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Re: Tetris

#11

Post by garaetjjte » Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 7:14 PM UTC

To play Tetris via telnet with VT100-like terminal, connect to milek7.pl.

It is also playable on IPv6 traceroute, though controls are inconvenient: https://milek7.pl/tracehack/

Re: Tetris

#12

Post by tromp » Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 7:15 PM UTC

The Tetris IOCCC entry since moved to http://tromp.github.io/tetris.html

Re: Tetris

#13

Post by demircancelebi » Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 7:16 PM UTC

> 5.8 Standard Tetris "lines completed" T: 2

Some variations include T-spin and allow T-shapes to rotate in place and allow clearing 3 rows simultaneously, which in my humble opinion, make the game a bit more fun.

Re: Tetris

#14

Post by dragontamer » Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 7:23 PM UTC

demircancelebi wrote: post #13

> 5.8 Standard Tetris "lines completed" T: 2 Some variations include T-spin and allow T-shapes to rotate in place and allow clearing 3 rows simultaneously, which in my humble opinion, make the game a bit more fun.

Not "some variation", but "THE variation", SRS Tetris. (Super-rotation system).

Tetris is owned by the Tetris Corporation, and SRS Tetris is their standards applied to the game. The fact that SRS Tetris is missing from this entire page is... a BIG red-flag to me.

SRS Tetris is the style used in official Tetris Games sponsored by the Tetris Company: Tetris Friends, Tetris Ultimate, Puyo Puyo Tetris, and "The Tetris Effect".

Re: Tetris

#15

Post by trevyn » Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 7:31 PM UTC

dragontamer wrote: post #14

demircancelebi wrote: post #13

> 5.8 Standard Tetris "lines completed" T: 2 Some variations include T-spin and allow T-shapes to rotate in place and allow clearing 3 rows simultaneously, which in my humble opinion, make the game a bit more fun.

Not "some variation", but "THE variation", SRS Tetris. (Super-rotation system). Tetris is owned by the Tetris Corporation, and SRS Tetris is their standards applied to the game. The fact that SRS Tetris is missing from this entire page is... a BIG red-flag to me. SRS Tetris is the style used in official Tetris Games sponsored by the Tetris Company: Tetris Friends, Tetris Ultimate, Puyo Puyo Tetris, and "The Tetris Ef…

Who owns the Tetris Corporation?

Re: Tetris

#16

Post by buzzert » Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 7:35 PM UTC

cdubzzz wrote: post #2

Always love to read about Tetris! One of my favorite projects ever was over a decade ago working on the website and server-side functionality for the networked multiplayer OS X Tetris clone Quinn[0]. [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20110805131134/http://www.simonh...

I played Quinn obsessively when I was younger! I loved competing with my brother over the LAN too. Thanks for your work on this project!

Re: Tetris

#17

Post by robin_reala » Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 7:49 PM UTC

I’ve been playing quite a bit of Mizuguchi’s new The Tetris Effect recently. There was an interesting YouTube video recently where they tried it with a Tetris master who did noticeably better in VR than on a screen. In the end the best guess was that the increased FPS and lowered response times were really helping.

Re: Tetris

#18

Post by zem » Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 7:55 PM UTC

the original 3d tetris was "blockout" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockout], which i spent way too much time playing back in high school. surprised it didn't get a mention.