has the same garbage system like the GB one?

And whats up with that screenshots were you see powerups like red shell?


I dont like the old garbage system too much, its and old system wich has been made better by Sega Tetris in all ways.

Grand Master 2 has an powerup system + garbage wich is better than the old too.

[caffeine]

tds's garbage system is different than the original game boy's system. it's not completely random, but it definitely works more randomly. i don't really play items mode so often, and i'm not really that turned on by what i hear of sega tetris's versus mode-- sounds like a bunch of funky gimmicks to worry about. i like plain vanilla-- your garbage versus my garbage play. it may not look like a lot, but there's so much depth in it-- i find it very challenging and satisfying.

[oman]

Anyone fond of this version? I actually knew the guy who programmed it. (sadly he is no longer with us. http://www.bretz.ca/dave/ (http://www.bretz.ca/dave/default.htm)


I really don't like gimicky tetris games much myself but I thought the 4x4 block fusing in this was the most non-intrusive of the gameplay additions I've seen.

[caffeine]

You knew him, oman? TNT was one of my favorites-- I used to play it a lot.

Yeah... I knew him back when we were in to the pc demo scene. I actually got to hang out with him and the lead programmer for tetrisphere a long time ago. Smart guy. Is TNT the first version to add the piece hold?

[oman]

Yeah... I knew him back when we were in to the pc demo scene. I actually got to hang out with him and the lead programmer for tetrisphere a long time ago. Smart guy. Is TNT the first version to add the piece hold?

[caffeine]

unless you count tetrisphere...

[K]

i was searching about "TetriSphere" on the forum and found this post...


it is Still my favorite VS "puzzle" game... i've read the page about David Pridie. i didn't knew that the song Martist was refering to his pseudonyme. I feel strange cause i was listening TetriSphere OST (Neil D. Voss composer) yesterday... http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif

[Phydeaux]

It's really weird that I was just thinking about Tetrisphere this morning, since we were discussing virtual console downloads for the Nintendo Wii.


You guys really need to stop climbing into my mind.

[sihumchai]

DTET for the win.


I'm seriously stuck on this game, and I can't play Tetris DS(multiplayer especially) anymore because of the slow spawning time in the 10x22 field. It just comes out so slow, I need to see the full piece and I don't use ghost.


Me> Needs help badly to get back on track with Tetris DS http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif

I also like the VS. mode because it accepts combos. 4 players is pretty frantic.


Love the metallic blocks too, and the sound effects they use in the game. The loud metal on metal sound, the combo linking sounds. Just great. (please skin for LockJaw, hehe)

[sihumchai]

Sorry about asking like that, I know I'm not supposed to, but..


We don't have of these machines here in Malaysia. Tho I'll have to try harder.

[Caithness]

Yeah, I know Tetris Grand Master 2, I play it on MAME sometimes.
It plays very nice and fluid, I would like to play Grandmaster 3, but it isnt emulated and only available for Xbox 360 in Japan (and Arcade of course).


I haven't been able to find any information online that indicates that TGM2 is included in MAME. Does it play any faster on the same hardware than the first TGM? Probably not, but one can always hope.

the best tetris game ive ever played: tetrinet2

Yeah, I know Tetris Grand Master 2, I play it on MAME sometimes.
It plays very nice and fluid, I would like to play Grandmaster 3, but it isnt emulated and only available for Xbox 360 in Japan (and Arcade of course).

I haven't been able to find any information online that indicates that TGM2 is included in MAME. Does it play any faster on the same hardware than the first TGM? Probably not, but one can always hope.It was removed at Arika's request, but people who already had it didn't delete it obviously http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif.


I couldn't comment on its performance as I only have the orginal (which runs like ass in mame and flawlessly in zinc).

[kotetsu213]

I have it and it runs perfectly fine.

[Amnesia]

Have somebody ever tried "Super Tetris 3"?


This is for me the best Tetris I've played after TGM series and TDS..

If you have 5 or 10 min to loss, I advise you to try it, the gameplay is inspired from TGM, you can strongly increase the game speed with pressing down..I'm not sure but he is appeared before TGM1 and grad system is 1,2,3,4,...30,S1,S2,S3,....S9! no Gm! It's amazing..The game is very interresting at S9...


You can find it on SNES..

[tepples]

Have somebody ever tried "Super Tetris 3"?

[...]

You can find it on SNES..

I thought it was Japan-only (i.e. Super Famicom, not Super NES).

[Amnesia]

And ?

[Amnesia]

Do you know Tetris cardcaptor sakura? yes Off course..

It's an other tetris developped by ARIKA (same speed, gameplay...)

Do you know where I can find it? Which emulator?

[colour_thief]

Any PSX emulator should be able to handle it, and you can find the game on Yahoo! Japan Auctions.

[Mountainrunner]

I liked Duotris on the c64 very much.


http://pirates.emucamp.com/a/d/duotris/c64/main.html


Here is a picture:


http://www.c64gg.com/Images/D/Duotris.ss.gif

It's in fact the first Tetris I've played in my live.


There is also a official Tetris available, but I didn't liked the gameplay and the poor gfx so much.


http://www.bhlegend.com/screenshots/C64%20Tetris%20Screenshot%2002.gif

I still wonder there were so many Tetris-Clones out on the C64, but most of them with poor gfx.


-- Thomas

[caffeine]

wow. how old school! the vertical z spawn just blew my mind.

[Rosti LFC]

It's threads like these which make me realise how much of a n00b I am at Tetris.

[tepples]

wow. how old school! the vertical z spawn just blew my mind.

Vertical S/Z spawn is the case in Bricklayer (for Mac and Windows) as well. (If you recognize this song (http://pinocchio.jk0.org/fuckRIAA/vg/tetris/Bricklayer/Bricklayer.m3u), you've played Bricklayer.) That's the one I played for a long time.

[Mountainrunner]

the vertical z spawn just blew my mind


What does this mean?


I've tried to translate with google, but I don't think you mean the eggs of a fish when you talk about a spawn. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif

I don't speak this English very good ... http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_redface.gifhttp://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_redface.gif

Regards, Thomas

[colour_thief]

"Spawn" is used to mean the way the pieces appear in the game area. So a vertical spawn is an appearance in a vertical orientation.


It's used in FPS games as well. A "spawning point" is where a player can appear in the arena. "To spawn" is to enter the arena, and "spawn camping" is when a player stays close to a spawning point to get an easy kill on a recently spawned player.


Hope that wasn't more confusing than educational! http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

[Mountainrunner]

OK, that sounds better for me.


Horizontal span means you can see the pieces on the top of the screen moving from on side to the middle until they fall down.


Vertical span would mean that they are coming from the bottom to the top until they fall down.


And in multiplayer mode, each player has his own row of pieces moving around?


Thanks for the education, this is also an issue for my own tetris-game. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_idea.gif

Regards, Thomas

[DIGITAL]

OK, that sounds better for me.

Horizontal span means you can see the pieces on the top of the screen moving from on side to the middle until they fall down.

Vertical span would mean that they are coming from the bottom to the top until they fall down.

And in multiplayer mode, each player has his own row of pieces moving around?

Thanks for the education, this is also an issue for my own tetris-game. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_idea.gif

Regards, Thomas


The "spawn" in this context is not indicating movement but the way the piece is rotated when it appears at the top of the well. Hope this helps. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

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[Mountainrunner]

Thanks for the hint!


This would mean that usually all pieces come out horicontal orientated.


That's new for me, because (as you see in Duotris) I've noticed vertical orientated pieces as well (and gives you no chance when you get an "I" and most lines are blocked http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_evil.gif ).

[LOst]

I played Tetris for the first time back in 1993. Original Gameboy. -Hated it!

Yea, I am not a fan of black and white graphics. And I never got into the concept of clearing full rows. (too stupid to understand)


Well, one day during year 2001, I was able to watch the Arika movies. It was fun, and very inspiring. I got a hold of TGM1. I tried and tried for a month or so. Then I decided only Japanese people can get GM or be "god players". I hacked the game to see the ending. It was very interesting to see how the game was built up. All the graphics and all the different systems. So brilliant!

Well, I wanted TGM2 so badly because I had a feeling TGM1 had harder controls.


Then I played it a few weeks in 2002 and 2003. But when I found the TGM1 movie from Arika in 2005, I saw it was possible! You just need to rotate the pieces in a special order. The best thing about TGM1 is that you can actually be as good as the best players, only if you hide the timer. Because the way you get the grades, you get them the same time, or even faster than the Japanese player, relatively to the level. Heh at least below S3.


A day in 2005, I played TGM1 20g, recording my play. I got to grade 5 by luck! Only by luck. I started to get bored with the game, I mean I can't get anywhere, and I have played it since 2002. I uploaded my movie and posted at the Zinc forum. "Try do better than me! lol". colour thief replied: "I am GM". Me: "Yea right". I still believed "Only Japanese people can be GM". Well I demended proof, and that pissed colour thief off. But luckly, I found a way to become better.


Well, I am too border to continue here. I am not a fan of Tetris. I am a fan of TGM. However, I am not against Tetris in any way. TGM is just so much more "arcade". You just jump into it and you'll get the action from the start. No need to foreplay. ..... ..... must play death mode.....


Today I am GM, just like colour thief. Well, thanks to him! Still I wonder how many years it will take until I have the title of "god player". Mihara seems to be a "god player", even at Tetris DS I have heard. But most of you "Tetris" guys should become gods before me. You have played Tetris longer than I have, so that must be true?


Well, to answer this question: TGM1 is my favourite Tetris game.

[herc]

arent you guys here into BLOCKOUT ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockout ) ? remember that?

while still living in eastern germany short before the "mauerfall" (fall of the Berlin Wall), i played it in an after school young talents location called "center of young talents or pionierhaus". though i was in the electronics department, we often had a look into the computer science department, where my same aged friends used to crack and play computer games from west germany sent with parcels or brougth from the friendly grandmom that had one of these RARE a border-crossing licences..

besides prince of persia blockout was the first computer game i ever played there in the pionierhaus. on an amber coloured hercules monitor http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif man was that cool! endlessly cool 3d graphics http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif

today, i still love blockout so much, that i have set up a flash game similiar to blockout:


http://www.3dtris.de (http://www.3dtris.de/default.htm)



hope someone here still enjoys a short game of blockout..

http://www.coreloop.com/3dtris/3dtrisv5.gif

[colour_thief]

I don't really like Blockout. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_redface.gif But that was a very interesting story herc, thanks for sharing it with us! http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

[tepples]

I bought it for PS1 (under the title Geom Cube) and played it for a while.

[Rich Nagel]

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!).


P.S. Check out the Wiki entry for Tetris Classic (http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/../wiki/index.php?title=Tetris_Classic), I've just added a ton of info and stuff to it (as well as screenshots), including the complete story behind all of the beautiful background pics in the game -:)

[Rosti LFC]

I have to say Tetris DS is my favourite, but only for the online multiplayer. Single player isn't really that great, although some of the modes are good.


I enjoy TetriNET (mostly TetriFast) and Quadra too.


TAP is my favourite for single player though. I've sort of given up all other Tetris games with the hope of getting to 500 in death, 999 in Master, and a Gm rank on the original TGM.


And of course Lockjaw 40 lines is awesome too.

[jujube]

Tetris Zone, Lockjaw, Heboris, and Tetris DS probably in that order. Rosti if you get a new video card you really should try cultris for multiplayer. i don't play it much anymore but it's a great multiplayer game. the only drawback for me is it tends to overheat my laptop sometimes.

[Pineapple]

LJ (PC), Tetris (GameBoy grey cart), LJ (GBA), Hebo - in that order.


Are there any other notable fan games that you lot can recommend to a casual player?

[Air Gear]

I'm still the TGM guy, though let me say that, if they were both playable, it'd be between TAP and TGM3 for me. It's all on whether it's better having TGM+ or the hold piece...


And herc: that was a fun little Blockout game, though the whole sense of depth still feels kind of weird...it's like the ideal Blockout game would have to have some sort of "side view", or otherwise have multiple views, to help a little more with depth. Also, a big problem with games like that is that since faces are formed so much more slowly than lines in Tetris, levels need to accelerate more somehow...like fewer faces to a level or possibly TGM-style piece counting.


Ok, random thought stemming from that: who here agrees that the most intuitive, satisfying way to do rotations in a Blockout game would be with a Wiimote? Gah, guess I might have to do a Wiimote-controlled Blockout game to see if that makes it playable, along with the "see if tweaks can make a pentomino-based TGM-style game playable"...

[tepples]

it's like the ideal Blockout game would have to have some sort of "side view", or otherwise have multiple views, to help a little more with depth.
3D Tetris, a Blockout clone for Virtual Boy, had a sort of semi-side view.

Ok, random thought stemming from that: who here agrees that the most intuitive, satisfying way to do rotations in a Blockout game would be with a Wiimote?

That or a trackball. Move the trackball to shift. Press button 1 or 2 to rotate around the gravity axis. Hold a button and move the trackball to rotate around the other axes. Press both buttons to drop.

[caffeine]

i'm not sure what's the best right now, but i remember one i really enjoyed a lot. the new tetris was a lot of fun, i remember.

[K]

for me ? Errrr http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif