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== Game Features ==
== Game Features ==
*Multiplayer game modes - Play solo or with a friend via the second controller, game includes both co-op and competitive game variants.
*Multiplayer game modes - Play solo or with a friend via the second controller, game includes both co-op and competitive game variants.
*Tetris game modes - The game includes Race (40 lines), Marathon, Dig (garbage blocks), and Versus (with garbage blocks) game modes, as well as Family mode which enables people of all ages and skill levels to play together. Family mode is an overall timed game played throughout 15 levels.
*Tetris game modes - The game includes Race (40 lines), Marathon (game ends after playing 15 levels), Dig (garbage blocks), and Versus (with garbage blocks) game modes, as well as Family mode which enables people of all ages and skill levels to play together. Family mode is an overall timed game played throughout 15 levels.
*Skill levels - The game allows players to choose how many blocks are used to create Tetrominos with (from 1 to 4). Thus, young players can play using simple 1-block Tetrominos, while those more experienced can stick to classic 4-block Tetrominos.
*Skill levels - The game allows players to choose how many blocks are used to create Tetrominos with (from 1 to 4). Thus, young players can play using simple 1-block Tetrominos, while those more experienced can stick to classic 4-block Tetrominos.
*Graphic themes - The game includes three distinctive colorful backgrounds: Reef, Western, and Space, each including numerous incidental and reward character animations.
*Graphic themes - The game includes three distinctive colorful backgrounds: Reef, Western, and Space, each including numerous incidental and reward character animations.

Revision as of 13:20, 27 August 2007

PlayTV Legends Family Tetris
Developer(s)HiScore Entertainment
Publisher(s)Radica:
Platform(s)8mbit ROM, unknown microcontroller
ReleaseFall 2006
Gameplay info
Next pieces1
Playfield size4x10, 5x10, 8x20 (21), 10x20 (21)
Hold pieceYes
Hard dropYes

Game Information

PlayTV Legends Family Tetris is a direct-to-TV unit developed by HiScore Entertainment Software Engineering and distributed by Radica Games in the fall of 2006. The game shipped with two gamepad-style controllers with four "AA" batteries, and connected directly to a standard television via the television's audio/video composite inputs.

Game Features

  • Multiplayer game modes - Play solo or with a friend via the second controller, game includes both co-op and competitive game variants.
  • Tetris game modes - The game includes Race (40 lines), Marathon (game ends after playing 15 levels), Dig (garbage blocks), and Versus (with garbage blocks) game modes, as well as Family mode which enables people of all ages and skill levels to play together. Family mode is an overall timed game played throughout 15 levels.
  • Skill levels - The game allows players to choose how many blocks are used to create Tetrominos with (from 1 to 4). Thus, young players can play using simple 1-block Tetrominos, while those more experienced can stick to classic 4-block Tetrominos.
  • Graphic themes - The game includes three distinctive colorful backgrounds: Reef, Western, and Space, each including numerous incidental and reward character animations.

Screenshots

Gamepad controllers from Radica's "PlayTV Legends Family Tetris". Title screen from Radica's "PlayTV Legends Family Tetris".

"Reef" theme from Radica's "PlayTV Legends Family Tetris". "Western" theme from Radica's "PlayTV Legends Family Tetris". "Space" theme from Radica's "PlayTV Legends Family Tetris".

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