Sega Tetris

This article is about the 1999-2000 arcade and Dreamcast version. For the 1988 arcade version, see Tetris (Sega).

Sega Tetris
Developer(s)	AC: Sega AM1 DC: WOW Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Sega
Platform(s)	Sega NAOMI Sega Dreamcast
Release	AC: November, 1999 DC: November 23, 2000
Gameplay info
Next pieces	1
Playfield size	10 × 18
Hold piece	No
Hard drop	No
Rotation system	Sega Rotation with wallkicks (Only kicks playfield's wall. Not the locked tetrominos.)

Sega Tetris (セガテトリス Sega Tetorisu) is a video game published by Sega for the NAOMI arcade platform and Dreamcast home consoles in Japan. It is reminiscent to Sega's earlier Tetris titles, featuring a similar rotation system, changing backgrounds, and a monkey as the primary mascot.

Gameplay

Despite the era in which the game was released, it has many design decisions that signal its 1988 Sega Tetris heritage. The randomizer is pure random, and the original Sega Tetris power-on pattern makes an appearance during the credit roll. While the game does have both counter-clockwise and clockwise rotation buttons, it awards a massive point bonus for clearing the game using only counter-clockwise rotation. Wallkicks have been added, but they will only kick off of the literal left and right walls of the playfield rather than off of other pieces.

Single player

There are three available difficulties, easy, normal, and difficult. There is also an option to play with join block mechanic from the battle mode.

Battle mode

There are 5 different attacks and they are available to you at all times by doing the specific line clear that triggers them. It is important to watch your opponent's playfield both offensively and defensively. You must plan which attacks will be most effective against them, and also learn what attack will soon be coming so that you can respond.

Line Clear	Attack	Description
Double	Joint Attack	The defending player must choose how to join two tetrominos in the next queue, and then place it in the playfield. The center of rotation is that of the base piece.
Triple	Special Long Block Attack	A single horizontal garbage line falls from the top. It will have a hole in the column that cleared the triple.
Tetris	Upper Attack	Four garbage lines are sent. The garbage hole will be in the column that cleared the Tetris.
Split Double	Missile Attack	Fire a missile that makes a T-spin shaped hole in the opponent's stack. It will aim somewhere high on the opponent's playfield.
One-Two Split Triple	K.O. Attack	Knock opponent unconscious, letting pieces fall slowly onto the stack. Pressing buttons quickly is required to wake up.

Bugs

There is a DAS bug when changing directions quickly. If there are no frames with neutral directional input, the game will preserve the DAS charge. This can cause misdrops when you DAS to a wall and tap back once, only to find your piece DAS back several columns. This bug is confirmed to happen on original NAOMI arcade hardware using standard joystick controls and it was not fixed for the Dreamcast port. It can be avoided by slightly slowing your play to introduce one or more frames of neutral directional input.

UFO Catcher

UFO Catcher is a minigame available to play from the main menu. After earning virtual currency during regular gameplay, the player can spend it by playing this minigame to unlock playable characters.

The minigame works similarly to UFO catchers found in Japanese game centers.

1. Press A to insert coin(s).
2. Press Start to start the minigame.
3. The player can look around with the directional buttons.
4. The player presses and holds A to move the arm right. Once they let go they can no longer move it left or right.
5. The player presses and holds A a second and last time to move the arm away from them.
6. The arm then descends and grabs.
7. If the player succeeded in catching a prize, it is added to their collection which can be viewed by pressing X.

Completing various challenges in Sega Tetris, will add new characters to the UFO Catcher minigame. They will only be playable if the player catches them in the minigame.

Connectivity

Sega Tetris supports a few of the connectivity options on the Dreamcast. When connecting to the internet or VS Cable to play, up to 4 players are supported.

Net play

As of November 30, 2002, Net play is no longer supported.

Dreamcast VS Cable

The Dreamcast VS Cable allows you to connect two Dreamcast consoles together similar to a link cable, or crossover cable. It is one of only four games to support the Dreamcast VS Cable.

Physical scans

Sega Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Inlay

See also

• Sega Tetris/Translation

External links

• Sega Tetris - segaretro.org - Archive
• Koryan's basic data page
• Koryan's single player data page