[-] davetansley@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

At least in the case of the Tetris GB, there was no battery save in that cartridge. It really was a case of losing your score after every power off.

[-] davetansley@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

It's a Miyoo Mini Plus... a relatively cheap ($60) Chinese Linux device.

[-] davetansley@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

It's actually a Miyoo Mini Plus... a fairly cheap ($60) Chinese Linux based console for playing retro games. I definitely recommend it.

[-] davetansley@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago
[-] davetansley@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Funnily enough, I just tried this last night after talking about GB Tetris. It really is awesome!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by davetansley@lemmy.one to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

Gameboy Tetris wasn't the first Tetris I played (that was Mirrorsoft Tetris on the ZX Spectrum, with its spooky AY theme music), but it is the Tetris I always go back to.

For such an early GB game, it feels almost perfect. A compelling combination of apparent simplicity and hidden depth, it was (and still is) ideal to pick up and play for five minutes at a time. I think it is fair to say that the GB wouldn't have done half as well without Tetris.

Sure, it lacks features that modern Tetris implementations have - like hold, or being able to rotate infinitely in place, or fancy flashing backdrops - but it seems somehow better for that. Tetris in its purest form, just one more go, for ever and ever.

What are your memories of GB Tetris? Do you still play it? Do you think it holds up? What is your go-to Tetris?

[-] davetansley@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Couple of oldies I fire up regularly: Tetris (Gameboy, 1989); Head Over Heels (Spectrum, 1987); Bruce Lee (C64, Atari, 1984)

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