Ceiling

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In some tetris games the ceiling can prevent a piece from rotating. It's common that these games lack wall kicks as well. Classic games with these rules include Tetris (IBM PC) and Tetris (Sega).

....TTT...
....T.....
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L cannot rotate

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....TTT...
....T.....
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It falls a row

.....T....
.....T....
.....TT...
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Now it can rotate freely

Modern games do not have this restriction.

...LLL....
...L......
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....L.....
....LL....
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Free to rotate

....L.....
....L.....
....LL....
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In many SRS games the pieces actually spawn above the ceiling.

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