I love Tetris and recently a collection & documentary thingie of Tetris games came out,
Tetris Forever (by Digital Eclipse, the same people who made the collection & documentary thingie Atari 50, which I liked a lot). And I'm amazed that it doesn't include a single version of Tetris I'm interested in:
https://indiegamerchick.com/2024/12/31/tetris/NES Tetris? There are some obscure crappy versions on the NES/Famicom, but the one famous in the West is still played competitively today. Not in the collection.
Game Boy Tetris? The killer app the system launched with. To many people this is THE version of Tetris. Not in the collection.
N64 Tetris? I don't mean the sphere thing,
but 2D. Can also be played competitively at high levels. Not in the collection.
Pokemon Mini Tetris? A fav of game collector Stuart Campbell, this one allows you to mirror pieces. Not in the collection.
Arika's
Grand Master Tetris? Have you seen clips of some arcade Tetris with pieces dropping instantly and sliding across the floor like crazy, it was probably from this series. Amazing high-level play. Not in the collection.
WildSnake? Not in the collection. I don't actually know if this is solid, I just was interested in it.
Something with 3D shapes? Not in the collection.
It's like this was custom-made by someone who can read my mind who then consulted a super-computer to construct a game set optimized for the sole purpose of pissing me off maximally.
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