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		Later variants make your "ship" three pixels wide (only as concerns falling block, however) and throw more falling blocks at you--this would be impossible to survive for more than two seconds except that you can now knock falling blocks away by shooting them, and except for your limited supply of screen-clearing bombs.
		Variants add more and more incoming "UFOs" and might be speeding them up too--it gets darn hard, at any rate: the UFOs move so fast that they're nearly impossible to shoot and when there are four of them to keep track of--yow.
		Tetris works great here aside from the fact that the LCD "pixels" are wider than they are tall, so when you rotate a piece its dimensions change slightly.
	www.insertcredit.com /features/watch&game/index.html (1619 words)

	More Info on tetris - - tetras - - tetrus
		Some variants implement a different algorithm that uses a flood fill to segment the playfield into connected regions and then makes each region fall individually, in parallel, until it touches the region at the bottom of the playfield.
		Critics of Tetris Worlds said it was broken due to how a piece is able to hover over the bottom for as long as a player needs [3]; although, players of the game generally do not mind this feature because exploiting it will only hinder play, which is unfavorable to making a record time.
		NES Tetris will level up in until the speed of level 29 (due to frame restrictions, pieces are not capable of dropping faster than this), but tool-assisted emulation will show that the level indicator will increase infinitely-- eventually glitching the meter so that it must use hex values.
	www.usgovernetics.com /Sys-to-Thi/tetris.php (3301 words)

	Tetris DS for DS Review - DS Tetris DS Review
		Tetris DS features a great variety of gameplay variants and online play, and is absolutely smothered in 8-bit Nintendo nostalgia; yet the package makes enough minor, obvious mistakes to keep it from being absolutely essential.
		Tetris DS features some of the best game sharing we've seen on the Nintendo DS, allowing up to 10 people to participate in massive, competitive games of Tetris.
		The local multiplayer is also one of the few places in Tetris DS where you can actually make modifications to the rules, most notably the ability to form between two teams of five and five teams of two, and the ability to turn on or off items.
	www.gamespot.com /ds/puzzle/tetris/review.html?sid=6146173 (1663 words)

	Tetris AI : computer plays Tetris
		For example, it seems reasonable to infer that the developers of the first IBM-PC implementation of the Tetris game intended to select the shape of each new falling piece "randomly", and that the use of the Borland C implementation of the rand() function was merely a practical approximation of the intention.
		It seems that, based on various observations, the multidimensional function of average Tetris performance as a function of the weights, e.g., F(w1,w2,w3,...), is "rough" (lots of local minima and maxima), which means that a simple multidimensional "hill climbing" might not work.
		The Standard Tetris application uses this strategy when the "Next Piece" is enabled by the user and is visible on the screen, and when a two-piece AI is enabled (such as the one written by me, Colin Fahey).
	colinfahey.com /tetris/tetris.html (7368 words)

	BeOS Bible - Games 2
		Tetris is the original prototype of the "insanely addictive" arcade-style computer game, and it's not uncommon for Tetris players to dream of falling blocks at night, or to be the first ones called when someone needs to pack the trunk of their car before the big family vacation.
		Tetris also has the distinctive honor of being the most imitated game on the planet; there are hundreds of Tetris variants out there, all slightly different but based on the same premise.
		Dungeon Dweller Design's Acid Tetris has been ported to BeOS by Wildcard Design, Inc. and is as different from Tetris classic as the new VW bug is from the original.
	www.birdhouse.org /beos/bible/bos/ch_games2.html (1366 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Tetris - the Computer Game
		It is ironic that the creator of Tetris himself, Alexey Pajitnov, had made nearly no money out of the game itself until recently when, with the financial backing provided by Henk Rogers, he organised the Tetris Company LLC and finally received royalties for his game.
		When Tetris hit the game market, it was inevitable that variants of the game would pop up all over the world in the years to follow, especially when the Internet revolution came about.
		The team is currently using Tetris to study the wake-sleep barrier to understand the underlying connection between the mind and the brain.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A938874 (3899 words)

	ATPM 11.04 - Review: Tetris Elements
		This version of Tetris really adds life to the game, in that even if you are getting close to the top of the well, one lucky cascade can clear half of the well and keep you playing until the next level.
		Earthquake adds to this variation by creating random tremors that shake the playfield, shifting both the settled blocks and the blocks that are currently falling.
		In Tetris, you can press a key to immediately drop a piece from where it is falling to its eventual resting place at the bottom of the well.
	www.atpm.com /11.04/tetris-elements.shtml (1326 words)

	Fan game - wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In the context of Tetris, fan games are computer tetromino games unconnected with Elorg, The Tetris Company, or any other licensor of rights in the Tetris trademark.
		Tetris Weightlifting - A modified version of Tetris using exercise equipment as the control mechanism.
		Java Tetris - A Java Tetris game that follows the gameplay rules of the original, but has more than 30 shape types and a few new game modes, including a "Hardcore" mode where the game is played on a 125x125 grid.
	www.tetrisconcept.com /tetriswiki/Fan_games (282 words)

	Tetris Style Games: Acid Tetris, Beyond Columns, Blockout, and many more!
		It's basically a variant of Tetris where you're trying to match up lines of four colored pieces in a row to clear 'em off the screen.
		Hangtetris is a Tetris variant that doesn't stray too far from the familiar Tetris mold.
		Honestly, it's pretty much the same as normal Tetris, except for the fact that you are competing against the computer to get the highest score, and that there are some Simpsons graphics in the game.
	www.dosgames.com /g_tet.php (1367 words)

	Magical Tetris Challenge for Game Boy Color Review - Game Boy Color Magical Tetris Challenge Review
		Upside-down Tetris is similar to normal Tetris, but the lines you clear end up increasing the height of your opponent's pile.
		Harmony Tetris is a two-player game in which each player must clear lines in tandem with the other.
		Tetris Worlds does what countless iterations of the game haven't managed to do in the past--it actually breaks Tetris.
	www.gamespot.com /gbc/puzzle/magicaltetrischallenge/review.html (544 words)

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		Among the innovations included in all Tetris Worlds games are powerful multiple rotation system, a six deep next piece queue, hard and soft drops, a Ghost Piece to show where a piece will drop, and an option to swap a falling piece with one stored in a “hold”.
		Tetris creator, Alexey Pajitnov, was inspired to become a mathematician by a lifelong love for puzzles.
		With Tetris experiencing incredible growth on the PC, it was only a matter of time until the game made the console conversion.
	www.cheatcc.com /gc/sg/tetris_worlds.txt (2492 words)

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		Among these are knock out, where the cube starts with some pieces already on it which you must clear to beat the level, and blind, a very interesting and extremely difficult mode of play in which all of the animal blocks become a nondescript gray color.
		Players can choose to compete in the basic game or one of the variants used in the single player game, and there are a number of special power-ups for the multiplayer mode which can be used to hinder your opponent.
		When you’ve got four people playing on a high difficulty level, and all are freeing great numbers of animals very quickly, the game can actually start to sound like a zooit’s kind of a neat effect, and one of the little bonuses of performing well that will keep you hooked on the game.
	www.angelfire.com /sk3/sasha/Review9.html (1797 words)

	tetris
		Tetris has even appeared as part of an art exhibition on the side of Brown...
		Tetris is a computer game invented by Alexey Pajitnov in 1985 at the Academy of Sciences...
		The story of Tetris posted October 25, 2006 at 11:44 pm The following is a great 2004 BBC documentary about Tetris, the man who created it, and the lengths that several companies went to in order to....
	www.srpko.com /cgi-bin/srpko.pl?upit=tetris (264 words)

	Intelligent Qube review for the PS
		Although it's not going to be used in any government studies any time soon, the game is decently fun even if the graphics look like they were made by a two year old on speed.
		You could make the argument that they stink in Tetris, but Tetris was meant to have shoddy graphics.
		I keep comparing the game to Tetris because that seems to be what everyone else is comparing Intelligent Qube to.
	www.gamerevolution.com /review/sony/intelligent_qube (748 words)

	Bluecube - wikiPodLinux
		Tetris on the Nintendo Game Boy Tetris is a computer puzzle game invented by Alexey Pajitnov in 1985, while he was working for the Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia.
		The game (or one of its many variants) is available for nearly every video game console and computer operating system, as well as on devices such as mobile phones and PDAs.
		Tetris even appeared as part of an art exhibition on the side of a building [1].
	www.ipodlinux.org /Bluecube (151 words)

	GameSpy.com - Reviews: Tetris Worlds (GBA)
		Fusion Tetris has an atomic theme and sends down tiny radioactive square blocks along with the standard blocks that you've got to line up to advance in levels.
		Square Tetris throws the whole Tetris concept on its ear by challenging you to form 4x4 squares strategically to reach a goal.
		Hotline Tetris places lines on the board, and demands taht you to remove pieces on that level; it's a gimmicky variant you probably won't play long.
	archive.gamespy.com /reviews/november01/tetrisworlds (619 words)

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		The appeal of the N64 New Tetris is that it keeps track of the total number of lines you've cleared over the life of the cartridge, unlocking backgrounds and music when you reach certain milestones (some of them are in six figures, if I recall correctly).
		Tetris from the Tetris and Dr. Mario game for SNES is my all time favorite Tetris.
		Chroniclogic's Triptych is a truly fascinating variant in which the blocks obey some physics, and rotate continuously rather than only in multiples of ninety degrees.
	ask.metafilter.com /mefi/30586 (2747 words)

	Ivars Peterson's MathTrek - Tetris Is Hard
		The researchers initially focused on a version of Tetris in which the player knows the identity and order of all the pieces that will be presented.
		To get a measure of the computational complexity of Tetris, Demaine and his coworkers considered a generalized version of the game; one in which the game board grid could be any number of squares wide and high.
		It turns out that other goals of Tetris, such as maximizing the number of pieces placed before a loss occurs or minimizing the height of the highest filled grid square, also belong to the NP-complete category.
	www.maa.org /mathland/mathtrek_10_28_02.html (690 words)

	Games Classic Tetris Games Online Games
		this is a funny aquatic tetris, where you have to make lines with turtles, oisters and crabs and other animals.
		this is a funny game similar to tetris, but here the blocks goes up instead of down, and you have to eliminate them.
		another interesting variant from the classic games where cubes appears filling the board and you have to eliminate them.
	www.gameurl.net /c/Games/Classic/Tetris_Games (375 words)

	Tetris Two-Player Plug 'n' Play
		Tetris® can be found on more than 60 platforms and 70 countries and over 65 million Tetris game units have been sold worldwide to date.
		To say that Tetris is "a bit addictive" is the understatement of the century.
		Tetris is simple to play but difficult to master, taunting players for hours on end or equally as much fun to dip into for a ten minute distraction.
	www.firebox.com /index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=863 (976 words)

	IGN: Tetris 64 Review
		Giga Tetris: An excellent variation on the old theme drops down supersized tetraeds that can be broken up into smaller parts.
		Bio Tetris: This is the only gameplay mode that works with the bio sensor.
		Although the style is similar to regular Tetris, a graphical heart display shows your bio rhythm.
	ign64.ign.com /articles/154/154081p1.html (1080 words)

	Tetris variants section at Free Download Manager
		Tetris Planet is a reworking of the classic Tetris game with some extra features and variations.
		Advanced Tetris for Windows Mobile is a reworking of the classic Tetris game with some extra features and variations.
		The rules of Challenger Tetris are similar to those of a regular tetris game, however here you will not only be putting the blocks in nice even layers but also going through levels that contain various tricky tasks.
	www.freedownloadmanager.org /downloads/tetris_variants_info (658 words)

	Pentix - Text-mode.com
		Like the original Tetris, this game uses ASCII graphics, and gameplay is overall the same.
		As Tetris variants go, this one is a little different and worth trying.
		It's shortcoming is that it only has an all-or-nothing drop button (space bar), rather than an incremental dropability button that any fully-fledged Tetris game has, and that lack tests my patience to the point that I don't really want to play the game much after a while.
	www.classicgaming.com /ascii/download_files/pentix/pentix.html (147 words)

	TetriBox (Mac) - Macintosh OSX Game Downloads by Absolutist.com
		The games are the new interpretation of the popular Tetris™ game, greatly improved and having a lot of various features that make them really unique.
		Tetris game turns out to have a long history.
		If you are anxious about tetris game rules, if you are eager to know more strategies of tetris professionals, take a look at "How to play tetris game".
	absolutist.com /mac/tetris (249 words)

	Cheap Thrills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Tetris - Of course, where would we all be without Tetris.
		Interesting thing about Tetris: women generally don't like video games, but they LOVE Tetris.
		And before anyone gets pissed at me for making generalizations about women, I just want to say that this is in fact true, ask yer local video game retailer.
	www.oberlin.edu /stupub/ooo/classics.html (461 words)

	Amazon.com: Tetris Elements: Video Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		One other thing is that when you get a tetris (clear 4 rows at once) the game lags for a second.
		The elemental variant games are interesting (I actually really like the Fire and Wind games) but not that different from classic Tetris (which is good - why mess with a good thing, eh?).
		If, like, until recently, me, you don't have Tetris at all anymore, this is a reasonable way to reacquaint yourself with it.
	www.amazon.com /Valusoft-71138-Tetris-Elements/dp/B0002YIUN8 (1401 words)

	PlanetNintendo - A Member of The GameSpy Network
		Hotline Tetris places lines on the board, and demands that you to remove pieces on that level; it's a gimmicky variant you probably won't play long.
		Fortunately, Tetris is still as addictive as ever and it's a must have for portable gaming fans, which leads to the biggest problem with Tetris Worlds, the old Game Boy versions of the game still work and (at least Tetris DX,) provide most of the gameplay found here.
		It's Tetris, which is a good thing, but it's a lackluster version of the game.
	www.planetnintendo.com /features/gba/reviews/tetrisworlds (822 words)

	Wireless Developer Network
		This new version of the perennial bestseller offers new games and significant updates for the Palm OS® and Windows Mobile Pocket PC platforms and is now, for the first time, available for Windows Mobile Smartphone and BlackBerry® operating systems.
		Tetris Game Pak 2 will be a available at most major electronics, computer, and office supply stores in CD ($39.99) and MMC ($49.99) versions.
		Pocket Express users can easily download and install the new Tetris game, or any of the other great new games directly to their smartphone from the “Get Games” tile found under the “Extras” tab in the new Pocket Express Third Edition.
	www.wirelessdevnet.com /news/2006/jun/20/news4.html (855 words)

	GAF - Review - Tetris Worlds [Xbox Live] (Xbox) USA
		If you are unfamiliar with the earlier Tetris Worlds release, it gathers six different variants of Tetris onto one disc that allows up to 4 players to compete offline, and now online, action.
		Fusion Tetris: Players attempt to connect the fusion blocks that are intermixed with regular Tetris pieces.
		Sticky Tetris: Much like Cascade Tetris but pieces are now color-coded and matching colors stick to each other.
	www.gamesarefun.com /gamesdb/review.php?reviewid=256 (1011 words)

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