The playing board is the most interesting so far and what makes this more enjoyable than the other clones, other than the smart bomb feature, is that it shows a bonus for lines completed and how many lines are left to complete until the round is over. The only thing disappointing from this game is that there is no sound.
Tetris (J. Czechowski) This Tetris clone was coded in 1989 by J.Czechowski and it's a very good effort too. The original concept has been captured beautifully. The blocks only come in four shades of colours and aren't tiles but a full shaded block in the original Tetris block shapes. There are nine difficulty levels with the option to play with joystick or keyboard. An option at the start menu allows you to have blocks turned left or right which is nice. Tune wise there is no spot sound effects, just a catchy tune playing throughout. The menu graphics remind me of some of the Ocean fonts used in games like Operation Wolf. A very nicely coded and presented game. The game is easy on the eye and has the difficulty levels set just right allowing for an easy start which you can progress from there.
Tetris 2 Probably the worst Tetris clone I've seen. It's the drab graphics that make you wince when you play this. The 1 KB Tetris clone is much better looking than this. The colour is awful and I hate to say it's worse than a Speccy. A rather annoying tune plays throughout adding to your woes giving the game nothing extra while playing. Avoid playing this, it's terrible.
n Tetris 95 not bad, but not great.
Tetris 95
The Ultimate Tetris
Another polished and well presented Tetris clone. This does the usual stuff, allows you to change speeds and times, have two players but no joystick use. Nice looking graphics and a very cool tune plays throughout. A standard playing area with the usual Tetris style blocks. It's easy enough to play but the other versions reviewed I find more playable.
Written by Dreadnought in 1994 this is a decent enough clone, and it imitates the Tetris format very well. It suffers slightly in the graphics department and there is no sound effects or music.
The Verdict Frestris (1995) GR: 8 SO: 2 GF: 6 SP: 6 OVERALL: 77%
Ktris
(2003) GR: 1 SO: 0 GF: 1 SP: 1 OVERALL: 15%
Super Tetris (1997) GR: 5 SO: 5 GF: 6 SP: 6 OVERALL: 68% n Tetrix is another great version.
Tetrix Thomas Alber wrote Tetrix in 1989 and at first glance it's up there with the better CPC Tetris clones. The graphics are bright with lovely use of colour and its graphic presentation is very cool - looking almost like one of those CPC demos. The game offers one or two player games with use of keys or joystick. The options allow for training so you can practice and get the hang of it. You can change the control and rotation speeds to your liking and then get straight to playing it. This differs in that it has at least two different shapes a smaller L shape and two blocks in a diagonal shape. The use of colours for the blocks is clear and bright. The game moves smoothly and is easy to play. At the side of the rectangle playing area is little dots so each time you complete a line the dots decrease indicating how long you've got left to complete the level your on. Once you've completed a level the game becomes faster and of course harder. The spot effects are nice and you can hear the sounds as you turn and rotate your tetromino blocks which is nice as no other CPC Tetris clone has this.
Tetris (Frederic Posey) (1990) GR: 6 SO: 0 GF: 8 SP: 7 OVERALL: 80%
Tetris (J. Czechowski) (1989) GR: 5 SO: 5 GF: 6 SP: 6 OVERALL: 68%
Tetris 2 GR: 1 SO: 1 GF: 1 SP: 1 OVERALL: 3%
Tetris 95 (1995) GR: 6 SO: 7 GF: 4 SP: 4 OVERALL: 48%
Tetrix (1989) GR: 7 SO: 7 GF: 7 SP: 7 OVERALL: 77
The Ultimate Tetris (1994) GR: 5 SO: 9 GF: 5 SP: 5 OVERALL: 62% AMSTRAD ACTION
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