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Awesome and addictive.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: November 15, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game is sooooo great! While I didn't quite understand the point of the temple animation scenes, the game itself is true to the very addictive classic.

A refreshing new twist on Tetris

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 38 / 40
Date: November 16, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The New Tetris certainly lives up to its name, providing a new play strategy where the key to a high score lies in forming 4x4 blocks out of the normal Tetris pieces, while still completing lines as you did in the original. (See the screenshots for an illustration of one of these 4x4 blocks forming.) To make this task more managable, there is also a 'hold' piece that can be swapped in place of your current piece at will. The game is balanced so that you can play it old-school style just fine (even in multiplayer), but you will acquire lines and advance levels much faster attempting to build the new 4x4 blocks.

Mutiplayer is a blast, with up to 4 players and several game options. The music is absolutely awesome. The only serious flaw with the game is the lack of a challenging computer opponent.

For casual gamers looking for a fun game to play alone or with friends, this is an excellent choice. For Tetris fans, this is a must-have!

The New Tetris or an addiction waiting to happen.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 29, 1999
Author: Amazon User

It is very addictive. This game will cut you off from your friends, family, businesses, and any other pasttime. It you must purchase it, do so with care

An addictive game for the Tetris Fan!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 08, 1999
Author: Amazon User

If you are a Tetris fan, this game is for you!

It'll keep you occupied for hours trying to get a higher/quicker score! It has many improvements on the "old" Tetris games from the original Ninetendo and PC versions. There are more music options than before and more options for versions and the number of players.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

mind of it's own

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

To me this game gets very frustrating. This is when the blocks will jump somewhere else when I'm trying to put them in place. At first I thought it might be me that was doing it, but it happens too often, and seems to happen at critical times. Needless to say I don't plan this game too often.

Rent this one first

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is packaged well, and that's about where the excitement ends. This game had tremendous potential, but it didn't deliver. There's an annoying screen that forces you to reenter your name after every multiplayer match, which is about 2 lines of code to correct, but the programmers let it go. There's also this stupid shadow piece that shows you where your piece can go, but no way to turn it off. The game is also very sensitive to the controller, which usually causes a piece to drop somewhere bad. Oh yeah, when you pause it the game board disappears, thus thwarting your plans to see where things might go. I loved the original, but this one is just not as good. I think this game ranks a 2 on the fun factor, but someone needed to bring down the average and make the rating not so fantastical.

An amazingly addictive fun-fest

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Tetris is a classic, and so many versions of it have been made that this may just seem like one more, but be warned, this is the SINGLE BEST VERSION OF TETRIS SINCE THE ORIGINAL. Finally someone has improved on Tetris, and presented it in a decent format, the graphics are as good as you could possible want them, and the backgrounds are very nicely rendered. (Greece is my favorite, with the rain) The new features are a mixed bag. At first I didn't like the shadow piece, but it grows on you and becomes a useful tool, cube building is great fun, and the L-button switch-a-ma-jig was a wonderful idea. The star of this game is the Multiplayer, however. You would have never though Tetris could get so fast, fun, and furious! A Great game, if your a Tetris fan, or if you want a great Multiplayer game.

One of the few games worth the money

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The New Tetris is the best one I've seen since the original. The graphics and backgrounds are excellent. The L-Button/swap thing is a great idea as well as block-forming, cause I always used to try to do it. They kept the original blocks and added something called "Wonders" which I never understood. The only drawbacks to this game is the shadowing of the piece so you can see where it lands, and when the piece seems to drop in the wrong place. I hardly buy N64 games because of the price, but this is one that I think is worth it.

Awesome game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I think this is the best Tetris game, and I love it! Terrific graphics, very addictive, and out of this world, literally. It's very hard for me to find it. I'm hoping to buy it when the price goes down. I find the shadowing of the piece helpful, and I love the new "features" that this game has, such as showing the next 3 pieces, and making the boxes. I love the music and the sound effects on the game!

An updated version of a really fun game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The New Tetris builds upon the simple foundation of the original game and adds some fun twists like: multi-player action, the ability to create special cubes with the pieces to receive extra points, and the funky music are a few examples. If you liked the original Tetris, this one is even more enjoyable.

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