Tetris Tower 3D threatens to consume all our (free) time
posted Feb 18th 2005 11:50AM
Not that we would possibly have any reason to complain, but what's up with people making
physical versions of
our favorite
classic games? Are they trying to shut down Engadget by
rejuvenating obsessions with our favorite games of yesteryear? Because we might just break down altogether over this
Connect-Four-like Tetris Tower 3D tabletop game (made by the very same people who gave us the
Tetris and
Street Fighter II standalones). As you may have guessed,
it picks the next block, and you drop it down slots to its destination (we hope they're keyed to prevent Ls from
becoming Js, and Ss becoming Zs)—whomever has more lines when you get to the top wins. (We were kind of wishing they'd
figure out a way to make the lines disappear, though.) Now if you'll excuse us, we will be closing up shop early
today.
[Via GadgetryBlog]
They don't seem to be keyed -- you can tell from the picture (and the video) that there are only five distinct "pieces" and they can go in any way you like. Still -- cool!
An 'S' can't become a 'Z' unless it flips around an axis that the plastic screens seem to prevent. An 'S' becoming an 'N', well, now that's a problem
wow... sound cool but so... corny... Still... it would work... for fun. :)
The blocks and "screen" seem to use a tongue and groove system, preventing the blocks from turning when dropped.
Watch the commercial on the linked site to see close ups of the system.
Gotta have it!
God why didn't people invent this earlier.
I bought this for my 8 year old cousin for xmas per his request. My arm gets a lot less tired playing the gameboy version. All that lifting your arm up to drop the pieces in, too much excercise.