Tetris (Sky Gamestar)
| Tetris (Sky Gamestar) | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Denki |
| Platform(s) | Satellite TV |
| Release | 2004 |
| Gameplay info | |
| Next pieces | 5 |
| Playfield size | 10 × 20 |
| Hold piece | No |
| Hard drop | Yes |
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Tetris (Sky Gamestar) was an officially licensed Tetris game for Sky satellite TVs, released in 2004, and available only in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was developed by the Scottish video game company Denki. The game was part of a set of interactive games called Sky Gamestar (later renamed Sky Games). It had both live multiplayer and singleplayer gameplay. For multiplayer, players' performances would be tracked and used to provide skill-based matchmaking with other opponents. Players would use their Sky TV remote as their controller.
Gameplay
Controls
The game uses the directional pad on the Sky TV box's remote (which is mapped to the arrow keys on PC) to move the Tetrominos. The following controls are for singleplayer:
- LEFT and RIGHT (Left and Right on PC): move left and right (DAS is slow).
- DOWN (Down on PC): soft drop
- UP (Up on PC): hard drop
- SELECT or (button pending) (spacebar or Enter on PC): rotate clockwise
- RED and BLUE (Q and R on PC): rotate counterclockwise
- YELLOW and GREEN (W and E on PC): hold
- BACK UP (Backspace on PC): pause
- (button pending) (T on PC): show help
Game modes
The game has two game modes: "High Score" and "Single Player". Both modes are variable goal, though the goal is not displayed on screen (instead showing the number of "lines", which is really goal); scoring is standard guideline. Both modes end at level 10. At the end the player is given a rating depending on their score, with the highest being Tetris Grand Master.
T-spins are recognised using what appears to be the no kick rule (so no T-spin triples are present). Combos and perfect clears are not recognised. Lock delay appears to have some dependence on the level. Move reset is available with a 15 rotation or movement limit.