Tetris (Nintendo, NES)

Tetris is a famous puzzle game created by Alexey Pajitnov. This is the official licensed NES version, as opposed to Tengen's rendition (released six months earlier).

Unused Music


The first track in the NSF is unused, and presumably intended for the title screen (which is normally silent). It can be heard by setting RAM address to  at any time. Alternately, use Game Genie code to replace music type 1 with this track or  to play it on all non-FF silence tracks including the title screen.

Two-Player Mode
Setting RAM address to  (or using Game Genie code ) activates an unfinished two-player competitive mode, a rather surprising omission that was present in Tengen's rendition. While the basic rules are in place and the game is "playable", there are numerous issues: