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Review by  Barry McNamara
Reviewed on 2012-09-19
Note! This review was written for a previous version of this file!

Gameplay: 5/5

Tetris already had good gameplay but what this game does is not leave anything out. Classic Tetris marathon WITH HOLDING.

Graphics: 5/5

Can you say greyscale? Amazing!

Controls: 3/5

Definitely takes some getting used to. The contols aren't intuitive but with some practice you can score in the hundred-thousands.

Interface: 5/5

Size is good and I like how you can save your game.

Lasting Appeal: 5/5

Can you ever get bored of Tetris when it is done so well? Compete for the high score!

Average: 4.6/5

Overall: 5/5

This is without a doubt the best Tetris game for the 84. It doesn't have multiplayer, but Tetris isn't really a multiplayer game anyways. No glitches that I can see too. I really don't have any complaints, which is rare for me.


Review
Review by  Bob Bob
Reviewed on 2010-05-25
Note! This review was written for a previous version of this file!

Tetris Marathon. Another Tetris clone for the 83+ family. And by far the best.

Implementation: 9.9/10 With drop shadow, hold, and a 5 piece queue, this version of Tetris easily holds winner for most features and faithfulness to the original. The only problem is lack of lines clear information in-game, and no customizable options, most notably scrambled lines, which level to start on. There is also no twoplayer mode, but I don't feel that that's much of an issue

Gfx: 9.8/10 Grayscale=yummy. Line clear animations are nice, and each piece has it's own design and gray. The only complaint I have is that some of the pieces' (namely the square and line piece) outlines are the same level gray as the dropshadow. This makes for a slight difficulty in viewing the difference between the blocks and the shadow. Also, the title screen could use some jazzing up.

Ease-of-use: 9.9/10 Manageable size (5k or so) and compatible with MOS makes good. Controls are the same as Ztris, so no problems there. My only complaint is the fact that Clear returns to MOS rather than the title screen. Usually I only use clear (in ztris) to start over a new game, so this is kind of annoying.

Average: don't feel like quitting out of tetris to calculate it, so I'll just say like 9.87/10


Review
Review by  Zachary Tuller
Reviewed on 2010-05-21
Note! This review was written for a previous version of this file!

Attention: 10/10 I play it almost every day.

Controls: 10/10 Excellent, I see no room for improvements.

Implementation: 10/10 Excellent game of Tetris.

Graphics: 10/10 4 level grayscale Tetris.

Overall: 10/10 A must for any Tetris fan.

This is the best Tetris I've ever for the calculator. I love the storage and hard drop features. I have not found any bugs, and I don't think there are any. If you download this game you will not regret it. =)


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