Tetris turns 25 years young, still puzzles the best of us
By Darren Murph 
posted June 6th 2009 9:36PM
posted June 6th 2009 9:36PM
posted June 6th 2009 9:36PM
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I share a birthday with Tetris (well the second of June) and I haven't seen a specific date. But those cakes would have been ideal. Also, The New Tetris on N64 was the penultimate version!
Best casual game ever made along with other classics like pac-man. end of story.
Happy birthday!!
One of my favorite Tetris theme songs was the one made for the Amiga version... very hypnotic!
I used to have nightmares about imposible block combinations falling down on an evergrowing stack. My obsession over Tetris was followed by an equal obsession over Snood which was followed by Equilibria and then Bejeweled. Its something with these games that makes it imposible to stop and that makes u go "just one more time..." over and over again...
To commemorate the last 25 years on a Mac:
Open Terminal
Type emacs
Press Esc
Press x
Type tetris
Enjoy
P.S. Happy Birthday Tetris!!!
awesome work dude
So it WASN'T pure coincidence that I picked up Tetris DS today for the first time in about 2 years.
"We mean, who didn't have a childhood obsession with playing this very title on a TI-83 calculator while professors figured you were toiling away on classwork?"
thats a confusing sentence. is it just me or does it sound like children are being taught by professors which just seems odd because I thought professors were only in universities....
anyway, +1 for the article. If i had a dime for everytime I played tetris during calculus in high school...
I'll never forget Tetranet on the PC network at highschool. Here's to Tetris in all it's wonderful forms!
I actually starred in a short film with Tetris as the main story line. I was the best player until my title was threatened by another. We played it on the Nintendo DS. I'd post the film but it's on Facebook and you'd have to have an account and all that garbage...
oh what the heck, i'll post it anyway and if it works, it works;
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=615429756834&subj=16312838
Let me know if you can actually view it and if you can, what do you think?
In Soviet Russia you don't play Tetris, Tetris Plays YOU!
Due to a nasty accident with a can of hairspray that destroyed my peripheral vision, I can only play Tetris1D. It's not quite as good, but you get used to it. http://www.tetris1d.org/tetris.php
Tetris was nice but when was the last time anybody played it? Hmm.. 10+ years ago at school maybe?
Nope, a few seconds ago on my phone.
Oh, wait, somebody's playing it now.
Missed this yesterday but in homage to the mighty Tetris, we recorded a dirty rock version of the theme tune. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcohS74DdOM
Happy Birthday Tetris
My dad used to be so addicted to Tetris and he played while driving. He's still alive though...
I miss the original version in black and white with russian music playing in the background
I played my best game ever while house-sitting for a friend in Escondido, California in 2000. I made it about 8 levels past the point where the levels no longer increase in speed--achieved the the space shuttle launch and all that jazz. Exhausted, I took a nap on the couch only to be awakened by a mid-sized earthquake. That's how I know I beat the game: the earth shook!
Bless it.
25-line mode ftw.
Best game ever. Period.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_(Game_Boy)
Best version created by man, IMO.
My Dad's favorite and only game. He played it for his entire lifetime, and even for briefly after his final surgery (he died Oct 08), all off of an original Game Boy bought probably right at release. He started at level 9 and went to lord knows what level.
One of the best games ever made, and always will be. sure we will all still love th orange box in 20 years, but we will have moved on. Tetris will always be Tetris, we will love it then like we love it now.
It came with my 1st Gameboy, even got my Mom playing....
Dr Kochman's Dentist office, early 90's, Tetris on regular Gameboy. Classic.
omgpop.com >> blockles w/ items + friends = crack.
BEST
GAME
EVARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
My favorite Tetris versions are the original Gameboy version and The Grand Master series.
I remember passing the time in calculus playing this game and competing with fellow classmates for a high score...
good times =)
Best tetris version is the original Arcade Version by Atari/Tengen.
You knew it was something special when my 40 year old sisters were sitting on the sofa at christmas, having taken their children's new gameboy and were playing tetris with the link cable on Christmas afternoon.
ahh I remember getting the gameboy (with tetris) for christmas when it first came out. I didn't get to play it till the next day because my dad brought it with him to the bathroom.
I was sad :(
Tetris watch FTW. My favorite distraction as a kid, played just like the original game boy game.
gotta love the game