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− | + | {{Video Game | |
+ | | Title = Tetris | ||
+ | | Image = Tetris - WIN3 - Screenshot - 1-Player.png | ||
+ | | ImageDescription = Windows 3 - Screenshot - Playing. | ||
+ | | Developer = {{VideoGameDeveloper|Microsoft}} | ||
+ | | Publisher = {{VideoGamePublisher|Microsoft}} | ||
+ | | PublishedYear = 1990 | ||
+ | | PublishedMonth = ?? | ||
+ | | PublishedDay = ?? | ||
+ | | Platforms = {{Platform|Windows 3}} | ||
+ | | Genres = {{VideoGameGenre|Action video game|Action}}, {{VideoGameGenre|Active puzzle video game|Active puzzle}}, {{VideoGameGenre|Puzzle video game|Puzzle}}, {{VideoGameGenre|Single-screen video game|Single-screen}} | ||
+ | | Series = ''[[Tetris (universe)|Tetris]]'' | ||
+ | | Multiplayer = {{GameMultiplayer|Simultaneous versus}} | ||
+ | | Distributions = {{VideoGameDistribution|Commercial}} | ||
+ | }} | ||
− | '''''Tetris''''' | + | '''''Tetris''''' is an action [[puzzle video game]] ported by [[Dave Edson]] and published by [[Microsoft]] in their ''[[Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows]]'' for [[Windows 3]] in 1990. The game is a port of ''[[Tetris]]''. This port features 1 player mode, 2 player competitive mode, and supports starting anywhere from level 1-9, initial height levels, and next piece display. |
− | + | ==Personal== | |
+ | {{VideoGameStatus | ||
+ | | Own = | ||
+ | | CantOwn = | ||
+ | | Won = No. There is no win condition. | ||
+ | | CantWin = | ||
+ | | Finished = | ||
+ | }} | ||
− | + | My first experience with this version of ''Tetris'' was on my family's Packard Bell 386SX computer my parents bought back in 1991. The PC was a showroom floor model and came with some demo software including the first ''Entertainment Pack''. Although this wasn't the first version of ''Tetris'' I ever played, it was the first one I had unlimited access to, and how I initially practiced playing the game. I remember gradually getting better at the game and eventually bumping all the existing high scores off the list so it was just my name all the way down. | |
− | I | ||
==Review== | ==Review== | ||
− | + | {{Video Game Review|3|4|3|1|4|Windows 3}} | |
− | + | ||
+ | {{Spoilers}} | ||
===Good=== | ===Good=== | ||
− | * This is a | + | * This is a passable port of the original ''Tetris'', having the options you would expect for a port of the time. |
* This version includes a competitive 2-player mode, which is always nice. | * This version includes a competitive 2-player mode, which is always nice. | ||
* The game draws the Tetrominoes as vectors, so they scale to any screen size. | * The game draws the Tetrominoes as vectors, so they scale to any screen size. | ||
+ | * The game supports two-player mode, which still wasn't universal at the time. | ||
===Bad=== | ===Bad=== | ||
− | * The game lacks any of the more interesting Tetris options. For example, if you drop a piece, you can't nudge it afterward, you can't store a piece in reserve, there isn't an AI to play against, cut scenes, etc. | + | * The game lacks any of the more interesting Tetris options. For example, if you drop a piece, you can't nudge it afterward, you can't store a piece in reserve, there isn't an AI to play against, no cut scenes, etc. |
* Keyboard input cannot be customized, and the second player's layout is both uncomfortable and too close the player 1. | * Keyboard input cannot be customized, and the second player's layout is both uncomfortable and too close the player 1. | ||
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==Media== | ==Media== | ||
+ | ===Icon=== | ||
+ | <gallery> | ||
+ | Tetris - WIN3 - Icon.png|The game's icon. | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Screenshots=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Tetris - WIN3 - Screenshot - 1-Player.png|Playing the game in single player mode. | Tetris - WIN3 - Screenshot - 1-Player.png|Playing the game in single player mode. | ||
Tetris - WIN3 - Screenshot - 2-Player.png|Playing the game in competitive mode. | Tetris - WIN3 - Screenshot - 2-Player.png|Playing the game in competitive mode. | ||
+ | Tetris - WIN3 - Screenshot - About.png|About dialog. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
− | ==Backgrounds== | + | ===Backgrounds=== |
These are the tiled background graphics used by the game. | These are the tiled background graphics used by the game. | ||
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| 9 || [[Image:Tetris - WIN3 - Background - 9.png]] || Inverted embossed effect from the previous tile. Lazy. | | 9 || [[Image:Tetris - WIN3 - Background - 9.png]] || Inverted embossed effect from the previous tile. Lazy. | ||
|} | |} | ||
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+ | ==Play Online== | ||
+ | {{PlayOnline|https://classicreload.com/win3x-tetris-for-windows.html|Windows 3}} | ||
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+ | ==Representation== | ||
+ | {{Representation | ||
+ | | Media = Video games | ||
+ | | StrongFemaleCharacterStatus = Fail | ||
+ | | StrongFemaleCharacterNotes = There are no characters. | ||
+ | | BechdelTestStatus = Fail | ||
+ | | BechdelTestNotes = There are no characters. | ||
+ | | StrongPOCCharacterStatus = Fail | ||
+ | | StrongPOCCharacterNotes = There are no characters. | ||
+ | | QueerCharacterStatus = Fail | ||
+ | | QueerCharacterNotes = There are no characters. | ||
+ | }} | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
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[[Category: 4-bit Color Graphics]] | [[Category: 4-bit Color Graphics]] |
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Tetris is an action puzzle video game ported by Dave Edson and published by Microsoft in their Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows for Windows 3 in 1990. The game is a port of Tetris. This port features 1 player mode, 2 player competitive mode, and supports starting anywhere from level 1-9, initial height levels, and next piece display.
Contents
Personal
Own? | No. |
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Won? | No. There is no win condition. |
My first experience with this version of Tetris was on my family's Packard Bell 386SX computer my parents bought back in 1991. The PC was a showroom floor model and came with some demo software including the first Entertainment Pack. Although this wasn't the first version of Tetris I ever played, it was the first one I had unlimited access to, and how I initially practiced playing the game. I remember gradually getting better at the game and eventually bumping all the existing high scores off the list so it was just my name all the way down.
Review
3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Best Version: Windows 3
— This section contains spoilers! —
Good
- This is a passable port of the original Tetris, having the options you would expect for a port of the time.
- This version includes a competitive 2-player mode, which is always nice.
- The game draws the Tetrominoes as vectors, so they scale to any screen size.
- The game supports two-player mode, which still wasn't universal at the time.
Bad
- The game lacks any of the more interesting Tetris options. For example, if you drop a piece, you can't nudge it afterward, you can't store a piece in reserve, there isn't an AI to play against, no cut scenes, etc.
- Keyboard input cannot be customized, and the second player's layout is both uncomfortable and too close the player 1.
Ugly
- Probably the worst part of the design, and what makes this port nonviable to skilled players, you can't choose which direction to rotate a piece. Up rotates a piece clockwise, and that's it.
- The game is media-challenged. There is no music or custom sound effects. With sound on, it uses the default Windows sounds. Graphically, it only supports 4-bit color, and the backgrounds are poorly made.
Media
Icon
Screenshots
Backgrounds
These are the tiled background graphics used by the game.
Play Online
Representation
Strong female character? | Fail | There are no characters. |
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Bechdel test? | Fail | There are no characters. |
Strong person of color character? | Fail | There are no characters. |
Queer character? | Fail | There are no characters. |
Links
- Video Games
- 1990 Video Games
- Video games developed by Microsoft
- Video games published by Microsoft
- Windows 3 Games
- Video Game Genre - Action
- Video Game Genre - Active puzzle
- Video Game Genre - Puzzle
- Video Game Genre - Single-screen
- Multiplayer
- Multiplayer Simultaneous versus
- Software Distribution Model - Commercial
- Video Games I Don't Own
- Video Games I've Beaten
- Video Game Rating - 3
- Video Game Graphics Rating - 3
- Video Game Sound Rating - 1
- Video games which can be played online
- Video games without a strong female character
- Video games that fail the Bechdel test
- Video games without a strong person of color character
- Video games without a queer character
- Video Game Prime Order - Action, Strategy, Adventure
- 4-bit Color Graphics