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But is this so notable? Gerasimov's Tetris was A-type, and so were the NES games by [[Tetris (NES, Tengen)|Tengen]] and [[Tetris (NES, Nintendo)|Nintendo]]. The only game that I can remember from the late 1980s that concentrated on B-type was [[Tetris (Atari)|the arcade version of Atari's Tetяis]]. --[[User:Tepples|Tepples]] 12:06, 22 February 2007 (EST) | But is this so notable? Gerasimov's Tetris was A-type, and so were the NES games by [[Tetris (NES, Tengen)|Tengen]] and [[Tetris (NES, Nintendo)|Nintendo]]. The only game that I can remember from the late 1980s that concentrated on B-type was [[Tetris (Atari)|the arcade version of Atari's Tetяis]]. --[[User:Tepples|Tepples]] 12:06, 22 February 2007 (EST) | ||
:In the global sense of things, you are very correct. However, the only Tetris game predating Sega's Tetris in Japan was Bullet Proof Software's Tetris on Famicom. If I remember it correctly it consisted exclusively of looped B-Type gameplay.[[User:Colour thief|Colour Thief]] 13:31, 27 February 2007 (EST) | |||
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How is a "level" defined? 10 lines like in Nintendo's versions? --[[User:Tepples|Tepples]] 12:06, 22 February 2007 (EST) | How is a "level" defined? 10 lines like in Nintendo's versions? --[[User:Tepples|Tepples]] 12:06, 22 February 2007 (EST) | ||
:Not the Nintendo's "every 10 lines" level system. This game using "every 4 lines" and "level timer" system. The level usually increases every 4 lines, but sometimes level will increase without erasing lines. [[User:211.13.20.141|211.13.20.141]] 02:27, 23 February 2007 (EST) | |||
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First A-type?
"It was one of the first games to popularize the play model of playing endlessly against increasing speed for survival, as opposed to beating levels or clearing a predefined number of lines."
But is this so notable? Gerasimov's Tetris was A-type, and so were the NES games by Tengen and Nintendo. The only game that I can remember from the late 1980s that concentrated on B-type was the arcade version of Atari's Tetяis. --Tepples 12:06, 22 February 2007 (EST)
- In the global sense of things, you are very correct. However, the only Tetris game predating Sega's Tetris in Japan was Bullet Proof Software's Tetris on Famicom. If I remember it correctly it consisted exclusively of looped B-Type gameplay.Colour Thief 13:31, 27 February 2007 (EST)
Details
How is a "level" defined? 10 lines like in Nintendo's versions? --Tepples 12:06, 22 February 2007 (EST)
- Not the Nintendo's "every 10 lines" level system. This game using "every 4 lines" and "level timer" system. The level usually increases every 4 lines, but sometimes level will increase without erasing lines. 211.13.20.141 02:27, 23 February 2007 (EST)