Your Tetris Collection

[iphys]

What do you all have in your Tetris collections?

Here's mine:

http://ratsnestcave.nfshost.com/TetrisLoot.jpg

Nintendo Tetris
Tengen Tetris
Gameboy Tetris
Tetris Plus (Gameboy)
Tetris DX
Magical Tetris Challenge (Gameboy)
Tetris Worlds (GBA)
Tetris DS
Tetris Jr. keychain
Leafcutter ants playing Tetris T-shirt
Boy scout patrol patch
NES-style Tetris magnets
Not pictured: Tetris (mobile), Tetris Party, Welltris

[jujube]

ooh Tengen Tetris, nice.

i don't have any pics but here's mine:
Tetris DS
Tetris Zone (PC)
Sega Ages Tetris Collection (PS2)
Tetris (Mobile)

[PetitPrince]

Your T-shirt is sweet. Mind if I ask you where did you get it ?

[Kitaru]

GB Tetris
Tetris DS
Tetris Splash
Tetris Party
Tetris Grand Master 1 (Check it out! (http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs038.snc1/2669_59194570674_515950674_1471800_164709_n.jpg) See the ghetto rig I've got in all of its glory, haha.)

Tetris t-shirt (It bothers a little because the colors are all wrong and the stack looks pretty bad. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Arika t-shirt
Tetris Cube

...and this doesn't really count, but I have a Blokus board. :p

[iphys]

You can get the T-shirts on ebay. Just search for Tetris ants.

Man, I wish I had TGM.

[jujube]

Tetris Grand Master 1 (Check it out! (http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs038.snc1/2669_59194570674_515950674_1471800_164709_n.jpg) See the ghetto rig I've got in all of its glory, haha.)
beautiful http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

[Kitaru]

I just got my first GM on hardware. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif It also happens to be my first GM on stick, haha. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs038.snc1/2669_59248325674_515950674_1472877_7857981_n.jpg

I think I might start collecting some other Tetris boards now, haha. Sega Tetris would be neat, but really want a Tetris Plus for the nostalgia. :> I remember back in the day when Blockbuster would rent out consoles, I rented out a PlayStation and Tetris Plus. What a charming game, haha. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

[colour_thief]

I'm too lazy to take a new picture so this is slightly obsolete but...

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[tepples]

It'd be interesting to compare our collections to what we had two years ago. (http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=497)

Not ready to take a photo, but I own legit copies of these games licensed by Elorg, TH, or Mirrorsoft:
Tetris (NES)
Tetris 2 (NES)
Tetris & Dr. Mario (Super NES)
Tetris Blast (GB)
Tetris Attack (Super NES)
Tetrisphere (N64)
The New Tetris (N64)
Tetris Fliptop by Radica
Tetris Elements (PC)
Tetris Party (Wii)

And over a dozen commercial falling block games other than Tetris, including five other versions of Dr. Mario.

I used to own these:
Tetris (GB) which I sold with my Game Boy when I got a GBC
Tetris (wristwatch)
Tetris Worlds (GBA) which I sold to GameStop after I got tired of its control lag and made TOD (http://www.pineight.com/tod/default.htm)

[jujube]

Tetris Worlds (GBA) which I sold to GameStop after I got tired of its control lag and made TOD (http://www.pineight.com/tod/default.htm)
i also used to have that, but traded it in when Tetris DS was released http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif

it's gonna be hard to top ct's collection.

[caffeine]

I'm kicking myself in the head right now for not taking a picture of that enormous collection of Tetris stuff in the BPS office in Hawaii.

[B-BoyMP]

My collection is:
Tetris DX (GBC)
Tetris DS
Tetris 1 (NES)

[deepdorp]

some nice collections here!
here is mine:



pictured:
NES-tengen tetris cart+sleeve+instructions+poster(-box http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif )
NES-nintendo tetris (x2)
GB-tetris
N64-the new tetris+box
N64-tetrisphere
PS2-tetris worlds
NDS-tetris DS
tetris cube puzzle (by seriouspuzzles.com)
milton bradley tetris board game
radica lighted tetris
radica big screen tetris
tetrius magnets (x3 sets)
iceblox ice cube mold (x2)

not pictured:
N64-the new tetris cartridge(couldn't find it for the picture)
XBOX360-tetris evolution
Nintendo Power magazines:
July/Aug 1989
Sept/Oct 1989
Nov/Dec 1989 (tetris featured on cover)

[Meroigo]

Hah, you crazy Tetris addicts! I love you. <3

I only got...

Tetris DS (Nintendo DS)
Tetris Evolution (Xbox 360)
Tetris Splash (Xbox LIVE Arcade)

...but I rarely play them. I mostly play Texmaster, Lockjaw and Blockbox on my computer. My Tetris interest is only a year old, which probably explains why I've got so few retail Tetris games.

[Kitaru]

tetris cube puzzle (by seriouspuzzles.com)
Is there anything different about the seriouspuzzles.com branded cube? It looks like it has the same number of solutions as the one I've got, but it is colored differently.

[deepdorp]

tetris cube puzzle (by seriouspuzzles.com)
Is there anything different about the seriouspuzzles.com branded cube? It looks like it has the same number of solutions as the one I've got, but it is colored differently.

yeah, its the same shapes, just a different color, which i happened to like better than the standard one.

[iphys]

Nice collections here. If I lived in Waterloo, I'd be showing up on colour_thief's doorstep.

I wish I'd kept some of my old Nintendo Power magazines, especially the one where Steve Wozniak wrote in with his 500K Gameboy Tetris score that he achieved flying on the Concorde. I was so young at the time that I didn't even realize Wozniak had any other claim to fame beyond being a Gameboy Tetris god, heh.

[m:)]

some nice collections here. i have no collection at all. a couple of downloaded guideline games and some fan games.


but ahhh the memories of tetris....

[deepdorp]

I wish I'd kept some of my old Nintendo Power magazines, especially the one where Steve Wozniak wrote in with his 500K Gameboy Tetris score that he achieved flying on the Concorde. I was so young at the time that I didn't even realize Wozniak had any other claim to fame beyond being a Gameboy Tetris god, heh.

iphys, do you know what issue had the Steve Wozniak article? if its from the early 90's chances are that i have it and could scan it next time i get to my parent's house.

in this topic i posted some scans of the nov/dec nintendo power issue:
http://www.tetrisconcept.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=185 (http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=185)

[Ex_Mosquito]

Not a big collection for me, apart from roms all I have is a supergun/Cab with TGM.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark9/TGM_PCB_.JPG
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark9/supergun.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark9/tgm_Astrocity.JPG

Unreleated, but here's a pic of me playing a TGM cab from my holiday in Tokyo. Terrible stack!

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark9/Powe ... _Ofuna.JPG (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark9/Power_Stick_Ofuna.JPG)

[Rosti LFC]

That's more than what I have, which amounts to Tetris DS. And that's it.

I don't even have the original GB Tetris any more because I lent it to someone.

[iphys]

I lent my first Gameboy with Tetris to someone, and it magically got stolen by his friend, and his friend claimed it got stolen by someone else, and of course I never saw it again. 6 months later I gave up and bought another one, and the only consolation was it was $20 cheaper by then.

The Nintendo Power issue would have been from 1990 I think (summer?), 1991 at the latest. It was one of those letters at the beginning of the magazine where kids write in with their brag stories on how many NES games they've beaten. It included a picture of him and his Gameboy on the plane. He might have had high scores listed in other issues around then too. Do you still have the Tetris strategy guide that Nintendo Power sent out as a free insert that was like 4 or 8 pages and printed on non-glossy paper in only black/blue ink?

[deepdorp]

Do you still have the Tetris strategy guide that Nintendo Power sent out as a free insert that was like 4 or 8 pages and printed on non-glossy paper in only black/blue ink?

I should have that issue from 1990 or 1991, won't know for awhile.

I remember that insert too and I'll have to look into if I still have it or not. I kind of remember writing in it, as I think it had some situations for practice that you could like write in the answers for or something. I hope its still around, but I won't really know for a few months, until I get up to Maine next, to my parent's place.

[deepdorp]

http://hn.iodized.net/main.htm
okay, if you scroll to the bottom of this page, there are some posted scans of the tetris strategy guide from nintendo power Jan/Feb 1990 issue. Apparently it was a Howard-and-Nestor/tetris tie-in.

Iphys, is this what you remember it as? or was there also a different one matching your earlier description, since this one is in full color and i'm not sure about the paper texture.

[iphys]

Yeah, that's it! Thanks!

I was probably just remembering that the diagrams were in blue ink -- totally forgot about everything else till I just saw it again.

I remember those "looks like a cover-up" moves on page 3 totally blew my mind back in the day, heh, heh.

[m:)]

L-Block, L-Block Reverse and Z-Block, Z-Block Reverse

there is no J, O, S, or I http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif
http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif

[Zaphod77]

Sad. QUestion 1b is incorrect.

THe proper thing to do is.

1) check piece previews for L,I, and J. Place T so that the next piece fits perfectly.
2) If no L or J is found then place the t assuming the piece more likely to show first by the current randomizer. but we'll assume memoryless, and go on.
3) if S or Z is next, place the T so you can clear a double with that piece.
4) if O is next, place it so an L fits in, then place the o on either far side.

If you have no preview, then assume L, because the J will be easier to place if it comes first.

Now if the question specified clearing a line, then the answer would have been almost correct. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

[tepples]

Is question 3 (page 13) one of the things the Tetris Advance developers used when deciding to expand preview to 6 pieces?

[Toebex]

Ummm, not much, im new to tetris.

Tetris (original)
Tetris DS
and a tetris button

sooooo yeah. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

Just starting