Gameboy Tetris wasn’t the first Tetris I played (that was Mirrorsoft Tetris on the ZX Spectrum, with its spooky AY theme music), but it is the Tetris I always go back to.
For such an early GB game, it feels almost perfect. A compelling combination of apparent simplicity and hidden depth, it was (and still is) ideal to pick up and play for five minutes at a time. I think it is fair to say that the GB wouldn’t have done half as well without Tetris.
Sure, it lacks features that modern Tetris implementations have - like hold, or being able to rotate infinitely in place, or fancy flashing backdrops - but it seems somehow better for that. Tetris in its purest form, just one more go, for ever and ever.
What are your memories of GB Tetris? Do you still play it? Do you think it holds up? What is your go-to Tetris?
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Wow that brings back memories! I used to play this in the back of the car with a torch! Lost my GB years ago.
Thanks for bringing back good memories!
What hardware is this? (Sorry if I’m completely out of the loop)
Have you played Apotris? It’s on GBA but it’s an awesome Tetris clone https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Apotris_GBA
Funnily enough, I just tried this last night after talking about GB Tetris. It really is awesome!
@davetansley@lemmy.one, is this modded with a backlight? It looks cool as hell.
It’s actually a Miyoo Mini Plus… a fairly cheap ($60) Chinese Linux based console for playing retro games. I definitely recommend it.
