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Tetris
Title:Tetris
Category:Game/Tetris
Release Date:
Language:English
Size:64K
Machine:PAL Only
Code Type:Machine code
Distribution:Freeware
Game ending type:No end (highscore)
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Released by:Vortex (VTX)
Code by:TCFS
Code by:WIT
Graphics by:CSM
Notes:Mentioned in Byte Times 3 as being worked on. This places the release date to November or December of 1990.
User Rating: 7.2/10 (7 votes)
Tetris Title Screenshot

Tetris Screenshot


Hall Of Fame
1Silly Thing Codename W1,183


Derived Software
Tetris 2K21


Appeared On Compilations
MBC-Info 7
Softy 12
Plus/4 Power 14


Effects
PartEffect nameParametersNotes
TED + Digi Bass is out-of-tune.


Description
Controls: Joystick only, port 2. (Port 1 allows the pieces to be moved, but fire does not work.)

LEFT/RIGHT Move piece
DOWN Drop
FIRE Rotate (right)


Scoring:
"O" Red 5
"I" Teal 4
"J" Blue 6
"T" Light green 8
"S" Yellow 10
"Z" Blue 10
"L" Green 6


No score is awarded for completing lines, and the scoring is broken (e.g. 5+5=11).

The game never speeds up, therefore there's only one "level", which can be played infinitely.

Title screen music is from Slug, composed by Holger Knipping.

The in-game music is from Run the Gauntlet by Jonathan Dunn. The bass (played via the digi channel) is unfortunately out of tune, and the lead channel "gets stuck" (the converter does not check if the sound should be playing or not).

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