New: 1336 - Tetris Advance (J)

[accolon]

Bah, nothing can beat the original GB Tetris on Goomba. 32KB (NOT 32Mb) pure fun.

 

[wabo]

the guy was assassinated.

no for real. he was murdered.

i remember this video game death website where it listed all the people who created games who had died. the tetris guy died befoere it got famous. and a nintendo guy got in a car accident and some other wierd coincidences
Actually the guy is pretty much alive...

CODEAlexey Pajitnov invented TetrisGame in 1985.

He invented it during the reign of the SovietUnion, and thus was unable to collect royalties for the game until recently.

He has made a few other puzzle games since then.

Currently employed at MicrosoftResearch

 

[berlinka]

are there any extra's?

 

[Woxxy]

finally classic tetris is back without all that fancy mumbo jumbo tetris worlds was a bomb

yeah, it's been back ever since pogones was released

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LOL, it just came to my mind that tetris was also released for xbox...
i myself think "if i was a company, i would only want to make games, that would actually make people consider getting an xbox, just for that game"...
apparently the companies don't agree, or live in the past.
tetris was a GREAT game, and the game boy sold MILLIONS of handhelds because of that, but seriously, that was 15 years ago.
what's the big idea, making tetris (a really simple game [CPU- and GFX-wise]) available for the xbox at a proud price like anything above 20$?
remaking a tetris game for the xbox? please, i'd rather shoot myself than buying that.
one thing that could've been interesting though, were if it was a compilation of several puzzle-games.
spending 3-4MB on a 4.7+GB disc and then pay 20+$ for it? get real!

 

[TonyCool]

http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/v...eveloperId,929/

He is not dead:

MobyGames Auto-Generated Summary:

Alexey Pajitnov was credited on a game as early as 1986 and as recently as 2003. His/Her career probably spans more years than those displayed since these dates are based on the credits documented in MobyGames (which are incomplete). Alexey Pajitnov has been credited with the roles Design, Support and Production. Alexey Pajitnov has been credited on games developed by the following companies: Blue Planet Software, Sphere, Inc., Conspiracy Entertainment Corp., Kinesoft Software, 3d6 Games, Ninai Games, AcademySoft, Bizarre Creations and AnimaTek. This does not imply employment by these companies.

Games Credited

Project Gotham Racing 2 (2003), Microsoft
Rampage Puzzle Attack (2001), Midway Games
Tetris Worlds (2001), THQ Inc.
Microsoft Puzzle Collection Entertainment Pack (2000), Swing! Entertainment Media AG
The Next Tetris: Online Edition (2000), Crave Entertainment, Inc.
Pandora's Box (1999), Microsoft
Knight Moves (1996), Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.
Breakthru! (1994), Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.
El-Fish (1993), Maxis Software Inc.
Super Tetris (1991), Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.
Faces (1990), Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.
Welltris (1989), Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.
Tetris (original) (1986)

 

[AngelHunter]

Tetris games are getting old now.

 

[Deanwick]

Games Credited

Project Gotham Racing 2 (2003), Microsoft
Rampage Puzzle Attack (2001), Midway Games

Hey, this I didn`t know...much likely because Rampage Puzzle Attack was completely developed in Finland by Ninai Software...or does this mean that Pajitnov`s name just appears in the credits because of the copyrights? If so, I still don`t understand the connection between him and PGR2

Anyway, it`s about time this got released. If this would have been bundled with original GBA when it was released I would have bought the thing the first day out. Tetris RuLz!!!

 

[mynimal]

1336 - Tetris Advance JAPAN 32Mbits (Rising Sun)

Nice little tower set you got going there, shaun.

 

[Garp]

Well, I played through 180 lines and I have to say the gameplay is pretty standard....although I couldn't begin to try to track all six pieces at one time. I suppose that's there for Tetris masters, which I'm not. It's not a bad game once you turn the sound off.

 

[MattyXB]

Someone know, what all these Challenge mean? What you must do to win?

I have found out these yet:
1. 3x Tetris (3x 4 rows)
2. clear without stone on the field (One Stone)
3. 30 Secends in Level 99
4. 100 Lines
5. ??? don't know, but I have done it
6. ???
7. ???
8. 10 Lines without spin the stones
9. 3x Tetris in Level 99
10. clear without stone on the field (All Stones)

Someone know the others?

6 & 7 ??? no idea yet. And 5 too not really, but this I have done. And I think there came more levels, when you have done the first 10, because sometimes there is a text at the bottom.

 

[Inu268]

man everytime i look at the topic title i think this is matrix advance.....nosense.....

 

[tepples]

Yeah, Tetris Worlds blows. I own that and six other GBA Game Paks.

If you really want a decent tetramino game on GBA, and in only 1.25 megabits to boot, try Tetanus On Drugs (Milestone 3).

And no, though the company formed by Henk Rogers and Alexey Pajitnov owns the trademark on the name "Tetris", The Tetris Company doesn't own any patents on the game itself. A history of the legal issues surrounding Tetris might interest you.

 

[shaunj66]

1336 - Tetris Advance JAPAN 32Mbits (Rising Sun)

Nice little tower set you got going there, shaun.

Heheheh!

I was going for a four line clear!

 

[GouK]

finally classic tetris is back without all that fancy mumbo jumbo tetris worlds was a bomb

yeah, it's been back ever since pogones was released

i've never used pogo

also i meant an official GBA title

pet peeve about this game not sure if its just me and cant figure out the controls

but the original tetris u could "instant drop" the piece i forgot what the button was....but here u cant kinda bugs me having to press down and it scrolls down.
if im wrong and u can how do u do it?

 

[Garp]

Press "Up" and it instant drops.

 

[GouK]

LOL it was that simple oops

 

[Inu268]

^jesus,the gba has like 5 buttons,how you didnt figured out the button?

 

[GouK]

^jesus,the gba has like 5 buttons,how you didnt figured out the button?

lol "UP" haha i never used it its only left right and down....it never even occurred to me to hit up haha

 

[The Ant]

the game that make me buy my Game Boy...

I gonna flash it, Tetris is eternal !

 

[IxthusTiger]

Do I have a bad dump? Mine locks up when the game is over both on emulator and hardware