Tetris Plus 2

Tetris Plus 2
Japanese arcade flyer
Developer(s)	Jaleco
Publisher(s)	Jaleco
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release	JP: September 1997
Predecessor	Tetris Plus
Gameplay info
Next pieces	2
Playfield size	10 × 15
Hold piece	No
Hard drop	No
Rotation system	Sega rotation with wall kick, similar to Sega Tetris

Tetris Plus 2 is an arcade game by Jaleco and the sequel to Tetris Plus. It features endless, puzzle, and versus modes.

On November 1st, 2019, it was re-released on the AtGames Legends Ultimate Arcade, and updated Legends Flashback.

Gameplay

There's a bug in Jaleco PCB which piece phases inside playfield blocks when spawning a Tetromino.

Modes

Endless Mode

Endless Mode is divided into chapters. To clear a chapter, the player must either complete the background picture by making clears of 2 lines or more, or collect all the letters by clearing corresponding pieces in a single line clear.

There are 22 unique chapters, shuffled randomly. Once they finished 22 chapters, they will appear again, in different order.

There are three difficulty settings:

• Easy - Start at level 0 and play up to chapter 4.
• Normal - Start at level 10.
• Hard - Start at level 30.

Versus Mode

2 Players battle into 2 game modes, with 3 choices. Item box does exist, labeled 1, 2, or 3, which adds extra garbage written on number. it must be cleared without a trace within same line clear, otherwise it does not work.

• Classic - Same as Normal Tetris.
• Professor - Same as Battle Mode in Tetris Plus.
• Assistant - Same as Battle Mode in Tetris Plus, except the character is replaced with Assistant.

There's a bug in Jaleco PCB which messes up a row on player 2 if 2 players simultaneously clearing line in Classic mode, as shown here:

1 Line:

Start

Piece Lands

Cleared line

Clones Row Final State

2 Lines:

Start

Piece Lands

Cleared line

Messes up Row Final State

3 Lines:

Start

Piece Lands

Cleared line

Messes up Row Final State

When Challenging another player, if both sides got a full tie (same amount of wins), the game forces challenger to game over.

If they are battling at first place. if both sides got a full tie (same amount of wins), this game is draw.

Development

Revisions

At least five revisions of the game exist.

• Jaleco Mega System 32 (v1.0)

  Unlike the revisions below, this revision has sprite scaling, transparency, and other graphical effects that improve the look of the game

• Jaleco PCB - Japanese (v2.1, v2.2)

  It may not be possible to set this version to free play, and some have said the game crashes if set to English.

  Can not enter test mode

  Does not use EEPROM for saving high scores.

• Jaleco PCB - World (v2.7, v2.8)

  Same hardware as Japanese versions

  Test mode is accessible, and both Japanese and English can be selected.

  Uses EEPROM, and high scores are saved.

Physical scans

Jaleco Mega System 32, JP
PCB

External links

• Differences between the Mega System 32 revision and one of the Jaleco hardware revisions