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Vs. Tetris

Vs. Tetris is a game developed by Tengen for the Nintendo Vs. Unisystem arcade platform. The game would be the basis for Tetris (NES, Tengen) released some time later, and is noticeably less developed (e.g…

31 December 1988

Vs. Tetris is a puzzle developed by Tengen, released 31 December 1988 on Arcade.

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What Vs. Tetris is

Vs. Tetris is a puzzle game developed by Tengen and released in 1988. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Vs. Tetris is a game developed by Tengen for the Nintendo Vs. Unisystem arcade platform. The game would be the basis for Tetris (NES, Tengen) released some time later, and is noticeably less developed (e.g. the piece graphics use only solid colored or striped blocks).
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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

Vs. Tetris is the tenth of 145 entries we hold in the Tetris series. The next entry was Tetris in 1988.

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What it launched against

Vs. Tetris launched on 31 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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When did Vs. Tetris come out?
Vs. Tetris was released on 31 December 1988 for Arcade.

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