Humorous versions
This page is dedicated to humorous versions of Tetris.
1D Tetris
Tetris reduced to 1 dimension. In practice, this is implemented using a 2D well of width 1. Since all lines are of width 1, all pieces clear immediately, leaving only minimal interactivity. Most versions have soft drop but no hard drop.
Implementations
Multiple people have implemented Tetris in 1 dimension.
- 1D Tetris (ZX Spectrum, 1998): Written for the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 1998, playable on the Internet Archive. Uses pieces of lengths 1 to 4. Has levels (1 to 9) and scoring.
- Tetris 1D (online, 2002): By Ziga Hajdukovic ("zigah"), formerly playable at tetris1d.org. Uses pieces of lengths 2 to 4. Score is 50 * 2^(no. of lines - 1).
- 1D Tetris (iPod Linux, 2006): By Alexander Papst, available here.
- Tetris 1D (Scratch, 2008): By "hmnwilson", playable here. Uses pieces of lengths 1 to 3. Score is 100 points per line.
- Tetris 1D 2.0 (online, 2012): By zigah, formerly playable on Kongregate. Adds levels (0 to 9, advance every 10 lines) and revamps the scoring system (1 point per piece, 1 point per row soft dropped, 50 * 2^(no. of lines - 1) * (level + 1) for line clears).
Monotris (ZX Spectrum, 1998)
Another entry into the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 1998, this game replaces the tetrominos of Tetris with monominos. Unsurprisingly, the resulting game is rather trivial.
Not to be confused with the Flash game of the same name.
Portal Tetris
A combination of Tetris and the game Portal. When a piece reaches the bottom of the playfield, instead of it being placed where it lands, it enters a portal and reappears at the top, thus making it impossible to get past the first piece.
Hell Tetris
- Main article: Hell Tetris
Hell Tetris is based on an xkcd strip ("Hell") which shows a Tetris game where the bottom of the playfield is rounded, making it very difficult to place blocks in a manner so it'd even be possible to clear a line.
Another game based on the strip by Kaolin Fire can be found here, but it's not possible to clear lines.
A subsequent strip, Heaven, also inspired a game.