Tetris Anyone

[Bob]

Anyone else addicted to this game. I regularly go 9-5 and win. Also, have made it through all 3 music tunes and no music on 9-5. My wife always ask why it takes so long in the bathroom. Thats the only place I can concentrate.

[68chrgrwife]

I love tetris..it is one of the few gameboy games I can actually play!!! LOL

[Bob]

I love tetris..it is one of the few gameboy games I can actually play!!! LOL

It's the only I can play

[68chrgrwife]

I love tetris..it is one of the few gameboy games I can actually play!!! LOL

It's the only I can play

yeah I kill myself pretty quickly trying to play anything else.  LOL

[Bob]

I love tetris..it is one of the few gameboy games I can actually play!!! LOL

It's the only I can play

yeah I kill myself pretty quickly trying to play anything else.  LOL

I can't fgure out the keys and what they are suppose to do. Give it to a 4 year old and they will have it mastered in 3 1/2 minutes.

[68chrgrwife]

I love tetris..it is one of the few gameboy games I can actually play!!! LOL

It's the only I can play

yeah I kill myself pretty quickly trying to play anything else.  LOL

I can't fgure out the keys and what they are suppose to do. Give it to a 4 year old and they will have it mastered in 3 1/2 minutes.

yeah...huby spits out....a, b, a, b down down up right down.....I am huh?  a a a a a a a  LOL opps I'm dead

[Charger1973]

I still play it on Nintendo.   

[68chrgrwife]

hey I have that in my garage...along with super nintendo, playstation 1, playstation 2, the x-box....used to have sega dream cast.....also have gameboy color, gameboy advance sp and psp....

[Drache]

I used to have the original version of Tetris for Nintendo (Not the frey one pictured above) but it was sold along with the rest of my NES lot a couple years back.

Picture was part of my collection the day I sold it! There are two copies of Tetris hidden in there, but the original copy I sold by itself.

[Charger1973]

Nice collection, I would have bought it. 

You mean Tengen Tetris?   Thats one I still need to pick up. 

[Drache]

Nice collection, I would have bought it. 

You mean Tengen Tetris?   Thats one I still need to pick up. 

Thats the one! When I sold my copy it went for $60... my entire collection sold for just over $600....

[Silver R/T]

its fun but if you like to challenge yourself try chess, very addicting and fun game

[68chrgrwife]

its fun but if you like to challenge yourself try chess, very addicting and fun game

yeah but you need to have someone who knows how to play chess to play with....Hubby sucks at it...along with scrabble.....

[Charger1973]

You want a challenge play Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!  To this day, I still haven't beat Tyson...

[moparsons]

You want a challenge play Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!  To this day, I still haven't beat Tyson...

ahhhh........you need the game genie my friend.

[Charger1973]

I have a few of those and I guess technically I have beaten him....  but not on my own yet.   

[BlueSS454]

I still have my original NES from 1985.  I had to replace the cartridge lock thing in it, best $7 I ever spent, other than that it still works perfectly.  My personal best on Tetris is 146 lines.  I don't have the Mike Tyson edition of Punch Out, but I've kicked the crap out of Mr. Dream a couple times without the cheating assistance.  I have also gotten it down to beating the original Super Mario Brothers in 12 minutes and I can't start playing The Legend of Zelda and not finish it in 1 sitting.

[Charger1973]

You guys that like Tetris should try Dr. Mario and Klax.  Those are just as fun I think.

[Chargen69]

I have also gotten it down to beating the original Super Mario Brothers in 12 minutes.

Me and my brother used to spend our whole weekend playing that game.   We got it down to points and time, who could get the most in the least time.  Ah, those were the days, summer weekends, no job, no school, NO PROBLEM!

[SnoPro440]

I beat Tyson many times.   My personal best for Tetirs was on the Game Boy Pocket and I got 498 lines, 780,000 points.  I still have it and still destroy that game.  I have the DS and Tetris for it, but it sucks because it stops at level 20.  On the old one, it just stayed at level 20 until you lost.  The reason for me playing Tetris was because back in 1988 or 89 there was a video game convention at the old Met in St Paul.  They had a contest where you had to play Mario Bros, Rad Racer and Tetris.  If you won, you got to fly somewhere and compete for 25 grand.   Well, I smoked everyone in the first two games and I had no idea how to play Tetris.  I got killed.  Ever since then, and for no other reason, it has been an addiction that won't go away.

[Charger1973]

I beat Tyson many times.   My personal best for Tetirs was on the Game Boy Pocket and I got 498 lines, 780,000 points.  I still have it and still destroy that game.  I have the DS and Tetris for it, but it sucks because it stops at level 20.  On the old one, it just stayed at level 20 until you lost.  The reason for me playing Tetris was because back in 1988 or 89 there was a video game convention at the old Met in St Paul.  They had a contest where you had to play Mario Bros, Rad Racer and Tetris.  If you won, you got to fly somewhere and compete for 25 grand.   Well, I smoked everyone in the first two games and I had no idea how to play Tetris.  I got killed.  Ever since then, and for no other reason, it has been an addiction that won't go away.

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[BlueSS454]

I still have Rad Racer too....but I lost the non functioning 3D glasses that came with the game.  How about Excitebike, Contra, Startropics, Roger Rabbit, Major League Baseball.....

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, B, A Start 

[Charger1973]

Heres the games I currently have in my collection.  Im at 200 different games as of today.   

10 Yard Fight                                   
8 Eyes                                               
Adventures of Bayou Billy                               
Al Unser Racing                     
Alpha Mission                       
Anticipation                         
Astyanax                             
Back to the Future                   
Back to the Future 2 & 3             
Baseball                             
Bases Loaded                         
Bases Loaded 2                       
Bases Loaded 4                       
Batman                               
Battle Toads                         
Battle of Olympus                   
Bible Adventures (Blue and Black versions)                   
Bionic Commando                     
Blades of Steel                     
Blaster Master                       
Bubble Bobble                       
Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout         
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle                               
Captain Comic                       
Captain Skyhawk                     
Castlevania 2                       
Castlevania 3                       
Clash at Demonhead                   
Codename Viper                       
Commando                             
Contra                               
Crystal Mines                       
Cybernoid                           
Days of Thunder                     
Deadly Towers                       
Defenders of Dynacron City           
Desert Commander                     
Double Dragon                       
Double Dragon 2                     
Double Dribble                       
Dr. Mario                           
Dragon Warrior                       
Dragon Warrior 2                     
Duck Hunt                           
Duck Tales                           
Empire Strikes Back                 
Excitebike                           
Exodus                               
Faxanadu                             
Fester's Quest                       
Final Fantasy                       
Fire Hawk                           
G I Joe Atlantis Factor             
Galaga                               
Gauntlet (unlicensed)               
Gauntlet 2                           
Godzilla                             
Golf                                 
Golgo 13 Top Secret Episode         
Gyromite                             
Gyruss                               
Hogan's Alley                       
Hoops                               
Indiana Jones Last Crusade (Taito)         
Iron Tank                           
Jaws                                 
Joshua                               
Journey to Silius                   
Karate Champ                         
Karate Kid                           
Karnov                               
Kick Master                         
Kid Icarus                           
King of Kings                       
Kirbys Adventure                     
Klax                                 
Knight Rider                         
Krazy Kreatures                     
Kung Fu                             
Kung Fu Heroes                       
Legacy of the Wizard                 
Legend of Kage                       
Legendary Wings                     
Life Force                           
Little Mermaid                       
Little Nemo                         
Magic of Scheherazade               
Magician                             
Magmax                               
Major League Baseball               
Marble Madness                       
Mario Is Missing                     
Marvel's X-Men                       
Mega Man 2                           
Mega Man 3                           
Metal Gear                           
Metroid (silver label)                             
Mighty Bombjack                     
Mike Tyson's Punch Out               
Millipede                           
Mission Impossible                   
Ms. Pacman                           
NARC                                 
Ninja Crusaders                     
Ninja Gaiden                         
Ninja Gaiden 2                       
North & South                       
Othello                             
Pesterminator                       
Pinbot                               
Play Action Football                 
Power Blade                         
Pro Wrestling                       
Punch Out                           
Quarterback                         
RBI Baseball (unlicensed)           
Rad Racer                           
Rad Racer 2                         
Rambo                               
Remote Control                       
Renegade                             
Rescue                               
Robo Cop                             
Robo Warrior                         
Rocketeer                           
Roger Clemens                       
Rolling Thunder                     
Rygar                               
Section Z                           
Seicross                             
Shadow of the Ninja                 
Shadowgate                           
Silent Service                       
Simpsons Bart Vs Space Mutants       
Simpsons Bart Vs World               
Skate or Die                         
Skull & Crossbones                   
Slalom                               
Solar Jetman                         
Spiritual Warfare                   
Spy Hunter                           
Star Trek 25th Anniversary           
Star Tropics                         
Star Voyager                         
Star Wars                           
Street Cop                           
Super Dodge Ball                     
Super Glove Ball                     
Super Mario Brothers                 
Super Mario Brothers 2               
Super Mario Brothers 3               
Super Mario/Duck Hunt               
Super Mario/Duck Hunt/Track Meet     
Super Spike V'Ball/World Cup Soccer 
Super Sprint                         
T&C Surf Design                     
Tecmo Baseball                       
Tecmo Basketball                     
Tecmo Super Bowl                     
Teenage Turtles                     
Teenage Turtles 2                   
Terminator 2 Judgement Day           
Tetris (Nintendo)                           
Tiger Heli                           
Tiny Toon Adventures                 
To The Earth                         
Toki                                 
Top Gun                             
Top Gun 2                           
Totally Rad                         
Track & Field                       
Track & Field 2                     
Twin Eagle                           
Ultima - Exodus                       
Ultima - Quest for the Avatar         
Urban Champion                       
Videomation                         
Vindicators                         
Wheel of Fortune                     
Wild Gunman                         
Willow                               
Win Lose or Draw                     
Winter Games                         
Wizardry                             
Wizards & Warriors                   
Wizards & Warriors 2 - Ironsword     
Wizards & Warriors 3                 
World Runner 3D                     
Wrath of the Black Manta             
Wrestlemania                         
Wrestlemania Challange               
Wrestlemania Steel Cage             
Xenophobe                           
Xexyz                                                               
Yoshi                               
Zelda (Grey)                               
Zelda 2 (Gold)                           

[Manfred318]

Heres the games I currently have in my collection.  Im at 200 different games as of today.   

10 Yard Fight                                   
8 Eyes                                               
Adventures of Bayou Billy                               
Al Unser Racing                     
Alpha Mission                       
Anticipation                         
Astyanax                             
Back to the Future                   
Back to the Future 2 & 3             
Baseball                             
Bases Loaded                         
Bases Loaded 2                       
Bases Loaded 4                       
Batman                               
Battle Toads                         
Battle of Olympus                   
Bible Adventures (Blue and Black versions)                   
Bionic Commando                     
Blades of Steel                     
Blaster Master                       
Bubble Bobble                       
Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout         
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle                               
Captain Comic                       
Captain Skyhawk                     
Castlevania 2                       
Castlevania 3                       
Clash at Demonhead                   
Codename Viper                       
Commando                             
Contra                               
Crystal Mines                       
Cybernoid                           
Days of Thunder                     
Deadly Towers                       
Defenders of Dynacron City           
Desert Commander                     
Double Dragon                       
Double Dragon 2                     
Double Dribble                       
Dr. Mario                           
Dragon Warrior                       
Dragon Warrior 2                     
Duck Hunt                           
Duck Tales                           
Empire Strikes Back                 
Excitebike                           
Exodus                               
Faxanadu                             
Fester's Quest                       
Final Fantasy                       
Fire Hawk                           
G I Joe Atlantis Factor             
Galaga                               
Gauntlet (unlicensed)               
Gauntlet 2                           
Godzilla                             
Golf                                 
Golgo 13 Top Secret Episode         
Gyromite                             
Gyruss                               
Hogan's Alley                       
Hoops                               
Indiana Jones Last Crusade (Taito)         
Iron Tank                           
Jaws                                 
Joshua                               
Journey to Silius                   
Karate Champ                         
Karate Kid                           
Karnov                               
Kick Master                         
Kid Icarus                           
King of Kings                       
Kirbys Adventure                     
Klax                                 
Knight Rider                         
Krazy Kreatures                     
Kung Fu                             
Kung Fu Heroes                       
Legacy of the Wizard                 
Legend of Kage                       
Legendary Wings                     
Life Force                           
Little Mermaid                       
Little Nemo                         
Magic of Scheherazade               
Magician                             
Magmax                               
Major League Baseball               
Marble Madness                       
Mario Is Missing                     
Marvel's X-Men                       
Mega Man 2                           
Mega Man 3                           
Metal Gear                           
Metroid (silver label)                             
Mighty Bombjack                     
Mike Tyson's Punch Out               
Millipede                           
Mission Impossible                   
Ms. Pacman                           
NARC                                 
Ninja Crusaders                     
Ninja Gaiden                         
Ninja Gaiden 2                       
North & South                       
Othello                             
Pesterminator                       
Pinbot                               
Play Action Football                 
Power Blade                         
Pro Wrestling                       
Punch Out                           
Quarterback                         
RBI Baseball (unlicensed)           
Rad Racer                           
Rad Racer 2                         
Rambo                               
Remote Control                       
Renegade                             
Rescue                               
Robo Cop                             
Robo Warrior                         
Rocketeer                           
Roger Clemens                       
Rolling Thunder                     
Rygar                               
Section Z                           
Seicross                             
Shadow of the Ninja                 
Shadowgate                           
Silent Service                       
Simpsons Bart Vs Space Mutants       
Simpsons Bart Vs World               
Skate or Die                         
Skull & Crossbones                   
Slalom                               
Solar Jetman                         
Spiritual Warfare                   
Spy Hunter                           
Star Trek 25th Anniversary           
Star Tropics                         
Star Voyager                         
Star Wars                           
Street Cop                           
Super Dodge Ball                     
Super Glove Ball                     
Super Mario Brothers                 
Super Mario Brothers 2               
Super Mario Brothers 3               
Super Mario/Duck Hunt               
Super Mario/Duck Hunt/Track Meet     
Super Spike V'Ball/World Cup Soccer 
Super Sprint                         
T&C Surf Design                     
Tecmo Baseball                       
Tecmo Basketball                     
Tecmo Super Bowl                     
Teenage Turtles                     
Teenage Turtles 2                   
Terminator 2 Judgement Day           
Tetris (Nintendo)                           
Tiger Heli                           
Tiny Toon Adventures                 
To The Earth                         
Toki                                 
Top Gun                             
Top Gun 2                           
Totally Rad                         
Track & Field                       
Track & Field 2                     
Twin Eagle                           
Ultima - Exodus                       
Ultima - Quest for the Avatar         
Urban Champion                       
Videomation                         
Vindicators                         
Wheel of Fortune                     
Wild Gunman                         
Willow                               
Win Lose or Draw                     
Winter Games                         
Wizardry                             
Wizards & Warriors                   
Wizards & Warriors 2 - Ironsword     
Wizards & Warriors 3                 
World Runner 3D                     
Wrath of the Black Manta             
Wrestlemania                         
Wrestlemania Challange               
Wrestlemania Steel Cage             
Xenophobe                           
Xexyz                                                               
Yoshi                               
Zelda (Grey)                               
Zelda 2 (Gold)                           

Holy crap  that is one cool collection. I wish I still had my old NES system. I sold it and all of my games to a friend of mine last summer for fifty bucks. Tetris was and still is one of my favorite games. I really suck at it though.

[Charger1973]

Thanks, I got motivated today and took a picture.  This is about 2/3 of my NES stuff, I keep some of the stuff that I have for sale at a local collectibles shop in a display case.  On top of what you see here I have another big load of controllers and guns, about 90 more games and 3 more systems.  I just buy and sell them and if I come across one I dont have I pull it out for my collection.   

[Silver R/T]

its fun but if you like to challenge yourself try chess, very addicting and fun game

yeah but you need to have someone who knows how to play chess to play with....Hubby sucks at it...along with scrabble.....

I didnt know crap until dad taught me when I was 14...been playing since then once in a while and I still got the "skills" Only way to get good at it is to play it a lot

[Bob]

Seeing that collection reminds me of good o'l duck hunt. How about Doom and Doom1?

[BlueSS454]

Holy crap dude, that's a ton of NES stuff.  I see BTTF and BTTF 2 & 3 on the list.  I never could beat the latter of the 2.

I wish you could shoot the dog on Duck Hunt when he laughs at you for missing.

[HEMIMAN 94]

Thats a lot of games man!!!!!

[Charger1973]

Funny thing is my count jumped to about 240 in the last week.  Thats not counting doubles or games I have for sale.  Its a great hobby and something everyone can have fun with.  I wont be bored this winter.   

[Charger1973]

And how about this.  My mom took out the trash last night and someone had tossed this stuff in the dumpster where she lives.  Good thing my brother was willing to "dive" in and get it for me.   

[68chrgrwife]

nice score dude!

[Bob]

And how about this.  My mom took out the trash last night and someone had tossed this stuff in the dumpster where she lives.  Good thing my brother was willing to "dive" in and get it for me.   

Was it just my games or did half the games have to be blown into to work properly? And if you did, why did they work after you blew in the?

[Charger1973]

The contacts on the game and system would get dirty over time because most people didnt clean their games.  That dirt then transferred to the contacts of the 72 pin connector inside the control deck.  That combined with the "zero insertion force" (spring loaded) design that bent the connectors when you push the game down, and they didnt make good contact after a while.  Then there was the lockout chip (its possible to disable it) that makes the machine blink off and on when the games dont make good contact.  Blowing on them really didnt do much but we all thought it did back in the day.  Now they say the moisture on your breath will eventually destroy the games contacts.  Its best to just replace it with a new connector and clean your games with alcohol and a q-tip before putting them in your machine.  I replace the 72 pins in all the Nintendos I get and they all work great.   Occasionally you might have to clean a game again or wiggle it a bit, but thats just the way Nintendo is.  You cant really fix the spring loaded design of the machine unless you buy one of the later released top loader models.  They werent spring loaded and didnt have the lockout chip, but they were made cheaper and the AV hookups were left out.  Also the replacement parts for those are pretty much non existant.  No one seems to need them yet but I think in time they will.  So its really a toss up as to which set of problems you want to deal with.  Basically though, if you take care of the system it will work like new for a long time.

[Orange_Crush]

OR, you could ust go to www.virtualnes.com and play one of 666 games.

[Charger1973]

Thats true but its not the same, I have more problems with emulators than I do with the actual system.  If you go that route though, get one of those NES controllers that have been converted to USB.  Makes things much easier. 

[Bob]

The contacts on the game and system would get dirty over time because most people didnt clean their games.  That dirt then transferred to the contacts of the 72 pin connector inside the control deck.  That combined with the "zero insertion force" (spring loaded) design that bent the connectors when you push the game down, and they didnt make good contact after a while.  Then there was the lockout chip (its possible to disable it) that makes the machine blink off and on when the games dont make good contact.  Blowing on them really didnt do much but we all thought it did back in the day.  Now they say the moisture on your breath will eventually destroy the games contacts.  Its best to just replace it with a new connector and clean your games with alcohol and a q-tip before putting them in your machine.  I replace the 72 pins in all the Nintendos I get and they all work great.   Occasionally you might have to clean a game again or wiggle it a bit, but thats just the way Nintendo is.  You cant really fix the spring loaded design of the machine unless you buy one of the later released top loader models.  They werent spring loaded and didnt have the lockout chip, but they were made cheaper and the AV hookups were left out.  Also the replacement parts for those are pretty much non existant.  No one seems to need them yet but I think in time they will.  So its really a toss up as to which set of problems you want to deal with.  Basically though, if you take care of the system it will work like new for a long time.

I had 3 kids and 2 adults on it constanly. It's wonder it survived at all. I sold 3 complete systems with about 30 games for 10 bucks at our yard sale.

[Charger1973]

Im at around 450 games now.  Pretty soon I will need new shelves.   


Cant forget the Super Nintendo.  Started buying them too...

[Mike DC]

   
Human Tetris:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84_QL1kEmH4