Every game included in Tetris Forever Explained

The starting point for Tetris is simple: differently shaped blocks fall on a screen, and it is the player's task to clear horizontal lines from them as long as possible to get a high score. It's an easy-to-understand concept that anyone, young or old, can grasp in seconds. Tetriss accessibility, combined with its basic yet addictive gameplay, make it the perfect pick-up-and-play title. It should come as no surprise then that the game is hugely popular and is still one of the best selling games ever made. Tetris debuted in 1984 and as of December 2011 has sold over 202 million copies. The overall franchise it created has meanwhile amassed a whopping 520 million sales worldwide, making it the second best-selling video game property of all time.




The original Tetris has been ported to basically every platform imaginable, and the game has received more than 220 official variants over the years, unofficial clones not included. Many of these versions of Tetris are unfortunately still trapped in aging hardware and are not readily available on modern devices these days. Fortunately, Tetris foreveran upcoming title from 2024 that doubles as a video game compilation and an interactive documentary aims to solve the problem. Developed by Digital Eclipse for PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PC, this collection features an assortment of classics Tetris titles from the 1980s and 90s. So far fifteen variants of Tetris have been confirmed for the compilation, including some notable releases.


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Tetris Forever, an upcoming collection of classic Tetris games and documentaries, has its release date set, and it's imminent.

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The original version of Tetris is included in Tetris Forever

One of the games included in the Tetris forever is, unsurprisingly, the original Tetris. This isn't just any version of the 1984s Tetrisbut this is literally the very first iteration of the title. Really, Tetris forever players will be able to try the variant of Tetripp for the Electronika 60, the line of Soviet computers on which the hit game originally debuted. In addition to this, Digital Eclipse's compilation will include two other versions of the first Tetris title, one that launched on the Famicom in 1988 and another that came out on the Apple II that same year. The Famicom variant of the Tetrisin particular, has a different control scheme than other ports in the game, making it more significant.


List of games included in Tetris Forever

Name

Release year

Platform(s)

Developer

Publisher

Tetris

1984

Electronica 60

Alexey Pajitnov

N/A

Tetris

1988

Famicom

Alexey Pajitnov

Bulletproof software

Tetris (48k version)

1988

Apple

Spectrum Holobyte

Spectrum Holobyte

Hate

1990

Famicom

Paragraph

Bulletproof software

Hate

1991

Game Boy

Paragraph

Bulletproof software

Hate

1992

NES

Paragraph

Bulletproof software

Super Bombliss (aka Tetris Blast)

1995

Game Boy

Bulletproof software

Nintendo / Bullet-proof software

Super Bombliss

1995

Super Famicom

Bulletproof software

Nintendo / Bullet-proof software

Super Bombliss DX

1998

Gameboy color

Bulletproof software

Bulletproof software

Tetris 2 + Bombliss

1990

Famicom

Chunsoft

Bulletproof software

Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss

1992

Super Famicom

Chunsoft

Bulletproof software

Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss Genteiban

1993

Super Famicom

Chunsoft

Bulletproof software

Super Tetris 3

1994

Super Famicom

Tose

Bulletproof software

Tetris Battle Gaiden

1993

Super Famicom

Bulletproof software

Bulletproof software

Tetris Time Warp

2024

PS4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PC

Digital Eclipse

Digital Eclipse


Tetris Forever includes Hatris, Super Bombliss and other Tetris spin-offs

Another game included in the Tetris forever is the 1990 puzzle game Hatelike, like Tetriswas designed by Soviet software engineer Alexey Pajitnov. As the name suggests, Hate is basically Tetrisbut with hats instead of tetrominoes. Tetris forever features all three of the game's console ports, specifically those for the NES, Famicom, and Game Boy.

A handful of others Tetris Spin-offs were released in the 90s, like the 1995s Super Bombliss. Also known in North America as Tetris Blastthis game is an expanded Game Boy and Super Famicom version of the titular mode found in the Tetris 2 + Bomblissa Japan-exclusive sequel to the original Tetris. This Bombshell mode, which provides a new version of the standard Tetris formula by introducing exploding “bomb blocks”, is the highlight of several more episodes in the series, which Super Bombliss DX for Game Boy ColOr, and Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss (and its limited edition Genteiban variant) for the Super Famicom. All of these aforementioned titles are included in Tetris forever.


Tetris 2 + Bombliss
,
Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss
,
Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss Genteiban
,
Super Bombliss
(Super Famicom)
Super Bombless DX
,
Super Tetris 3
,
Tetris Battle Gaiden
,
Tetris
(Famicom), and
Hate
(Famicom) will be released outside of Japan for the first time ever
Tetris forever
.

Tetris Forever comes with a brand new Tetris game

As if that wasn't enough, Tetris forever includes a couple of other offshoot games as well, like the multiplayer-focused one Tetris Battle Gaiden and the Super Famicom title Super Tetris 3both of which were only released in Japan. To top it all off, Digital Eclipse's upcoming collection includes a brand new game called Tetris Time Warpwhich according to the developers switches between different variants of Tetris in real time and has up to four player co-op. Digital Eclipse has even hinted at it more Tetris titles can be added Tetris forever in the future, but exact details on this issue have yet to be shared.

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