TRS
| TRS | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Retronerd |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | 2024 |
| Gameplay info | |
| Next pieces | 1 |
| Playfield size | 10 × 20 |
| Hold piece | Yes |
| Hard drop | Yes |
| Rotation system | SRS |
TRS is an easter egg/bonus game present in the Tetris For Windows CE installation patcher from Retronerd, a group dedicated to the historical preservation of software and video games.
Gameplay
The game's graphics resemble the original Tetris (Electronika 60) featuring monochromatic pieces made of square brackets and a toggleable CRT shader effect. As reported in the NFO section of the patcher: the game incorporates features like ARE, IHS, DAS, IRS, Lock Delay, Piece Preview, SRS, Random Bag, Buffer Zone, Hard Drop, Soft Drop, Official Scoring System, Kick Tables, T-Spins, Level Progression, Pause, and uses the standard keyboard mapping with UP for clockwise rotation, DOWN for soft drop, SPACE for hard drop, C or Shift for hold, Z or Left Control for counterclockwise rotation, LEFT and RIGHT for piece shifting.
Scoring
Points are calculated and given only after a piece locks down. No points are given after a piece causes a "game over".
| Lines | Points |
|---|---|
| 1 | 100 * level |
| 2 | 300 * level |
| 3 | 500 * level |
| 4 | 800 * level |
| T-Spin | Points |
|---|---|
| mini | kicked ? (level + heightFactor) * 100 : (level + heightFactor) * 400 |
| Single line | kicked ? (level + heightFactor) * 200 : (level + heightFactor) * 800 |
| Double line | (level + heightFactor) * 1200 |
| Triple line | (level + heightFactor) * 1600 |
Development
The patcher was created in 2024 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Tetris. As a single executable file of 43KB (44,032 bytes), it contains an installation patcher, the TRS game, and an NFO viewer that narrates the story behind the patcher's development.