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Tetris (nintendo) Reviews 

Overall 8.9    Graphics 7.9    Sound 8.6    Addictive 9.4    Depth 5.9    Difficulty 6.3



9.8
An ageless classic for everyone   Azul Fria
OVERVIEW
 
Developed in the then called USSR by Alexey Pajitnov in 1984. Tetris is one of the first puzzle games that most people had grown accustomed to in their lives. It always seems to come to mind whenever another related or unrelated puzzle game like Columns, Dr. Mario, and Magical Drop are mentioned. The goal for this game is to guide a set of blocks called Tetrominoes (due to each one consisting of four miniature pieces) into empty slots as much as possible and whenever a whole row is filled with a least one piece of a combination of multiple Tetrominoes, it is considered cleared and that row of blocks is cleared from the playing field. Try not to leave any empty holes as you will have to do some extra work from the higher roles to get those filled in. If they blocks reach the very top with not enough room for the next Tetromino to fall then the game is over.
 
You get seven different Tetrominoes to work with. There is a O-block which is the shape of a square which is good for covering anything that has a 2 x 2 opening. You also have the S and Z blocks which are stair shaped and use to get into a tiny hole and maybe make a Double while leaving another hole behind to fill in. The L and J blocks are used mostly to round out corners for possible doubles and triples but they are a danger if a gap is left behind. The T-block is probably everyone's favorite as you can almost always find a way to fit it anywhere as it has good rotation and is good at filling out spaces left behind by other Tetronimoes. Last but not least it the I-block. This long and narrow block can be rotated vertically or horizontally and it is the only Tetronimo that is capable of wielding a Tetris.
  
GRAPHICS - A+
 
The part of the graphics that stands out the most is the colors. The Tetronimoes are a specific color per level and they change whenever the level changes like Level 0 (or any level that ends with 0) for example. The pieces are multiple shades of blue. When you go to level 1 (or any level that ends at 1), they change to multiple shades of green. Eventually they will take on multiple base colors then reset at shades of blue when level 10, 20, etc. are reached. If you score well enough, you will see a Congratulations screen with a random thing blasting off depending on your score. That includes the whole castle if you get an extremely high score. If you are playing the B-Type game and beat the level at its highest level (level 9), you will see a range of cameos by Nintendo characters that will increase depending on the starting height and each playing a different instrument meaning you start with Pit first then if height is 1, Link joins him. In all, here is what you will see.
 
0: Pit on vilolin
1: Link on Flute
2: Samus on Cello
3: Donkey Kong on Drums
4: Bowser on Accordian
5. Mario and Luigi dancing while Princess Peach claps along.
Other graphics that you will find are when the lines are cleared. The line of mini blocks dissolve outwards from the middle and drop any of the upper blocks downward. If you managed to get a Tetris, you will see a bright flash. If you fail, the gates will close up and display the colors of the level you are on. In all I didn't see anything wrong with the graphics here.
 
CONTROLS - A
 
The controls function the way they should. You move left or right to control the Tetromino and try to place it where you want it to be. Then you hold Down to make the Tetromino fall faster but you can let go of down to make the Tetromino fall back at normal speed. The A and B buttons are for rotating the pieces clockwise or counterclockwise. Some players are only used to rotating the controls only clockwise and have to get used to rotating it the other way when necessary. Those who can use both directions effectively can have longer games. Even though this is a one player game, there is a Game Genie code out there that make it a two player game where one player controls the direction of the Tetromino while the other controls the rotation. It is all about teamwork. The code is ENEALYNN.
 
SOUND/MUSIC - A
 
There are only three songs to listen too on a normal basis and they are  all seemed to be based on Russian songs. In fact, the A theme is known to all as the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Nutcracker Suite which everyone associates with Christmas. The B theme is the same one as the B theme on Gameboy and the C theme I can't seem to remember what song that might be based off of. The only other non regular music you will here is the Initial Entry and the Congratulations screen where the latter plays a wonderful rendition of Carmen which in this game is an extended version of Don Flamenco's theme from the Punch Out games. The sounds are basic but it does let you know that actions are being done like flipping a piece or getting a line. If you get a Tetris, you get a special sound that goes with the flash from doing so. If you game ends, you will here the sound effect from Metroid from where the base explodes if you fail to escape.
  
REPLAY VALUE - A+
No doubt about it, Tetris is a game that you can play anytime any place. It does not have to be NES's version of Tetris you may want to play over and over again, just locate any Tetris game out there and almost all of them are guaranteed an A+ replay value though some of them will suck and make you wish you never played it but at least NES's version of Tetris will be something to be proud of.
 
OVERALL - A+
 
Although I prefer Tengen's version of Tetris over this one, Nintendo's version of Tetris still does well on its own. It is still fun to play for hours at a time and never goes out of style. I would have loved to have played a 2-player game of this version and there is also a game genie code for that as well but it is not worth the trouble of playing as it actually messes up the graphics. This Tetris is as fine as it is.

  Graphics 10   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Depth 1   Difficulty 2

      Review Rating: 5/5     Submitted: 04-28-14     Review Replies: 3


8.3
Tetris: A masterpiece without parallel   SacredShadow
Hello everyone, today I will be reviewing an ageless classic, Tetris. Tetris was a Russian game and then soon became a worldwide game due to its popularity that still persists so many years after its release. This game came out in 1989 and years later it has appeared on the NES, GBA, SNES, Neo Geo and several other consoles since then....Now then, let's review this game and all of its fame and glory....
Gameplay:
The basic gameplay or objective of Tetris is very simple, once you have
selected a difficulty level to start with (which range from level 0 to 9 with 0 being the lowest) you basically just build up several lines using the 7 shapes. The objective is to arrange the shapes so that you can clear as many rows as possible without the shapes stacking up to the very top of the screen, once that happens, its game over. The two basic controls in this game are X and Z (if you haven't changed them) which will rotate your shapes clockwise and counter clockwise respectively. Along with that are the arrow keys which allow you to move your shape across the screen, while the down arrow accelerates the speed at which your block falls. The sides of the screen will display the number of each type of shape you have placed so far, the number of lines you have cleared, and also the shape that will come up the next turn. Also, with each level, the shapes come down a little faster. You earn points once you complete a line of 10 blocks and it will disappear, you can do this with up to four lines at once and receive bonus points for doing so. You can keep doing this up its game over.
You can play either Endurance mode which is from level 0 to 9 with each level being slightly more difficult, or 25 lines which also allows you to choose a difficulty and the height of the blocks as well with it being harder the higher you set it.
Graphics: 8
The graphics of this game are rather simple and they aren't really the most important factor of the game believe it or not. You don't come to tetris to be awestruck by the graphics, but they are good enough to get the job done and make things interesting. Nonetheless, they are colorful and bright and they change color with every level which adds some variety while keeping things interesting. The colors are generally the same, but they are a different shade so that it doesn't get confusing when you are arranging the blocks. As far as graphics go, Tetris is simple and the game itself has a simple appearance, the blocks fall down in the screen and it is up to you to arrange them in a way that you can clear each line without leaving any gaps in between. All of the statistics from the number of lines cleared, the number of each type of block you have received, and even the next type of block that will appear are all presented to the side of the game. Overall the graphics of this game are relatively basic and simple, they aren't the main course of this game so to speak, but they do contribute to the game's overall pizzazz factor, thus I scored them an 8.
Music/ Sound: 9
This game allows you the option to pick between 3 different catchy tunes in the beginning before you play your game. All of which provide a light, exciting atmosphere to the gameplay, while spicing things up a bit. I should also add that they match the mood of tetris quite accurately and it gets you in the mood to play the game and enjoy all it has to offer. Like most classic games, the music becomes more frantic and rapid the more the screen fills up with blocks that you haven't cleared, the main thing is to keep a clear head and not let the music put you under too much pressure. There is also a little beeping sound that accompanies the flashing blocks once you have cleared a set of 4 rows Overall, the music is light and simple but it still makes the game more intoxicating to play while also adding to the overall gaming experience which is why I scored it a 9.
Addictiveness: 10
One of the more noticeable factors of this game is its overall addctiveness. Tetris excels in this category mainly because each and every time you come close to completing a row or setting a new high score adds to your need to play it again and again until you achieve your goal. It is no different from any arcade game in this aspect because with every time you come closer and closer to breaking your own personal best, you will find yourself playing it over and over again until you do, and even then you will still want more. I find this game rather relaxing and it provides a nice activity for that purpose, this is one of those games that you can play for hours on end without it getting old, Another factor to why it doesn't get dull is that with each of the levels in this game, the blocks fall slightly faster in each one which makes things a bit more challenging each and every time. Another element of this game that contributes to the general addiction is its simplicity, the overall concept of sliding and arranging blocks together, the way the blocks speed up with each level and the setup of the blocks to clear rows, even to the music itself, all make the game uncomplicated, but addicting and fun at the same time. Perhaps it is the simple fact that this game is purely fueled and ultimately controlled with nothing other than your mind that really add to its re-playability factor...It is really amazing how this simple formula can really make for such an addicting game which is why I scored it a 10 altogether.
Story: N/A
This game has no story and it really doesn't need one to be interesting. Rather than an actual story, this game features a simple objective of clearing the blocks in each row to attain a high score and move up each level until you can no longer do so, therefore, this game does not have a storyline or plot to it and it is best kept this way because it would corrupt the simplicity of the game itself by making it too complicated. Overall, it is best left the way it is without a story.
Depth: 5
This game does provide a decent amount of depth, most of which is mentally stimulating for your brain. This is just one of those games that you can go on playing for hours and hours without getting bored. Tetris starts off nice and simple, but then it hooks you in when it starts to get challenging, the objective is rather simple because all you have to do is arrange the blocks by rotating them to fit into each other in such a way that you clear a row, and you keep doing this for each and every level, only it is slightly more difficult each time which adds to the depth. Keep in mind though that this is a simple game and it does not feature a storyline or plot so it isn't the type of game that requires you to invest a lot of time in for you to beat it, like final fantasy or pokemon for instance and it is for that reason that I scored the depth of this game a 5 because it is a lot more simple than that. As far as depth goes, it offers a good amount of difficulty which can exact one's skill to place and arrange blocks in a timely manner. Altogether, this is more of a mental game since it stimulates your brain, making it unique since most video games don't do this in the way that Tetris does.
Difficulty: 5
This game honestly isn't all that difficult, it is like any normal classic arcade game in the sense that it does get more challenging to complete your objective each time with each level you progress through. The game starts off at a rather slow and comfortable pace, allowing you plenty of time to arrange the blocks in any way you so desire, and with each level it gets slightly faster up until the point where you are on the edge of your seat waiting for the next block to appear to complete your row. Another noticeable factor is when you really start to stack a lot of blocks up and once they start to pile up to the top of the screen, the music gets faster and it becomes harder to arrange the new blocks because you don't have enough time or space left to do it properly. It will become more familiar with you once you start to play it and then get a hang of the general gist of things. If you are a beginner, the best thing to do would probably be to start on a low level of difficulty, like level 0 and then work your way up to higher ones, once you start to play it frequently, arranging the blocks precisely will become second nature. Overall it all comes down to how you approach the game and also how patient you are, if you are willing to spend some time developing a good strategy to clearing rows, then this game will be a piece of cake. As far as controls go, your primary ones are X and Z which rotate the block right and left and the arrow keys which will allow you to move your shape across the screen as well as put it into any space accordingly. Altogether, the mechanics of this game aren't all that complicated which is why I scored the difficulty of the game a 5 because it can present enough of a challenge to make things interesting, but it isn't difficult to the point that it encourages you to stop playing it.
Graphics: 8* 25%
Sound: 9* 25%
Addictiveness: 10* 35%
Story: 0*5%
Depth: 5* 5%
Difficulty: 5* 5%
Total: 8.25/10
Overall: 8.3
Although this is a rather simple game, it is quite addictive all of the elements of this game make for an enjoyable and challenging experience. The great thing about this game is that it really doesn't need a lot to be fun, the concept, the graphics and everything about it are all very simple and basic, nonetheless, this game has been around for nearly 30 years and is still widely popular, so they must've done something right in creating this game right? Overall this game gets an 8.3 which was thrown off mainly because of the story since it didn't have one, nonetheless, it is still a very good game and it is worth your time to play it.
I always have a great time playing this game and I can definitely recommend this game to those who are a fan of classic games or puzzle games, nonetheless, this is a game for any and all to enjoy.

  Graphics 8   Sound 9   Addictive 10   Depth 5   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 5/5     Submitted: 05-31-14     Updated: 07-02-14     Review Replies: 3


6.8
Tetris (The NES Version)   luigi25

Tetris was originally released for the Gameboy in the summer of 1989. It was later ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) near the end of that same year. Around Christmas in 1992, my dad and mom drove me to a Kmart that was located out of town a little ways where I picked out an NES. Super Mario Bros. 3 was the game I wanted for myself, but my dad wanted a game for himself also. This version of Tetris for the NES was the one that he wanted. It was mainly his game, and I didn't play it much as a kid. This was probably mostly because of how in love I was with Super Mario Bros. 3, and the fact that it was his own personal game.

It wasn't really until I started playing this version on Vizzed that I got very familiar with it. I have to say, in most ways it is an improvement over the Gameboy version, but it still has the same problems that version had. Not much other than the graphics and sound have been improved, and that's about all there is to say about this port of Tetris.  

Graphics 7/10: It would make sense that the graphics would be better on the home console than on the handheld one. It does have more color to it this time around, but it still has few parts where these colors really shine and stand out. The cutscenes are the only parts of the game that look very nice, and they are quite an improvement with more detail and thought put into the characters. When you clear some of the stages on level 9 of the B-type game, characters like: Kid Icarus, Link, Bowser, and Samus form a band this time around. This is a touch that gives more life to this version, and the other scenes with the rocketships look better also.

Still, you have the same bland background of the playing field. Although, in this port it doesn't look quite as bland and uninteresting. This time, there has been color added to the shapes, but why wouldn't there be color? After all, this is an NES game not a Gameboy game. Overall, this did make for a better looking game than before, but some of the same problems still existed with the backgrounds. Even still, compared to a lot of other games on the system, this is a fairly decent looking game.  

Music 9/10: This version of Tetris has a pretty impressive sounding soundtrack. However, there is hardly any variety to it. But I have to say, this doesn't bother me too much. These songs are awesome! They really are some great Russian music, and this is another area in which the NES version is better than the Gameboy version. My personal favorite of the whole bunch was the C-type music. Man, I remember hearing that one a lot when I was a kid, and I still like it. I'm not that familiar with this port, but I do remember hearing these songs and thinking about how great they were. The A-type song is a good one too, and at the time I first heard it which was around Christmas in 1992, it really put me in the mood for the holidays.

Even with the lack of variety, Tetris on NES is a great sounding game. These few tracks are catchy and very memorable. I did play this game enough to get that much out of the experience. Before I wrap up this section, I have to also mention how I liked the fact that they added more music for the high scores and how much I liked the rocketship theme. This is another Russian themed tune I really enjoy in this version. The music is the strongest area to this port of Tetris.     

Gameplay 5/10: Nothing has changed at all in this section of the review. Tetris for NES is exactly the same as it is on the Gameboy. Although, it does feel like the buttons don't respond as well to input for this version. I guess it doesn't change the experience too much. You still have the same A-type and B-type games, and in both game types, you manipulate the shapes and move them where you want them to go in order to form lines. These lines increase your score, and this is mainly what the game is still about in the NES version too.

The A-type game is fun to a certain extent, but it really just depends on the shapes the game gives you. Sometimes you can get a high score of over 100,000 points, and other times I struggle to get 30,000. It does feel harder to achieve much of a score in this version. But despite that fact, I still feel the same way about the A-type game this time around like I did with the previous version of Tetris. It all depends on luck, and sometimes I'll be hooked and want to keep playing and other times I could care less.

The B-type game still sucks for this version too! I feel like it is even worse because of how unresponsive the buttons can be. Not only that, but the shapes fall even faster giving you less time to manipulate them. I guess it don't matter too much because I always saw the B-type game as more of an extra someone like my dad always loved to play. I didn't like it much and struggled with it even more for the NES version. I never beat it! Not once and still never have to this day!

I'm not a big fan of Tetris, and I can't say much about this version of the game. I played it very rarely growing up, and this was also true for the Gameboy version as well. The NES version is a game I never played enough to get much of a feel for it. This was my dad's game, and he played it all the time. I mainly played Super Mario Bros. 3 around this time, and these two reasons are why this version never caught on for me. By the end of 1992, I had several other Mario games that I was playing around with, and Tetris on NES didn't amount to much back then. Nor is it all that great for me today either.   

Content 6/10: The NES version is no different in terms of content than what the Gameboy version of Tetris is. The game has nothing new added to it or taken away from it. The A-type and B-type games have the same number of levels, and they are all the same length as before. Neither version of Tetris has much to it.  

Difficulty 10/10: In the NES version of Tetris, you are mainly just playing against yourself in order to top your highest score in the A-type game. This can be hard to do when the game doesn't want to give you the right kind of shapes to work with. Like before, you are mainly at the mercy of the game. Sometimes, it can be very corporative and other times it isn't. The B-type game is just impossible, especially in this version of the game. The controls don't respond well to input, and the blocks also fall faster which makes it harder to place them where you want them. I found both versions to have a random, unpredictable, and at times, downright hard type of difficulty that can make for some frustrating gameplay. 

Overall 6.8/10: Tetris is a game I never played much of growing up. I felt like the game wasn't really mine anyway, but that didn't bother me much. I enjoyed playing the Gameboy version quite a bit when I first got it but quickly lost interest in it. The NES version was my dad's game, and I only played it about once or twice. Looking back on it, I did enjoy listening to the music in this version, and I also thought that it was a lot better looking game also. The gameplay was about the same, but I found this version to be less memorable and less enjoyable for some reason. Technically, it may be a better port, but as far as I'm concerned that's mainly because of the improved graphics and sound. Everything else is about the same if not worse for me.


  Graphics 7   Sound 9   Addictive 5   Depth 6   Difficulty 10

      Review Rating: 5/5     Submitted: 01-31-18     Updated: 11-24-18     Review Replies: 0


9.5
Tetris: the Addictive Block-Assembly Game   janus

Back in the 1980s, it was clear that the USSR was losing the Cold War. Its economic model was just too inefficient to be sustainable. Nevertheless, something great did come out of the “Empire of Evil”: Tetris. This game is probably one of the most addictive ones that has ever been invented and the best thing to have come out of the USSR.

Graphics: 5/10

One does not play this game for its graphics, which are rather simplistic.

It’s limited to the Tetrominos falling from the upper screen down, and your goal is to assemble them so they create lines, give you points and eventually make you progress to the next level. The only variety that exists for these levels are the different colors the blocks turn into once you change to the next level.

However, there is a little more variety in the B mode, which consists of completing a required number of lines before the screen overflows. They come with different heights of botched rows and you need to fill them up. The more difficult the setting, the more elaborate the “animation” becomes. At the hardest level, you see St. Basil’s Cathedral take off. These graphics were better than the PC version, with which I was most often playing.

Music: 4/10

Tetris is not a game you play for its music either.

There are only three main tracks in this game. While people who played the game on the original NES might find a nostalgia aspect to them, they get pretty annoying pretty quickly. Granted, there was an effort for diversity by making each track accelerate as your lines come closer to the top. If you get too annoyed, you can even turn the music off. But it feels… unnatural :P.

But if you do turn it off, that would leave you with only the sound effects, which are as “varied” as the music – although I found them more tolerable. There are sounds for swirling Tetrominos around, having them touch the ground and moving them left to right, completing a line, achieving a Tetris (four lines at once) and changing levels. Sound effects-only gaming can be enjoyable.

Addictiveness: 10/10

This is where the game shines.

Despite simplistic, dull graphics and repetitive music, Tetris is made in such a way that, at least back in the 1980s, you just couldn't’t stop yourself from playing. While my two-year-old nephew could easily beat the default scores (the highest one is 10k points), the personal scores you make will stay as long as you don’t turn off the system.

With a reasonable difficulty level that progressively increases, you will be able to master the basics of this game at your own pace. Sure, you will obviously aim at having a Tetris every time but the long bar doesn’t come down quite often so you will learn to complete your line (singular most of the time) using the L-shaped pieces or the “squished” cubes and work your way around them.

The B mode is actually the best one to learn the ways of a Tetris Master. It teaches you to make your way through an uneven playing field and use every little bit of available space to try and create lines.

Depth: 7/10

For such an early game, Tetris has a lot to offer.

There is the game proper (Mode A), where your goal is to score as many points as possible. You earn points for bringing your Tetrominos to the ground but also for completing lines. The more you do at once, the higher you score.

Then there is Mode B, a limited, easier version of Mode A. Your goal is to complete the required number of lines with the highest score possible – the higher it is, the better your reward at it end. It may look easy but you usually start with half the screen already filled with botched lines. Good luck!

Difficulty: 6/10

While challenging, the game is not too hard and can be enjoyed by all levels of gamers.

The very early levels have the pieces fall very slowly, making the planning on where you drop them rather easy. But as the levels increase, so does the speed of falling. After level 6 or 7, they drop as though you were holding the down arrow constantly, making you want to know what the next piece is so you can plan a little better (because you can turn that off, which I believe gives you a few more points).

The challenge is increased by the fact that the music speeds up when the screen is too full, increasing the tension and your dire need to complete more lines.

In short Tetris is an all-time classic game that needs to be tried by everyone. Despite simplistic graphics and annoying music, the structure of the game will make you want to play over and over again to see if you can beat your old scores. Plus, the second mode can help you master the game better and have “animations” that were quite impressive for the NES.


  Graphics 5   Sound 4   Addictive 10   Depth 7   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 4.7/5     Submitted: 03-20-15     Review Replies: 3


9.2
NES - Tetris   Snowchu
All right, this will be a large review, so I will be adding in interesting facts and how this game started, since Tetris is a largely popular game that has quite the history for a game. Also, this is the Tetris from the NES, so don't confuse it with other Tetris.
I'll write up my regular reviewing parts, such as overall, graphics, sound, addictiveness, story, depth, difficulty, and all that, then a piece of history and interesting facts of the widely-known game. I hope you'll enjoy reading this review written by yours truly, Snowdeath!
On this version, the graphics were moderate for a NES game, not overly good but not too bad. It has a nice charm to it with the Tetris challenges, though, so I did enjoy playing Tetris with the graphics. However, to understand what I whole-heartedly mean, you'd have to play it to get a first-hand experience to understand my ideal of this. Graphics are a smooth 6.
Alas, this section of sound is once again, blank, since I am fully deaf and there is no way I could rate the music / sound effects in the game. However, if you want to hear the rating of this section, you can simply check the game out yourself, or ask someone else about it. There are reviewing sources available out in the Internet, such as IGN and other sources.
Addictivness? I think this goes by not saying, but it is a whooping rating number of ten! You know why? Tetris is extremely addicting, as your brain simulations adheres to the challenge of the game, and you can literally feel yourself being pulled in, wanting to do more on the game, and simply beating everyone's scores, for the pure sheer reason of fun. It's extremely fun, even if you're not a puzzle lover, or anything like that. I would personally suggest this game to anyone, from any ages because it's practically a rite of passage for you to play this famous game.
Story has no rating since it has no story at all. There is no objective except to pass the levels and have the highest score. There are no story lines either, because it is purely based on how simple but yet challenging this game is. It's all simple sense, since your objective is to place blocks on each other, attempt to make a linear structure to get them disappear, and keep it up before it overflows and it's all game over.
Depth is a great number of 7 since it does mentally offer you a lot, since your brain is simulated by simply playing this game, and you can literally go on hours and hours, even days without getting bored of this game. Rage quitting, however, is a different story! It does have a lot to do too, since you have to focus on the pieces, put them in the right place as you think, and they never stop coming!
Difficulty is a bit high of a nine, because it is hard. I do mean seriously hard in the higher levels. If you're trying Tetris out as your first time, I can almost always guarantee that you will lose before you even reach the halfway level of Tetris. In the 'final' level of Tetris, which is 9, it is at the FULL speed, and the game mechanism itself is at its limit for the game, so it would be hard for you to keep it up.
Now, for the special researched history...
Те́трис, or Tetris in Russian, is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984 while he was working for the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow. He derived its name from the Greek numerical prefix tetra -(all of the game's pieces, known as Tetrominoes, contain four segments) and tennis, Pajitnov's favorite sport.
The Tetris game is a popular use of tetrominoes, the four element special case of polyominoes. Polyominoes have been used in popular puzzles since at least 1907, and the name was given by the mathematician Solomon Golomb in 1953. However, even the enumeration of pentominoes is dated to antiquity.
The game (or one of its many variants) is available for nearly every video game console and computer operating system, as well as on devices such as graphing calculators, mobile phones, portable media players, PDAs, Network music players and even as an Easter egg on non-media products like oscilloscopes. It has even inspired Tetris serving dishes and been played on the sides of various buildings, with the record holder for the world's largest fully functional game of Tetris being an effort by Dutch students in 1995 that lit up 15 floors of the Electrical Engineering department at Delft University of Technology.
While versions of Tetris were sold for a range of 1980s home computer platforms, it was the hugely successful handheld version for the Game Boy launched in 1989 that established the game as one of the most popular ever. Electronic Gaming Monthly's 100th issue had Tetris in first place as "Greatest Game of All Time". In 2007, Tetris came in secound place in IGN's "100 Greatest Video Games of All Time" in 2007. It has sold more than 70 million copies! In January 2010, it was announced that Tetris has sold more than 100 million copies for cell phones alone since 2005.
Impressive, huh? The research source credit goes to Wikipedia. I had a lot of fun reading the history, as this is a stepping stone to where we are in the gaming world. I think I've been typing a bit too long, so I'll speak my overall and conclusions.
The overall rating for the NES Tetris is 9.2! It is an amazing game that everyone should play at least once in a while, no matter which version it is, let it be a phone version, a NES version, or even a DS version. I whole-heartedly love this game ever since my mother showed me her Tetris game she played as a child. It is a game for generations.
All right, this is a review typed by Snowdeath, your one of the many Vizzed RGR reviewers! This review is purely all on my 2 cents, and if your opinion differs, please don't flame me, because it's only my opinion, and everyone's entitled to their own opinions. Thank you!
  Graphics 6   Addictive 10   Depth 7   Difficulty 9

      Review Rating: 4.5/5     Submitted: 08-05-11     Review Replies: 5


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Tetris review   Zircron Swift
Ah Tetris for the NES, what a classic. The idea for Tetris was created by Alexey Pajitnov in 1984 in the Soviet UNION. Yep, Russia. I thought the game was just based in Russia, but to know that it was created by a Russian? That makes perfect sense. Even on the game cart, it says "From Russia with Fun", which is a dead give-a-way of its nationality. A simple yet addictive game which appears pretty much everywhere as one of those "free downloads" you find on the app store or on iGoogle (or is it GoogleMe?). It's up there with Space Invaders and Pac-Man. In fact, Tetris seems to be one of the most popular puzzle games you just find everywhere. Lets have a look.
Tetris is a game without story, and for good reason. If you try and make a story based on Tetris, you'll most likely be seen as senile, possibly mad. So lets move on to the game itself. You are greeted by a silent and colourful title screen. I remember when I wanted to recreate this game as a challenge, but lacked the programming abilities and knowledge, so I then decided to make a battle scene which involved the tetris title screen and the walls of the letters used as Bo Staffs, yet I lacked the animation ability at the time, and I had a terrible animation software at the time (Scratch, if you can even call it an animation package....I guess you can't), so I gave up and played a different game. yeah, I was a little arrogant back then. Maybe I'll do it again one day, but I digress.
The menu screen offers two different types of game play, Game A and Game B. Game A is your standard Tetris game, where you place different shaped blocks in a huge rectangle so they tessellate perfectly to create a row. When you create this soul-called "row", that row disappears, and all the blocks move down the number of rows that disappeared in that move. Don't ask my why. Yet gravity doesn't effect stray bricks, they just float there, defying the laws of physics. Don't ask me how. The most amount of rows you can make disappear is four. This is called a "Tetris". The game records what blocks you have used during the game. Don't ask me how it helps.
The games speed is slow to begin with, yet as you create and disparate more and more rows, the games speed increases. And for some strange reason, every now and then, when you create a certain amount of rows, the games colour scheme changes. One moment it's the ordinary colour, the next the blocks are pink to purple, then they turn green to dark green, then they turn from navy blue to cyan, it just doesn't stop. Maybe it's to make people more interested in playing, but the game play is so engaging as it is, I don't think this is the point. I wonder what they were thinking when they thought of this as an idea to Tetris?
Game B is more of a challenge. You select your level, and then you select the difficulty of depth for your game. The higher the number you pick, the more rows of random blocks you get. The aim of this game mode is to make 25 rows disappear. At the end, your score will be totaled up based on what type of rows you made disappear (1 row at a time, 2 rows at a time etc.). Ok, this might not sound like a challenge, but it is if you want to score high in only 25 rows. Try it on speed 9 depth 6 for a frantic game. The music is....I'm not sure what to say. It's awkward, but it's the good type of awkward. You get three different types of music: A, B and C. B and C, in my option, don't fit well with the game. They are ok, but not what I expected in a puzzle game. It's not as catchy as the Game Boy Tetris.
And what about music type A? It's not as catchy as the Game Boy tetris, but there is something to it, something that matches it with Tetris almost perfectly. Something that makes it quite possibly the best puzzle music ever. When you start the game with this music, it somehow draws you in and pins you down to make you continue playing, with almost no hope of stopping. At first, it doesn't seem as powerful, you could stop playing whenever you want, yet the music keeps you playing, it traps and imprisons your mind and will power to force you to play. Now, I know what your thinking, "What else is new? It's Tetris...", which is pretty much it, but I feel this music makes the entire experience of Tetris overall more effective.
And I didn't really notice, but the main menus background is filled with Tetris blocks, all tessellated perfectly. Man, I would love to try that as a puzzle. I'm accurately impressed, it must have taken some time to achieve that. The overall effect of this is pretty soothing, really, but I don't know why. Another thing I'm impressed with this game is the demo. The demo isn't just when the computer makes a lame attemp on playing the game and fails hugely, but it accurately plays very impressively, with two Tetrises (is there a plural for Tetris?) and neat block placing, as if to say to the player "Look here mate! This is how it's done." It plays better than me.
Overall, I give this game a 9.3/10       I think I prefer this to the Game Boy version. Maybe because it's in colour, or the music in it. Sure, the Game Boy one is portable, but on Vizzed, the Game Boy one is as portable as the monitor you are reading this review on.....unless you own a laptop with wireless internet with a huge range, then the Game Boy version is indeed as portable as the Game Boy. But I digress. I think the NES version has a little more charm and it more appealing to the eye than the Game Boy version. Other than that and the music, it's pretty much the same game.

  Graphics 8   Sound 9   Addictive 10   Depth 8   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 3.9/5     Submitted: 01-06-12     Review Replies: 4


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Tetris, a great classic game   IgorBird122

  Graphics 9   Sound 9   Addictive 10   Depth 8   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 3.3/5     Submitted: 10-02-13     Updated: 10-02-13     Review Replies: 12


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The greatest puzzler ever, TETRIS!   BestGamer24

  Graphics 10   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Depth 5   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 07-11-17     Review Replies: 3

Tetris (nintendo) Box Description

Your pulse quickens. Beams, boxes, zig-zags and "L" shaped building blocks drop relentlessly down a narrow passage. You quickly spin, shift, and align the shapes then slide them in for a perfect fit. It's challenging and the pace is demanding. But satisfaction comes as you position each block neatly into place. Start at new heights for a tougher contest. Pick the music and set your pace from 20 progressive skill levels.

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Gameover : I ended at Level 8. Nice russian flag colors.
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I miscalculated.
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YannickEmile 05-27-17 - 09:04 AM
 A classic !
TheBWoods15 03-10-17 - 11:31 PM
 Yes! I beat the game's preset high score in only one try. I am truly a Tetris Master! Love this game.
yoshirulez! 10-12-16 - 05:28 AM
 Just found more classical music on this, I love classical music in puzzle games.
ManuFernandes 09-29-16 - 03:42 AM
 I love the soundtrack. Very old, but very nice.
yoshirulez! 05-23-16 - 05:56 PM
 Music A is actually Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.. I wish the MP3 soundtrack on here would credit that :V
Dragoon26 04-09-15 - 11:28 PM
 People get 999,999 i guess. That's insane The yearly tournament usually has 500k-700k goin' on. I get over 400k often. I wonder if i'll ever make another jump...
thelastrequim 08-29-14 - 09:24 AM
 Of course I would get my best score in class so I can't screenshot! 123k something, pause messed me up.
as140 03-03-14 - 12:26 PM
 @carsman:This is the original theme of the NES version.
SacredShadow 01-20-14 - 02:14 PM
 This is just a classic
plantkingman 10-19-13 - 07:56 PM
 My mother was good at this game back in the day when I was a kid.
saraapril 08-17-13 - 02:30 PM
 i feel your thing happy77.
happy77 08-05-13 - 11:42 PM
 i can't see what im doing
carsman2000 07-05-13 - 06:57 PM
 why is the original theme not in this game?
Dean2k13 06-24-13 - 10:48 AM
 I played this game everyy dayy when I was youngerr
Naltz 06-21-13 - 09:17 PM
 I'm not sure how, but I actually managed to stop playing and go to bed.
Will1 04-02-13 - 08:51 PM
 This game is a brain teaser.
benmullen 03-13-13 - 09:37 AM
 I'm Ben Mullen and I approve this thread :)
Kitoko 12-13-12 - 02:10 AM
 Oh yay.. I got #1 :o
jerryaberry 11-13-12 - 05:55 PM
 Pretty epic game jamjdckr.
pokemonmastergi.. 06-23-12 - 06:51 AM
 epuslo this isnt a children site its for every one
Epuslso 06-17-12 - 02:00 PM
 dackrambo this is a children's site
oldschoolplayer 06-12-12 - 11:21 AM
 ADICTING!!!!!
FrankThePunishe.. 03-19-12 - 12:10 PM
 254,080 is the highscore I will try to beat it
Tilse 02-24-12 - 08:24 PM
 The game isn't working right for me for some reason. The game pieces show up, but the rest of the screen is just black. ._.
Sempiternal 02-14-12 - 02:26 AM
 Why won't this work D:>

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