Falling beams, boxes, and L-shaped blocks descend through a narrow passage, requiring players to spin and shift shapes to create perfect fits. This 1987 puzzle title focuses on stacking these building blocks to clear lines and manage the relentless, demanding pace of the dropping pieces.
Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Image: For the implementation of Tetris for Emacs, Glynn Clements. For the original screenshot of the game, User:Eldred. For the SVG version, FedericoMP,
GPL,
via Wikimedia Commons (“Emacs Tetris vector based detail.svg”)
Logo: The Tetris Company,
Public domain,
via Wikimedia Commons (“Tetris logo 2019.svg”)
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