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Tetris (Sega)
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Name: Tetris (Sega) Developer: Sega Year: 1988 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Tetris (Sega) DescriptionA puzzle game where seven different types of blocks continuously fall from above and you must arrange them to make horizontal rows of bricks. Completing any row causes those blocks to disappear and the rest above move downwards (completing four rows at once is called a Tetris). The blocks above gradually fall faster and the game is over when the screen fills up and blocks can no longer fall from the top.Tetris (Sega) was produced by Sega in 1988. Sega released 591 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1936. Other machines made by Sega during the time period Tetris (Sega) was produced include Altered Beast, Gain Ground, Galaxy Force, Global Defense, Galaxy Force II, Chrono Soldier, Center Court, DakkoChan Jansoh, After Burner, and After Burner II. Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
Game IntroductionYou must arrange bricks to form rows without the 'wall' getting too high, or it's game over. You can rotate bricks so that they fit into the wall and once a row is complete it will disappear, thus lowering the wall. Eliminated rows will lower the number of lines you need to complete a level. Bricks fall faster in the higher levels and sometimes there are already bricks in the field that block your path. Often, when you try to make a Tetris (four rows of lines that are removed at once), you end up waiting a long time for the long red brick (the only way of completing a Tetris). It is interesting to note that every brick is made up of exactly four blocks.VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Tetris (Sega) CensusThere are 12,084 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,585 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 162,631 machines (6,830 unique titles).Common - There are approximately 23 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 13 of these machines are owned by our active Tetris (Sega) collectors. And of these, 2 are original dedicated machines, and 11 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with extra Tetris (Sega) circuit boards for sale. Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
TriviaThe original designer is a Russian programmer called Alexey Pazhitnov, which is why the artwork has Russian buildings.eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for Tetris (Sega) Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for Sega for machines and parts. Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machine auctions, powered by Ace.com.
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