1989 Nintendo Power Tetris Guide

[Edo]

I thought that maybe some of you might find this interesting; it's a 6 page NES Tetris guide from a 1989 issue of Nintendo Power Magazine:

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Sure, it might not teach you anything you didn't know already, but I hope at least some of you find it an interesting read nonetheless. Personally, I was extremely impressed with how well written it is, especially considering how old the magazine is, and the sort of readership it had. "Howard's Tips" numbers 4 and 5 which talked about right side bias and non-overstacking were particularly impressive.

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[an ass]

I didn't even think t-spins were possible in the nes version. Well, they might be but you have maybe one frame of leeway to do it.

[mikehaggar]

Prefect fit!

[Budster]

T-Spins: Older than you think! (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OlderThanTheyThink)

Very interesting, thanks for posting.

[cyberguile]

Very interesting reading.
Funny it did make me trully realise I've been playing tetris for 21 years. Oh Lord !

[DeHackEd]

You can T-spin and stuff in NES tetris. There's no lockdown delay per se, but whatever the inverse of gravity is, that's your effective lock delay. At 1/5 G you have (about) 5 frames to makes last second movements before gravity fails to drop the piece another row, hence locking it.

[Free]

So thats where tetris1989 (playing it on tetrisfriends) is from. I was wondering why it was so inaccurate compared to gameboy, never played nes tetris ;)

[muf]

So thats where tetris1989 (playing it on tetrisfriends) is from. I was wondering why it was so inaccurate compared to gameboy, never played nes tetris ;)

No, Tetris 1989 is meant to emulate GB Tetris, and yes it is just implemented that inaccurately. It's a weird mashup of guideline and gameboy.

[Kitaru]

No, Tetris 1989 is meant to emulate GB Tetris, and yes it is just implemented that inaccurately. It's a weird mashup of guideline and gameboy.

It is not meant to emulate GB Tetris so much as meet guideline and GB Tetris halfway. It has Sega Tetris -esque lockdown and guideline rotation tables.

[m:)]

Very interesting reading.
Funny it did make me trully realise I've been playing tetris for 21 years. Oh Lord !

you must be nearly as old as me! I've been playing around 22 years. since before I could drive.