Tetris (NES, Tengen)

Tetris
Also known as: The Soviet Mind Game: TETЯIS Developer: Tengen Publisher: Tengen Platform: Unlicensed NES Released in US: May 1989 This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has a hidden level select. This game has a prototype article This game has a Data Crystal page

Tengen's Tetris is basically an improved revision of the Vs. System arcade game, which itself was a port of Atari's own arcade game. It was pulled from shelves after a mere month due to the kudzu of international licenses (which were enough of a mess to inspire a movie) ultimately untangling in Nintendo's favor. It had a few features Nintendo's own version (released six months later) did not have, and because of that some consider it the better Tetris game of the two.

To do: Document prototypes B through D[1]

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Prototype Info

Unused Music

A rendition of the "level complete" theme used in Atari's arcade version.

Unused Sounds

The game features some leftover sound effects from the Vs. System version, all of which are unused.

Level Select

Pause the game and press Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, B, B. Pressing A increases your level, allowing you to go beyond the usual 9 levels, up to Level 17.

Free I-Tetrimino

Pause the game and press Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A. This can be done once per level.