Tetris Championship Edition (ZX Spectrum)

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.

To make things even funnier there's a challenge related to the game. I put a secret message in one of the puzzles. Just like in good old times. You may call it Easter Egg.  The one who find, decode and write correct answer here will be dubbed as "The Greatest Tetris CE Puzzle Solver" (no money prizes, sorry). It's not easy, but I'm sure it's possible. No cheating :)

Despite it's a version 1.0, there are some bugs lurking in game still. I'm really sorry for that.

I just realized that puzzle mode can be quite confusing for new players. To solve a puzzle you need to fulfill your quota. It's displayed in the center of the screen. For example if it says 2 LINES 02, 3 LINES 01, you have to make double lines twice and triple lines once (exceeding lines count as well). If there's a timer you have to fulfill quota before the timer reaches zero. If there's a timer and NO quota - you just have to survive until timer reach zero. If you see DESTROY ALL BRICKS message please look for red-white blocks in puzzle - you have to get rid of them too.

If it's still hard for you, try playing original Tetris 2 levels (PUZZLE A-TYPE mode).

Here's a list of changes:

* New Korobeiniki AY tune by me

* 50 FPS modes - it was like 25 FPS before (switching between players each frame)

* 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;
* your pieces have texture now, puzzles don't;

* 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 additions that I forgot.

Original game called Tetris2 and it was released in 1990 by Fuxoft (František Fuka and friends). Changes from Tetris 4 by Victor Drozd are also here (but not the puzzles, because one of them is very controversial).

The game should be compatible with 48K ZX Spectrum machines and up. It's free, but please spread the word in exchange :)