Tetris
Tetris for Famicom is a port of the Japanese home computer version. Originally published under an incorrect licence, the game led to Henk Rogers's purchase of the Tetris licence on multiple platforms, which…
Tetris is a puzzle developed by Bullet-Proof Software, released 22 December 1988 on Family Computer.
What Tetris is
Tetris is a puzzle game developed by Bullet-Proof Software and released in 1988. It is available on Family Computer only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Tetris for Famicom is a port of the Japanese home computer version. Originally published under an incorrect licence, the game led to Henk Rogers's purchase of the Tetris licence on multiple platforms, which later led directly to further Nintendo releases. It is infamous for its control scheme, which mapped down to rotate, and A to hard drop, the opposite of most later versions which have down for drop and A for rotate. On October 1st, 2018 the game was re-released as part of the AtGames Legends Flashback. It has an updated copyright screen and remapped controls (up/B for rotate, down/A/C for hard drop). On November 1st, 2019, it was re-released on the updated Legends Flashback, Legends…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Tetris series
Tetris is the ninth of 145 entries we hold in the Tetris series. The next entry was Tetris in 1988.
What it launched against
Tetris launched on 22 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.
Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.
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