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Tetris

  • Video Game
  • 1984
  • E
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
3.6K
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Tetris (1984)
ActionAdventureFantasyThriller

Differently shaped blocks descend into a 2D container. The blocks can be moved and rotated, and must be sorted into the rest of the blocks on the fly.Differently shaped blocks descend into a 2D container. The blocks can be moved and rotated, and must be sorted into the rest of the blocks on the fly.Differently shaped blocks descend into a 2D container. The blocks can be moved and rotated, and must be sorted into the rest of the blocks on the fly.

  • Director
    • Alexey Pazhitnov
  • Writer
    • Alexey Pazhitnov
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.5/10
    3.6K
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    • Director
      • Alexey Pazhitnov
    • Writer
      • Alexey Pazhitnov
    • 8User reviews
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    jmfurey

    The best game ever!

    Tetris is the hands down, best video game ever. Though only slightly ahead of Pong, and only because of better music. Some may think that more recent games such as

    Millipede or Pole Position II are vastly superior, but they have never played Tetris for 7 hours straight. Once your mind has become numb by watching falling groups of blocks, you are likely to believe anything. Hence, Tetris is the best game ever. Almost 20 years of improved technology has not improved gaming past this classic.

    Oh, I have decided to change my mind. Q*Bert is actually the best game ever.
    JohnnyJohnHildegaard

    The Best Puzzle Game in the World.

    Tetris is an addictive and fun puzzle game designed for all ages. The innovation is classic as you fit block after block to create horizontal lines that fade out once you've made them. Alexey Pajitnov has created a classic for any system. Basically, it has always been with Nintendo spawning new Tetris games (Playstation had one, Tetrisphere), but I recommend the following titles for you to play with. Tetris (not DX), for the Game Boy, reason not being the DX is the absence of everyone's favorite theme song. Then the New Tetris for Nintendo 64, because it is beautiful, has a great soundtrack and you can have four people to play against you. There are so many puzzle games out now, but Tetris is the best.
    8Terryfan

    One of the many games that made history

    Tetris is one of those games you just pick up and play

    Just a game that is simple to play and will keep you playing for hours among hours.

    Tetris is one of the first puzzle video games that help create the genre

    The controls are simple to master it just easy to pick up to play

    Graphics are good as well and the sound effect works well along with the music in the game to keep the game going

    Tetris is one of the first games I remember playing and still reminds one of the best ones ever created so do yourself a favor and pick up one of the most important video games ever created

    I give Tetris an 8 out of 10
    10imdbdk

    What a great game

    This is the best puzzlegame ever. I don't it is possible to make a better puzzlegame. I am only 14 years old, but i've been playing this game since i was 3. The way this game captures you, and when your lost in tetris then there is no way back.
    9southdavid

    Line of Duty.

    You can't review Tetris. It's like reviewing . . . . water. A simple puzzle game, that still sets the standard that all other puzzle games are judged against.

    In a random order, one of seven differently shaped blocks falls slowly down the screen and it's the job of the played to create a complete horizontal line from one edge of the screen to the other. Once the line is created, it disappears. Points are scored for lines created and as the score increase so too does the pace that the blocks drop. The game is over when the collection of blocks reached the top of the screen.

    Graphically it's not up to much, but nor does it have to be. The music varies based on which version of the game you are playing - usually some adaptation of a piece of classical music - though special mention must go to the iconic tune that Hirozaku Tanaka created for the Gameboy version. Those are just dressing though for the gameplay, which is amongst the best of any game, ever. You understand it immediately, it's eternally addictive and each game goes from placid organisation to manic, frantic choices in what is one of the most stressful gaming moments possible.

    There is little more to be said. Just a wonderful game.

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    • Trivia
      The Tengen NES version of Tetris is the most controversial one. Tengen was a division of by Atari that made games for third-party consoles, including this version of Tetris. Tengen bypassed a lockout chip designed by Nintendo to block unauthorized third-party games. However, Tengen faced a lawsuit involving distribution of its own Tetris game. It was discovered that Tengen bought the rights from a company called Mirrorsoft, which did not own the rights in the first place. As a result, Tengen lost its case, the Tengen Tetris was recalled from stores, and Nintendo released their own version for the NES after that.
    • Connections
      Featured in Piège de cristal (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Theme C
      Written by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach)

      Truncated version of French Suite No. 3 "Menuet"

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 18, 1988 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Soviet Union
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Tetris: The Soviet Mind Game
    • Production companies
      • AcademySoft
      • Atari Games
      • Bullet-Proof Software
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    • Color
      • Black and White
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.17 : 1

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