3-D Tetris (1996) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

3-D Tetris

3-D Tetris is a video game released for the Virtual Boy in 1996. A Japanese version was planned, to be called Polygo Block, but production of games was ceased due to lack of interest in the Virtual Boy system…

22 March 1996

What 3-D Tetris is

3-D Tetris is a puzzle game developed by T&E Soft and released in 1996. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Virtual Boy only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Welcome to a revolutionary type of 3-D puzzle game! 3-D blocks are maneuvered and stacked within the "Well" in order to completely fill each individual layer. The Well is a wire-framed display in the center of the screen. Only on the Virtual Boy can such a game concept become a reality!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are comedy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Tetris series

3-D Tetris is the 45th of 145 entries we hold in the Tetris series. The next entry was Tetris X in 1996.

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What it launched against

3-D Tetris launched on 22 March 1996, within three weeks of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Resident Evil, Kirby Super Star and Descent II.

Released around the same time: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Resident Evil, Kirby Super Star, Descent II.

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