NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner NES licensed Tetris vs Tengen Tetris http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188471 2019-09-07T14:05:45 -05.00 NES Connoisseur 27 Originally posted by: twiztor

Nintendo version all day. the Tengen version feels janky and low rent. Big N version looks and plays more smoothly.

That’s all a matter of opinion,I think the exact opposite.. ]]> NES licensed Tetris vs Tengen Tetris http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188471 2019-09-04T23:00:58 -05.00 NES Connoisseur 27 NES licensed Tetris vs Tengen Tetris http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188471 2019-09-04T00:52:20 -05.00 NES Connoisseur 27
The only way to lose at Tengen Tetris is to decide to stop playing and put the controller down. BOO! ]]> NES licensed Tetris vs Tengen Tetris http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188471 2019-09-03T23:28:15 -05.00 NES Connoisseur 27
But if you are in it for the actual gameplay mechanics, options and all that, Tengen wins hands down. Nintendo had more than one good reason to attack over that game, it was just better done. ]]> NES licensed Tetris vs Tengen Tetris http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188471 2019-08-26T08:04:38 -05.00 NES Connoisseur 27
I disagree with the music being better. Nes tetris is superior. I used to find tengen tetris more appealing feature wise with the 2 player, but realized how often do i even want to play tetris with another player

Nes is better. Music more catchy, and the piece animation separated into squares is superior visually. ]]> NES licensed Tetris vs Tengen Tetris http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188471 2019-08-24T17:17:16 -05.00 NES Connoisseur 27 Originally posted by: bronzeshield
 
Originally posted by: Tulpa

I don't like how the Tengen version grays out the pieces when they set. Minor nitpicking, maybe, but it really grates on me.
I noticed that too when I fired it up just now (made it to Level 14, I think, starting at Level 9 with max handicap). Somehow it makes it harder to sense what's needed to complete a row, maybe because you're using the color of the set pieces in your peripheral vision to guide your intuition. Dunno.

I also feel like there's something weird in the debouncing of the controller input. I got extra inputs/rotations when I didn't intend them.

BTW I played the Tengen version back in the day -- rented it from a local video store, after I think I'd already played the Nintendo release a bunch (not 100% sure but I think so). I was underwhelmed, frankly.

It feels like a bootleg version of Tetris. Nintendo Tetris is much better.
  ]]> NES licensed Tetris vs Tengen Tetris http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188471 2019-08-24T16:53:16 -05.00 NES Connoisseur 27 Originally posted by: Tulpa

I don't like how the Tengen version grays out the pieces when they set. Minor nitpicking, maybe, but it really grates on me. I noticed that too when I fired it up just now (made it to Level 14, I think, starting at Level 9 with max handicap). Somehow it makes it harder to sense what's needed to complete a row, maybe because you're using the color of the set pieces in your peripheral vision to guide your intuition. Dunno.

I also feel like there's something weird in the debouncing of the controller input. I got extra inputs/rotations when I didn't intend them.

BTW I played the Tengen version back in the day -- rented it from a local video store, after I think I'd already played the Nintendo release a bunch (not 100% sure but I think so). I was underwhelmed, frankly. ]]> NES licensed Tetris vs Tengen Tetris http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188471 2019-08-24T15:55:31 -05.00 NES Connoisseur 27
Tournaments all use the Nintendo version. ]]> NES licensed Tetris vs Tengen Tetris http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188471 2019-08-24T15:29:26 -05.00 NES Connoisseur 27 NES licensed Tetris vs Tengen Tetris http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188471 2019-08-24T15:18:06 -05.00 NES Connoisseur 27 Originally posted by: arch_8ngel
 
Originally posted by: Californication

How many people could a difficulty cap really affect? It gets really fast on the later stages; it pretty much turns into one mistake and you lose.
You don't have to be all that good at Tetris to be able to play a single game of Tengen Tetris for multiple HOURS before you just die of boredorm rather than the difficulty.

Anyone that can start at Level 16-18 speed (and make Tetrises) and survive to Level 19 on the licensed version can play Tengen Tetris basically forever.

 
I downloaded and played some Tengen Tetris and was dying from bad rng and droughts. The speed wasn't really an issue. It might also be the slight lag from playing on an emulator.


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