Tetris Championship Edition (ZX Spectrum)
A downloadable game
Why it's called Tetris Championship Edition? This version supposed to be played in competitions similar to Classic Tetris World Championship, when two players compete each other for higher score. One of unimplemented features - online remote game by Internet with the same pieces.
But you can still use it's single player features perfectly.
Here's a list of changes:
* New Korobeiniki AY tune by me
* 50 FPS modes - it was 25 FPS before
* Kempston joystick support
* you can hold left or right key and piece will move continuously in that direction (you had to press these keys many times before);
* soft drop implemented;
* you can now rotate pieces to the right too (previously it was only to the left);
* accordingly, Redefine Keys screen has been changed;
* the randomizer has been greatly improved, now the same frequency of all pieces is guaranteed;
* scoring system has been changed: now it’s much more profitable to clean several lines at once, especialy 4;
* the level increases when a certain amount of lines is cleared (previously it did not change at all);
* the number of levels in the classic mode has been increased: earlier, only levels 1-8 were available, now it's 0-9 by default and 10-19 with DROP key pressed;
* theoretically the number of levels is not limited;
* two tracks by František Fuka was replaced by another tracks by the same author;
* in Tetris 2 mode all levels have been redone (now there are 50 of them, but there will be more), and this mode was named Puzzle. You can choose original Tetris 2 levels from the menu too;
* pieces has texture now;
* cheat mode for Puzzle was added, you can choose pieces textures here too;
* Normal Tetris mode was renamed to Classic;
* now you can listen to music along with 48k effects or choose AY effects without music (you had limited choices: beeper effects _OR_ AY music in original version);
* colors of the pieces have been changed according to modern Tetris Guidelines (although orange was replaced with white, because there is no orange on the ZX Spectrum. It should be possible with ULA+);
* Puzzle mode now has harder levels limited by a timer (in the original, there was simply a transition to a new level if time was out).
many more that I forgot.
Original game called Tetris2 and released in 1990 by František Fuka (Fuxoft). Changes from Tetris 4 by Victor Drozd are also here (but not the puzzles).
It should be compatible with 48K machines and up. It's free, but please spread the word in exchange :)
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Please note:
This is a TAP file for old ZX Spectrum computer. So you need a real machine or emulator (e.g. Fuse which is free).
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Great work. There are many mediocre Tetris games for the 8-bit micros, but this one plays really well. I have 2 suggestions: a CPU opponent, and sending garbage lines to the other player.
Thanks!
CPU opponent was my dream for many years. It's theoretically possible, there are several known algorithms, but not an easy task to do with 8-bit assembler.
The amount of code for the CPU opponent can be compared to the game in current state.
The other factor is algorithm speed. It should be quite fast and clever enough in the same time.
Sending garbage lines was one of unimplemented features.
Nice game!
Great game, thanks.
Please select "128K music, 48K sounds" mode in menu if you need beeper sound effects