Looking for this Tetris game fer years! CA$H for the one who finds it

[Akira]

Ok this will be a hard one, because it is a Tetris game, and there are millions of'em. The worse thing is, I think this game is called Tetris :>

Anyway, the game in question was released around 1988ish (perhaps earlier, perhaps one year later, not more), and I am looking for it, really. I never found it anywhere, I know for a fact it ain't on the net and prolly it ain't in anyone's colection (there is a slight chance that it is an argentinian game), so I'm mainly looking for information about it if anyone knows it (Publisher, release date, etc.)

Look at the pic attached, the game looks very similar to that Tetris. A prize for anybody that comes up with the game. I swear.

[Edit] Games that ARE NOT this one:

- Mirrorsoft's Tetris
- Tetren (PD, post 1990)
- Spectrum Holobyte's Tetris (but I heard there are two versions of this, one very rare)
- Twintris/Super Twintris
- Tetris / "Amiga Tetris" (Infogrames)
- Amiga Tetris 2
- Tetris Pro / "Cigar tetris" (2000 A.D.)
- Duotris
- Zaxk
- Super Tetris
- Tetrix
- Ditris
- Tetris Metallica
- Tetris III
- Super Caztri
- ProTris v1.0 (1993)(Mirage)
- Project T
- Coloris
- Final Tetris (megademo part)
- Avatris
- Digital Tetris
- Tetris (Gary Wheatly)
- Tetris +
- Tetris the Next Generation
- The Last Tetris
- Tetrys 95 (1995)(Crayon X)(AGA)(Fr)
- Power Tetris

[RetroMan]

Uhmmm, maybe TWINTRIS (SUPER TWINTRIS) came out 1990/91 (the original Tetris was 1988) and Super Twintris also was PD ?!?

just a guess ......

[RetroMan]

Here´s a (crappy) screenshot from title screen.....

[Walker]

Nah. That game is in Akiras "Are Not" list above!

[RetroMan]

Ah damn, I got to learn how to read the postings properly :( ok, on to search again I guess...

[RetroMan]

Ah well, how about this Tetris Clone then ;):D ???

[Twistin'Ghost]

Maybe this is the wrong direction to take here, but where did the double-barrel screenshot come from? If you have the game, I want it!!!

[Tim Janssen]

Akira,
Are you sure about the dual-playfield in the Tetris version you are looking for?
Here is a list of all Tetris-games on Amiga I know:

Tetris: Released in 1991 it is from the same creator of the original but it features 'upgraded' backgrounds. Maybe this is Tetris 2. It has all sorts of different Russian activities beautifully drawn like a fish-market and so on.
Duotris: This PD-game is released on C64 and Amiga in 1990. It has a dual playfield and the falling blocks have odd shapes;
H.. tris: The name of this clone is on the tip of my tongue. It is a German PD game with a dual playfield. The falling shapes are really strange: A block looking like a cross, a small single block, etc;
Tetracopy: Uhm. Not really a Tetris game. Just a copier like X-copy which let you play a simple version of Tetris while copying discs;
Zack: The Amiga reincarnation of the Arcade game 'Hatris. You must staple falling hats;
Super Tetris: I think this is the Spectrum Holobyte version. It has pictures of a Russian circus;
Zyconix: Released by Accolade towards the end of 1992, this is some sort of Tetris game looking very similar to the pics you have attached. I have never played it, though;

[RetroMan]

@Twistin' Ghost

I´ll upload it to the ADFZone immediately (btw. it´s called TETRIS PRO) !

@Akira

Here´s another one, maybe that´s it, called TETRIX ...

[CodyJarrett]

Ditris?

[Twistin'Ghost]

Actually, it was the original first image I was wondering where came from. But thanks!

[CodyJarrett]

It's probably an arcade screenshot, Twistin'.

[andreas]

Zyconix: Released by Accolade towards the end of 1992, this is some sort of Tetris game looking very similar to the pics you have attached. I have never played it, though;

No, no.
This is a completely different game. It doesn't have a screen split in two with the Moscow tower on the left side and the playscreen on the right side.
Zyconix has the objects coming from above, which rotate around a horizontal axis (clockwise) when moving from top to bottom.

[Tim Janssen]

Oops.. It seemed my fuzzy memory threw up again. From the screenshots I have seen Zyconix looked like a Tetris clone. Sorry.

[Akira]

Twistin', yes, it is an arcade version. Atari Tetris. Emulated very well in MAME. Go to mame.dk and download it, it's the best tetris I ever played (second spot goes to GB tetris! :))


I am not clearly sure about the double playfield. At the worst case, imagine the game having only the bit on the left of my pic. But it has to look very similar to it!

I never saw Ditris, an upload would be apreciated!

I cant believe it's been 14 years since I started to look for this bastard :( Thanks everybody for your help.

[CodyJarrett]

I've uploaded Ditris to the ADF-Zone.

[Akira]

That game doesnt seem to work in Winfellow... will have to try it out at home. Thanks anyway COdy :)

[Amigaboy]

It could be a Shareware game. Try http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/aminetbin/find?Tetris, or try http://www.funet.fi/pub/amiga/games/tetris/

[Akira]

Could be, but has to be pre-1990. I searched Aminet and found none that matches my criteria. Closest one is Tetren, but as I said, this aint the game.

Will keep looking. Today I will go to a meeting with some guys who are Amiga/Commodore users, they are bound to have lots of shite!

[Akira]

Let me revive this old thread because, as fedegaia, I have shitload of Amiga games, but I have NEVER EVER been able to recover this lost gem...

No new data on the game, all I said already is what's valid. Could be a PD game but, if it is PD, it surely is argentinian PD, and as thus I will need the help of any other argentinian (shit, I'm the only one here :P).

Help me revive my childhood! :D I'm putting a reward on this game's head now! Let me think what could it be...

[Twistin'Ghost]

Hehe...I actually think of this thread everytime I run across a Tetris game that I've never seen or heard of before. I just never find the time to check the game and compare it to this thread. Perhaps we can start with a list of all the Tetris games which this game is NOT.

[Akira]

I did this at the very beginning of the thread, but let's recapitulate, because all of the suggestions were not the game either:

Games that are NOT the Tetris I am looking for: (Last Updated: 2002.07.31)


- Mirrorsoft's Tetris (is there more than one version?)
- Tetren (PD thingie, post 1990)
- Spectrum Holobyte's Tetris (but I heard there are two versions of this, one very rare)
- Twintris / Super Twintris
- Amiga Tetris 2
- Duotris
- Zaxk
- Super Tetris
- Zyconix
- Tetris Pro
- Tetrix
- Ditris
- Tetris Metallica
- Super Caztri


Sorry for the unTOSEC names, I dont use TOSEC at all.
The game's name is probably Tetris something, or just plain Tetris (my bet). It featured a splitted screen, dunno about simultaneous 2 player action (never saw it running like that) but teh one player game happened on the leftmost part od teh screen, and something else was on the right (probably the stats, just like the arcade Atari version)

It's got to be near identical to the Atari Tetris arcade, I remember it like that and I have a very photographic memory :). Same russian theme, vertical split-screen. A friend of mine says that the usic is not like the Atari Tetris one, but a technoish remake of it.

That's all I know for now. Help me out! :D

[Twistin'Ghost]

I used to have a demo for a game back in the day that was called Tetrix Metallica...had the two player screen and all, but I think only the leftmost pane worked. It started with level 1, then jumped to a higher level, then an even higher level (that was ridiculously hard to beat). It was like shareware, since the author's address and fee was somewhere on the screen (I think after you lost or in the intro). It was a BRILLIANT game and I never could find a complete version. So I'm glad this thread reminded me to add this to my MIA, although I doubt I will EVER find a full version. I'll dig around and see if I still have the demo...I know I must have put it on one of my old compacts.

[fedegaia]

this one?

[Twistin'Ghost]

That's it! I could never forget the griffins! So, tell me you have the full game now... :cheese

[fedegaia]

i think i have the beta/demo version...:(
but as i told you in a PM my games collection (about 3000 games)is at my parents home so i can't check it right now...i'll pay a visit to my parents in september...

[Konrad]

@Akira
I had a demo of a tetris game YEARS ago and it looked almost identical to the screenshots. Too bad I can't remember the name :(.

[Akira]

Konrad: At thsi point, a demo, or whatever it is related to this game, is most apreciated. if I can score the real name of the game, I can check with the local ex-spreaders to see who has it. but none of them fuckers remember the game by screens, but they remember names very well...

List of games that are not the one Ive been looking for updated with Tetris Metallica.

[tomcat666]

[begin shameless plug]

You can get the remake of the amigas Tetris Pro from my site - it is the same game for Windows, but has added A LOT of extras (2 player game being the best ;-) ) .

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/tomcat/tetris

[end shameless plug]

[ptrchiappe]

On an italian page dedicated to Amiga, i found a reference to a clone of Tetris which is called Super Caztri.

I never saw it and it wasn't available for download (even if it was requested to), but i'm reporting to you just in case the title rings a bell to you.

[andreas]

HEHE...

*/me is on the broad grin*

[Akira]

No, that name doesnt ring a bell...

What are you laughing at andreas? Do you know something I dont? SPILL THE BEANS :)

[ptrchiappe]

Originally posted by Akira
What are you laughing at andreas? Do you know something I dont? SPILL THE BEANS :)

Well, he uploaded it to the zone and, if you have downloaded then you could guess why he is laughing.

I could not run the game because it freezes in WinUAE, but (being an AMOS game) i saw the ending screen (which is in italian) and ...
how can i say it ...
let's say that it features the "members" ;) of RamJam group (having been coded by one of them).

And i definitely guess it's not what you were searching :laugh

[Akira]

Well, I didnt know this :P Could you post a screenie or something? Since it is AMOS made I also doubt it is the one I'm looking for, but I'd like to add the name to the NO IT ISN'T! list :)

[andreas]

Hehe yes, there's your beans :D

Well ptrchiappe was complaining about this one not available anywhere, so I decided to dig into my private treasure chest once again...:D
And I laughed because no one might have thought that *I* actually have that rare one! :cheese
Besides, Super Caztri is from the NET! But this site doesn't exist anymore. It had something with 'retro' in the name (maybe retrogames.com in his ORIGINAL state?) and it was in Italian language.

BTW, here's a config that works on latest WinUAE.

[Akira]

List updated with that one ;)

[ptrchiappe]

@andreas: thanks for the config, i didn't have time to adjust my default config for A500.

You surely downloaded from retrogames.com because that was the site mentioned in the italian forum (by a certain Andreas_ICSE, is that you?).

Here is a pic for Akira, i won't translate the compliments given by the game for not finishing the level :D .

I also uploaded to the zone a zip with three ending pics of the game, if you want a translation just ask (but it shouldn't be too difficult for a spanish talking guy ;) ).

[Akira]

bwahahaha! vafanculo!! BWAHAHAHAAH :D :D :D

[andreas]

Originally posted by ptrchiappe
You surely downloaded from retrogames.com because that was the site mentioned in the italian forum (by a certain Andreas_ICSE, is that you?).

Yes :)
But I *reckoned* this, I didn't *KNOW* it.
I still aren't sure.

[alkis21]

Akira, are you sure it was released for the Amiga? I know it, it *is* called just plain 'Tetris' but I've only seen it on Coin-Ops. I have the MAME version if you want it.

[Akira]

Of course I am, the screenshot I posted is from Atari Tetris, because the Amiga game i'm looking for looks EXACTLY like this one. EXACTLY like it!

I am looking for an Amiga game definitely. The game show was created by Amiga fanatics who painted the Amiga letters with black so it would stand out noticeably in front of the cameras ;D

[Akira]

*bump*
Let's see if some of the new members recognize this one.

Barbecue? You might recognize this game, since you are .AR too!!!

[Akira]

The first bump for this thread in the year 2003.

14 or so years and counting :(

[DrBong]

Could it be Tetris (aka Amiga Tetris) released by Infogrames in 1989?

[DrBong]

Here's another pic..............

[DrBong]

And another.........

[DrBong]

Last one.........

[DrBong]

Ignore me. The Infogrames 1989 release seems to be the same as Spectrum Holobyte's Tetris release. Weird! Must confirm this when I get home.

Guess I learnt something interesting for HOL purposes.

Sorry if I got your hopes up, though, Akira :(

[Twistin'Ghost]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure Infogrames published this game everywhere but the US where we got the Spectrum Holobyte release. It's also a wretched version of the game...one of the worst I have ever played.

[DrBong]

@Twistin'
We got the Spectrum Holobyte release of Tetris here in Australia, so I gather Infogrames only published the game in Europe.

What puzzles me is the difference in publication years. In HOL the Spectrum Holobyte game is listed as published in 1991., whereas my boxed copy says
(c) 1987 and the Infogrames release is (c) 1989 IIRC.

Did Spectrum Holobyte release two versions of Tetris: The Soviet Challenge four years apart?

Also, why didn't Mirrorsoft (instead of Infogrames) publish all the Spectrum Holobyte releases of Tetris in Europe? After all, Mirrorsoft and Spectrum Holobyte were both owned by Robert Maxwell at the time.

Bloody confusing! :confused

[Echo]

I had the original disk for this very version. I believe it was 1986 or 1987 on the disk, red print. Found it in a second hand "bargain basement" in Blackpool, around 1991. I've since sold my drawer of Amiga games though.

I did try installing it with WHDLoad, but had some trouble if I recall. It did once work, but was temperamental.

I'm surprised you liked this version though, I hated it! Twintris was my favourite version for Amiga by a long way.


Edit: Now that I think about it some more, mine might have been the Mirrorsoft version. I might have the box still somewhere.

[Akira]

No that's not it. pLEASE look at the first pic I psted, the game I'm looking for looks EXACTLY like that one,. I'd say it's almost a carbon copy of the Atari Tetris arcade.

[Twistin'Ghost]

Originally posted by DrBong
What puzzles me is the difference in publication years. In HOL the Spectrum Holobyte game is listed as published in 1991., whereas my boxed copy says
(c) 1987 and the Infogrames release is (c) 1989 IIRC.
1991? I never noticed that date in there, but it *has* to be wrong, so I am glad you caught that. I have all of the Spectrum Holobyte originals (of Tetris games) and I am quite certain that version of Tetris was before 1991 (because I had it before 91).

According to my database, it was released in 1989. And my AKA is not "Tetris: The Soviet Challenge", but "Amiga Tetris". Whether it is accurate or not, I have Infogrames as the developer. I'll pull out my manuals tonight and verify it all, but as best as I can tell, the PC version came out maybe in 1987-ish? Judging by the horrendous Amiga version, it's a port from that godawful PC release. I posted a link to a Tetris info site some time back that was real informative about that game's curious history, but I don't remember it addressing specific release dates for various platforms.
Originally posted by DrBong
Did Spectrum Holobyte release two versions of Tetris: The Soviet Challenge four years apart?
I will say no. Again, I can see an 87/89 original version/Amiga version thing, but I've no idea where 1991 came from.
Originally posted by DrBong
Also, why didn't Mirrorsoft (instead of Infogrames) publish all the Spectrum Holobyte releases of Tetris in Europe? After all, Mirrorsoft and Spectrum Holobyte were both owned by Robert Maxwell at the time.

Bloody confusing! :confused
Indeed. Some of that is, I believe, addressed in that article. I am at work and don't have the time to check it, but here's that link again to that site:

The Tetris Saga (http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/special/tetrishist.html)

[andreas]

Originally posted by Twistin'Ghost
According to my database, it was released in 1989. And my AKA is
not "Tetris: The Soviet Challenge", but "Amiga Tetris".
YES! :)
And this should be changed in that HOL entry, too.

Whereas _I_ thought that 'Amiga Tetris' was just the name written on the menu bar at the top of the window, but not the actual game name. :rolleyes
But as you have the original, Twist: is 'Amiga Tetris' mentioned on the box?

[Twistin'Ghost]

Well, it seems my database was wrong, which is probably why I never entered this into HOL. The box calls the game simply TETRIS, but at the bottom just above the Spectrum Holobyte logo it does say The Soviet Challenge, although this is not with the title. The description on the back only calls it Tetris, as well as the box's spines. But The Soviet Challenge seems reasonable to differentiate the SH version. Apparently in my database, I used the t-bar for this alt title. Do we want to use this in HOL or stay where we are at?

The copyright info on the back of the box says:

Copyright© 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 AcademySoft-ELORG. All rights reserved. TETRIS is a trademark
of AcademySoft-ELORG. TETRIS copyright and trademark licensed to Andromeda Software Limited
and sublicensed to Mirrorsoft Ltd. and SPHERE, INC. Original concept by Alexey Pazhitnov. Original
design and program by Vadim Gerasimov. Spectrum Holobyte is a trademark of SPHERE, INC. Other
products are trademarks of their respective holder.

[Akira]

AAAANYWAY, still no dice. I'm changing the topic's subject a bit to see if it attracts a bit more the attention... I wasn;t lying when I offered a prize to the founder of this game.

;)

[FromWithin]

Well now...I would suspect, although I don't know if this is absolutely correct, that you are talking about the Tengen version of Tetris. Tengen was an off-shoot of Atari, so it would make sense that they would make computer versions of the Atari arcade machine. There were Nintendo lawsuit problems (check out the Tetris history on the net), and the Tengen versions got pulled from the shelves. That could have been what happened. So try a search for Tengen Tetris and see if you can come up with it. I'm not entirely sure that there was an Amiga version of it, but it might be what you are looking for.

[Akira]

I am aware of Tengen's Tetris, it's a fave of mne on the NES, but it doesn't look exactly like the arcade one, and it is not available on the Amiga. It barely made it to the NES, so..

Thanks for trying tho :)

[Traquer]

Strange, i found a screenshot of a game just like it with different colours, made by Atari though.

[Traquer]

Here is the tetris by mirrorsoft, says 1987

http://www.opperer.com/ascd/pur/tetris.gif

[Akira]

Originally posted by zakfab
Strange, i found a screenshot of a game just like it with different colours, made by Atari though.
WHERE>?

[Antiriad]

mmmmm Amstrad Version :)

[Akira]

Fer foks sake, don't tease me with Amstrad cabbage :D

I repeat:
CA$$$$$$H for the one who finds this game (or the aforementioned promised GBA, or some other videogame pressie)

[DPainter]

I know Akira said it isn't Twintris, but that's the only one I found that looks a lot like the arcade version. I also found one called "Tetris III" that seems to be a demo/ripoff or something.

[DPainter]

oops...here's the images

[Akira]

NO CA$H FOR J00!

;D

[Traquer]

http://www.cs.mtsu.edu/~alex/arcade/images/screenshots/tetris.gif

[Akira]

Argh ye cheater,

N O CA$H FOR J00!
;)

[Twistin'Ghost]

Every time I find a new disk with Tris in the title, I fire it up in hopes that it might be the Tris-mas gift ye seek. The last one I booted was called ProTris. The date was 1993, but oh well. A part of me will play any Tetris variant, so I look.

By the time I got it to work using an A1200 config :rolleyes it turned out to be one of those Workbench Tetris games. The booting process takes forever since it appears to load a bunch of Beavis and Butthead samples into memory while you wait. Which was a lot easier to digest than having to listen to those samples played non-stop through the game. If that show amused you, then this game will probably have the same effect since the show and the game:

- both feature an overdone formula
- both are inferior to contemporaries on the market
- both are as inane as the adolesent wankers they are aimed at

I played one round of 13 levels, then retired it (which is more time than I have devoted to the B&B tv series). Graphically, it just looks like a med-res 4-color WB2.04 (stock) with nothing but the ProTris screen on top like any WB game. How I survived hearing those sound bytes for 13 levels is anybody's guess.

The filename ProTris v1.0 (1993)(Mirage)[h Pazza] also intrigued me, since Mirage is in the (Company) field. Probably not to be confused with the Mirage (http://hol.abime.net/get.list?N_ref_publisher=12) that gave us such classics as Street Hassle, Magiczna Ksiega, Co Do Grosza, and the ever popular American Poker.

No pic because I didn't want to get a demerit N O CA$H FOR J00! from Akira. :)
That and the fact that Windows gave me a swapfile crash when I tried grabbing the final screen of my ProTris game. :rolleyes

[Akira]

N O CA$H FOR J00!

;D

I think that by the looks of things, this must be some mega-rare, argentinian game. The fact that it was a BRILLIANT conversion, makes it even more impressive (a GOOD argentinian AMIGA GAME? yer!)

So I think I'll have to start looking locally instead of around the world.

The CA$H prize is still available for anyone who finds it before me !

[Antiriad]

Originally posted by Akira
Fer foks sake, don't tease me with Amstrad cabbage :D

Pish posh, gimme Amstrad cabbage any day :D:D:D

And dont tell me...

N0 C4$H F0R M33?

[Critter]

:lol

nice thread.. good luck on your search akira.
im sure its out there somewhere

[Akira]

I know it is. And the one who finds it gets ca$h. But nobody seem sinterested in CA$H.
CA$H I said! :P

[Critter]

:hoo

me and a friend (oldskool amiga games guru) have spent the last half hour trying to crack down this tetris game you played.

"ok bro.. i'll tell you... but if you get a prize... you better share it ok?"

when he told me that i realized the bastard knew all along!

so here's what we've all been waiting for:
(after 14 years of suspense)

The TETRIS game as captured below is from a compilation disk titled:

http://server3.uploadit.org/files/181103-atetris.png

TETRIS MANIA

unfortunatly i couldn't track the archive down. but here's proof of its existence. (also blockout is featured in the compilation)

PD Soft 3001 - 4550
... GAMES 4 ----- 3428 TERTRIS MANIA
----- 3429 BATTLEFORCE ...
www.amiga-stuff.com/pd/pdsoft.html - 101k - Cached - Similar pages

(my friend is 90% sure Tetris Mania is the correct title and Tertris could be a typo)

now that you got the bait! go catch that fish!

:lol
:cheese

[Akira]

This is quite a bold statement me friend! I need proof of this now, and if it proves to be the game I've been looking for, you got a priz0r :D

How are you so sure the game looks almost exactly like that Atari Tetris arcade screenie?

Time to request ;)

[epsilon6]

The disk Critter mentioned is on the Back To The Roots FTP :-

ftp://ftp.back2roots.org/pub/pd/disks/pdsoft/dms/34xx/pdsoft-3428.dms

I don't want any money btw if it's the one. :-)

[T_hairy_bootson]

well, what a complete waste of time that was.
Tetris Mania was the name of the compilation and the tetris game Akira mentioned was nowhere to be found on that disk.
That has to be one of the most long winded intros I have ever had to sit through.

good work Critter, next time maybe find one that has an even longer intro:sleep :sleep :sleep

[epsilon6]

I should have looked at it before I posted. Sorry dude.

[Akira]

Fucking hell. :(

No problem epsilon, the fault's on Critter for providing a wrong lead.

Bad boy critter!!! No ca$h for j00, instead, a well-earned kick on the gob.

*SMACK*

The seardh goes on, 15 years and counting *sigh*

[T_hairy_bootson]

yeah its not your fault epsilon

[Critter]

i guess we keep digging :(

i asked my friend and he is 1000% sure now and says BLOCKOUT 3D is on the compilation. any other versions of this compilation anyone can dig up? just to be sure before we move on?

ps: T_hairy_bootson
press 'esc' to skip the intro.

[Akira]

Originally posted by Critter

i asked my friend and he is 1000% sure now and says BLOCKOUT 3D is on the compilation.
That compilaton has blockout. Can we move on? We found out your friend is full of it.

[Critter]

blockout 3d ! i not screwin with you

just make sure first.. coz he might be right otherwise i will crack him in the head too :) since he thinks he knows it all

[Akira]

Blockout IS 3D for fuck's sake. Stop wasting me time with your super l33t fr13nd who knows shit all.

Yes, this is a harsh reply, but if I tell you it has the game, it's because I have tried the fucking lame compact.

[Critter]

:eek

im sorry i was just trying to help you nail the bastard down. good luck with the hunt

[Akira]

Sorry for being rude, I apologize. It's your friend who gets on my nerves. I hate these braggers who say they know it all, but they know squat.

[mess]

Hi Akira try to see this link are it this game ?


http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/p,24/gameId,1630/

seems it's only are for Commdore 64

game name The Soviet Challenge

[Akira]

No, I am looking for an AMIGA game. I wouldn't be posting here otherwise.

Thanks though.

[andreas]

Originally posted by mess
Hi Akira try to see this link are it this game ?
seems it's only are for Commdore 64

game name The Soviet Challenge

Tetris - The Soviet Challenge also exists on the Amiga (http://hol.abime.net/?id=1359). According to my knowledge, the original of the game was available in the US only.

[Akira]

Anyway, can we move on? This is not the game :(

[Duke]

Not your game, but you can add it to the list of wrong games.

[Akira]

Ok, I will update the list and probably recycle this thread a bit so info is easier to see..

[mr_0rga5m]

I dont think 'Coloris' has been mentioned has it ? ( HOL (http://hol.abime.net/?id=3064) )

[Akira]

No it wasn't, probably because it doesnt look at all lke Atari Tetris.

I will add this one to the list as well, when I update it

[bojster]

And I'm quite sure it is not Super Tetris, but as it's not mentioned on the 'IS NOT' list...
http://hol.abime.net/?id=2221

[DrBong]

Originally posted by andreas
Tetris - The Soviet Challenge also exists on the Amiga (http://hol.abime.net/?id=1359). According to my knowledge, the original of the game was available in the US only.

Also released in Australia. However, in Europe, Infogrames released it as Tetris just to confuse matters :rolleyes I got my copy from Germany and only realised recently it was the same as Tetris: SC when the WHD installer was released.

@Akira
Whilst you're at it, you might as well put Super Twintris ( [url=http://www.juegomania.org/emuladores/amiga/super_twintris.html[/url) on the NOT list.

[andreas]

Cool. You might want to fix this in the HOL entry, better: provide some scans for the European version! :spin

Because this is commonly (not to say quaintly) referred as 'Amiga Tetris', I've now included the term (hidden) in the database, so that people looking for that don't get trapped...
(Left that publisher bit to you though :D)

[KnucklesD]

Final Tetris by TCB

Didn't notice if this one was mentioned yet.

Only problem is the date, 1992. Otherwise it looks similar in-game.

Find it on the "Connection Megademo" disk in TOSEC.

Good luck.

[cebulba]

hello.

just for info...I don't know this game for AMIGA but...

I found an advertisement of the ATARI version your pics showing:
ATARI Tetris Advertisment Scan (http://www.carobinson.com/games/ATARI%20-%20TETRIS%201987-.jpg)

when taking a closer look at the text you can read the publisher as being: Andromeda software

Those guys also release "The Soviet Challenge" (mentioned several times in this thread).

Information on the ARCADE version can be found:
here (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=T&game_id=10081)

maybe you can ask one of the ATARI community if this game has been released for ATARI ST or ATARI XL computers. Same company would have released it for AMIGA - if a full price product.

check:The ATARI museum (http://www.atarimuseum.com) - the ATARI game can also be found here...

greetings from Germany.
Olli K.

[Bloodwych]

What about this Final Tetris posted by KnucklesD Akira? It looks very similar to what you were after.

At least post a quick NO CA$H FOR J00! if it isn't the one.

[Akira]

HM!!!!!!!!!!!

It might be man, not sure. Got to think about the ages but 1992 is near it. Ill have to try it out!!!!!!!! I think my 1988 assumption was wrng, cant remember the exact date of the show but I still think it preceded 1992 but so far this is the closest shot ever and I have high hopes for it.

Will keep you guys posted, and if it is, ca$$$$h for j00 KnucklesD!!!

[Akira]

Ok checked it out with my friend and we're still keeping our cash :(

This games looks closer to the original Atari Tetris arcade than the Amiga game we're looking for. Some more data that might help narrowing it down.

*The looks of the game we look for are exact or almost exact to those of Atari Tetris.

*The game is not part of a demo, it's a standalone game

*The scrolling down of the tetris blocks is smooth, like in SNES's Tetris Bombliss. The demopart posted by KnucklesD hops from position to position, just like the arcade game. The game we look for one-upped the arcade game in that respect.

*The music was more uptempo than the original arcade tetris music. It had no vocal samples, but it had a more " techy"/electronic feel to it.

*It was featured in an argentinian TV show dedicated mostly to the amiga. They had compos for it so there's a slight chance this is an argentinian developed game (far fetched, but I'm beginning to think so!)

Here's still hoping to get a video of the program where we saw the game. It's hard to find television archive material that old over here because a couple of video archives caught fire a bunch of years ago, so shitloads of things got lost.


Here's a list of games that ARE NOT what I'm looking for:

- Mirrorsoft's Tetris
- Tetren (PD, post 1990)
- Spectrum Holobyte's Tetris (but I heard there are two versions of this, one very rare)
- Twintris/Super Twintris
- Tetris / "Amiga Tetris" (Infogrames)
- Amiga Tetris 2
- Tetris Pro / "Cigar tetris" (2000 A.D.)
- Duotris
- Zaxk
- Super Tetris
- Tetrix
- Ditris
- Tetris Metallica
- Tetris III
- Super Caztri
- ProTris v1.0 (1993)(Mirage)
- Project T
- Coloris
- Final Tetris (megademo part)
- Avatris
- Digital Tetris
- Tetris (Gary Wheatly)
- Tetris +
- Tetris the Next Generation
- The Last Tetris
- Tetrys 95 (1995)(Crayon X)(AGA)(Fr)
- Power Tetris

Cheers to all who contributed!

[Akira]

Edited the list of games that ARE NOT thanks to the many contributions to the thread.

Edited the description above to include this list.

[Galaxy]

Since there seems to be an awful lot of interest in tetris games, I've uploaded a 2 disk compilation of (PD) tetris games that I made over a decade ago to the Zone.

Included are: Obsess-o-matic 1.0; Quattro; AHextris; T90; Welltrix; Tetrix; Tertis; Super Twintris; DTris; Legotris; Tritris

From memory each disk autoboots.

Have fun people...

[Akira]

I'll be checking these out to add names to the NOT MY GAME!! list ;)

[Haakon]

I know this probably will not help you a singel bit, but I am pretty sure (60%) that i have seen this game before. Infact, after reading your now 3 page long quest, i took down my old a500 from the attic and checked all my disks. But unfortunately i did not find what i was looking for.

Why do I think we are talking about the same game: Because I have never tried the real version (arcademachine), and a couple of monts back i was fiddling with MAME, and when playing the version you describes on first page and i recalled it as the same game i had for the amgia.

I was pretty active around 1989-1990, so the date almost match. I may remembering totaly wrong here but: I recall the game without any crack intros, or just maybe an simpel boot intro. Then a "long" period with totally black screen, and then the screen of the tower on page 1, but with different colours. More like a "real" picture. And not the grey bricks around. But the playfield was exactly the same as the picture, and they had the man coming out of the doors (when completing levels?)

I think i played it just a couple of times...

Was disk-swapping a lot (...yes, i know..shame on me...) with only norwegians and swedes (maybe some finns), so the game must have been up here in the north, and probably is not only an Argentinian game.

I recall it as a mediocre game, so the distribution of it is probably limited. But I would have added Scandianavia to my global area-search list...:)

[Akira]

and then the screen of the tower on page 1, but with different colours. More like a "real" picture. And not the grey bricks around. But the playfield was exactly the same as the picture, and they had the man coming out of the doors (when completing levels?)
YEah! That soudns -EXACTLY- like my game! The little man was present indeed!!!!

[Muchacha Grande]

I have two disks:

The first is Amiga Tetris V 1.1

The other is a compilation called Tetris Mania and has the following titles:

Tetrix Metallica
Blockout
Tetris II
Tetris
Quattro
Tetrix
Yatc
Tetris IV

I think none of this is the right one, but in case someone need to test I'll put them at The Zone.

Akira, the next thing I'll do is contacting an old friend tha has or had a big, really big collection.

[Akira]

Tetris Mania has ben checked already, these names should be in the NOT list, if not, I'll add them.

I think looking in some argentinian guy's disk collection would be more productive, this shit is definitely NOT TOSEC'ed otherwise it would have surfaced already. Also there's a very slight chance that the game has been produced in Argentina, since it surprises me that NO ONE has been able to land even near close to a clue about the game (except haakon)

[Jim]

I think looking in some argentinian guy's disk collection would be more productive
You're welcome to have a look in my collection :p :lol

Akira, I think at a certain point in a man's life he has to realise that sometimes to win is to know when to give up. No doubt if ever you find this "mythical" disk your will be dissapointed by the game as it won't be quite as good/cool as you remembered. Besides, I think after all this time you have as much chance of finding this as Riki/his sister/the bad guy from Riki-Oh/The Story Of Riki has of winning an Oscar for best acting. :lol

Phew, only another 2317 posts to read..... :rolleyes

[Akira]

Akira, I think at a certain point in a man's life he has to realise that sometimes to win is to know when to give up.The game exists and I will not cease until finding it :D It doesn't matter if it ends up not being as good as I remember it, I will still feel cool with me for finding it after so many years of looking for it!

I got a good lead now, contacted the guy that made teh TV program where I saw it. He might have a tape of it so maybe I can peruse a screenshot!

Meanwhile, I added another game to the NOT list.

[andreas]

If you find it, it will appear

THAT BIG

in the HOL news. I promise :D

[Duke]

Probably not the one you're searching for, but at least its another one for the its-not-list ;)

[Akira]

Bumping my poor old request :(

[Marcuz]

The game exists and I will not cease until finding it :D It doesn't matter if it ends up not being as good as I remember it, I will still feel cool with me for finding it after so many years of looking for it!
it is with heartfelt commotion and sad disposition that we at Moskow Institute for Mind Feebled annonce the departure of long time member Akira. The poor sod was found in his cell crushed by huge colored bricks that fell out from a plane cargo registered to the LEGO company that was bringin materials for the new LEGO park soon to be opened next to the Rodina swamps. the inexplicable cheering smug on the corpse face has convinced the direction of the hospital in performing an autopsy on the body that giving the little budget of the institution for hospital' instrumentation will be kind of rough, provided that the rusted cutlass not will remain stuck on the sternum.
the direction of the LEGO park has generously conceded the burying of the salm next on a LEGO statue picturing the american piano player Liberace.
the function is scheduled in a couple of week, if the weather is clement. :)

[Akira]

BAhahahaha!!!

weeeeeeelll onto my request. Where's my game!!!!

[Smiley]

:shockedTHIS GAME IS A FIGMENT OF YOUR IMAGINATION:shocked

[Akira]

You are wrong. For fuck's sake, I REALLY need a tape of that old computer program!!!!!!! That will PROVE this game's existance.

[Smiley]

Me thinks Akira is telling the truth :P

lots of laughs :-()

[mr_0rga5m]

You are wrong. For fuck's sake, I REALLY need a tape of that old computer program!!!!!!! That will PROVE this game's existance.


What old computer program? .. You checked they havnt got it for dl on archive.org ?

[Akira]

NO because it's an ARGENTINE program. Not a chance in hell... but local archives are hard to come by and not very accessible, unless for a hefty sum. I don't know why this shit ain't public domain, fucking southamericn robbers.

[Smiley]

.....

[Akira]

Enough thread destroying, or I'll start deleting shit. This is a serious request.

[Smiley]

Enough thread destroying, or I'll start deleting shit. This is a serious request.

HaRdCoRe:nuts

[Critter]

akira's still on the search :lol

I have a feeling we will find Bin Laden before the quest to the mystical amiga tetris game ends.

:bowdown

[Dr. Dude]

I have a feeling we will find Bin Laden before the quest to the mystical amiga tetris game ends.

Not sure, if i am missing a SGC ship from my stores, and a wiert note " bin lady was here" :blased

[Smiley]

...

[lovecrusader]

The game is 'Tetren' isn't it? Almost the same as the coin-op version, 2 players could compete each other at the same time.

Am currently trying to get hold of a copy - reason for stumbling upon this website after Google search.

Tetren, as far as I can remember, was not available on general release. I bought mine through one of the adverts in one of the Amiga mags (along with Crazy Sue) - cost around £3 a disk back then (public domain games?) My copy doesn't work now unfortunately - the best Tetris game out there!

Anyone that has a copy or know where I can get a copy, please let me know : lovecrusader@blueyonder.co.uk

[andreas]

The game is 'Tetren' isn't it?
No. Akira has made a HUGE list on his first post where he lists all those suggestions that are NOT the game. And yes, Tetren is amongst them. :agree

[mr_0rga5m]

The game is 'Tetren' isn't it? Almost the same as the coin-op version, 2 players could compete each other at the same time.

Am currently trying to get hold of a copy - reason for stumbling upon this website after Google search.

Tetren, as far as I can remember, was not available on general release. I bought mine through one of the adverts in one of the Amiga mags (along with Crazy Sue) - cost around £3 a disk back then (public domain games?) My copy doesn't work now unfortunately - the best Tetris game out there!

Anyone that has a copy or know where I can get a copy, please let me know : lovecrusader@removed.email

A quick look around and .. *Da daaa* (http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/info/www/dirs/aminet/game/think/tetren.lha) .. Its on aminet. :)

Short: Very original and popular Tetris clone
Author: Andy Whiteley
Uploader: Andy@wwhse.demon.co.uk (Andy Whiteley)
Type: game/think


This version is compatible with all Amigas. There are over 25 original
and taxing levels for one or two players. Based on the arcade version of
Tetris, you must complete each level before proceeding to the next. As
you progress, the levels become more difficult and things begin to happen.

The game includes great SFX and GFX as well as 8 original and addictive
tunes to play to.

This file can either be unpacked onto an installed floopy disk called
'TETREN:' or onto your hard-disk drive, so long as you assign 'TETREN:'
to the relevant path.

[Arnie]

found this http://screenmania.retrogames.com/arcade/01/arcade_0009_1.html
don`t know if it will help!!

[Arnie]

here`s some more info http://www.2atoms.com/game/arcade/arcade06.htm. I don`t think it`s a PD game, says it`s a Russian block puzzle game from Atari ??

[Arnie]

last one for now http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/special/tetrishist.html

[dlfrsilver]

i have the ADF of the game TETREN, interested folks ?

just ask me in PM so i push the adf in the zone ^^

[dlfrsilver]

adf is in the zone ^^

[X-ray]

Chaps, when I see the original thumbnail that Akira has posted, it is like instant recognition...I have played that exact game before, on my Amiga, many years ago. There is no doubt it, it exists but I can't remember what the Amiga version was called and I don't have my disks anymore (that would have been a copy, not an original). Akira's description of the music fits what I remember too.
Damn! I also want it now....

[DamienD]

Many thanks dlfrsilver. ;)

adf is in the zone ^^

[Photon]

I made a port of my networked Tetris clone for the Swedish Compis computer about that time, but without networking of course. It had a brown frame around the playing area, basic graphics (just built out of 8x8 blocks in different colors) and for each level cleared, an extra line of garbage to be cleared was added at the bottom.

My original Compis version was called Fetris, so the Amiga version should have been called the same. Don't have the disk anymore, so I would be interested if someone has it.

Ring a bell?

[DamienD]

Had a quick search on google for Fetris (http://pirates.emucamp.com/a/f/fetris/c64/main.html).

Could only find it for C64. :confused

[_ThEcRoW]

Are you really sure that the screenshot you supplied is of the amiga version??. I think that this is from the arcade version.
By the way i haven't heard of an Tetris game that looked like the arcade machine on a home computer not being mame.
Just my two cents.

[dlfrsilver]

Well mates, i HAVE FOUND a tetris that is not in AKIRA's list !!!!

It's.....FACES..TRIS III from spectrum holobyte !!!!!


http://hol.abime.net/484

[superquake]

I just found another load of my Amiga disks, including a 50-capacity diskbox that my mum used to keep all her tetris games in. Several are labelled 'tetris', most others are 'something-else-tris'. I'm going to be dumping them when I get the chance

[Critter]

akira deserves to have this hunt come to a happy ending, come on people!

[andreas]

Do you guys have £10 spare? :D
http://www.amigastuff.co.uk/parts.asp?s=cd2&sub=NO

I do not like some of the other CDs they sell, but this 'TOTAL AMIGA TETRIS' CD might contain the Tetris in question! :)

[Critter]

long live the tetris thread!

[Critter]

the ghost of the tetris game is back!

http://www.igniq.com/images/tetris_16%3D50605.jpg

sorry no name but maybe another lead to the game:

http://www.igniq.com/news/2005_06_12_archive.html

[Akira]

Original thread posted 10 September 2001, 18:58 (thread running for more than 6 years now)
Been looking for this game since the 1990s.(search going on for almost 16 years now)

Where the hell is it?
Don't abandon this thread! :P
Can't be arsed to update the list of ARE NOTs, maybe someday.

BUMP time baby.
(please don't destroy the thread posting rhubarb regarding this post of mine in here, flame in OT kthx

[Graham Humphrey]

Bloody hell, Akira's alive ;)

This must also be some kind of record for a game name not to be found?

[AMIGAZ]

Akira, is that you? ;)

[Akira]

(please don't destroy the thread posting rhubarb regarding this post of mine in here, flame in OT kthx)

uhmmm
Make a PH test on this post and see if it is me.

[Hanzi]

It sure looks like this one :

Tetris (1987)(Spectrum HoloByte)[cr FLT][a].zip

Wich can be found at Planetemu

[CodyJarrett]

That one has already been discounted.

[bippym]

WB Akira

[Akira]

I just want my Tetris.

READ THIS FIRST
Games that ARE NOT the one we are looking for (updated 06NOV2007)


- Amiga Tetris (Infogrames)
- Amiga Tetris 2
- Avatris
- Cigar tetris (2000 A.D.)
- Coloris
- Digital Tetris
- Ditris
- Duotris
- Facestris III
- Final Tetris (megademo part)
- Mirrorsoft's Tetris
- Power Tetris
- Project T
- ProTris v1.0 (1993)(Mirage)
- Spectrum Holobyte's Tetris
(but I heard there are two versions of this, one very rare. Haven't seen the second one yet)
- Super Caztri
- Super Tetris
- Super Twintris
- Tetren (PD, post 1990)
- Tetris
- Tetris (Gary Wheatly)
- Tetrix
- Tetris +
- Tetris III
- Tetris Metallica
- Tetris Pro
- Tetris the Next Generation
- Tetrys 95 (1995)(Crayon X)(AGA)(Fr)
- The Last Tetris
- Twintris
- Zaxk



*The looks of the game we look for are exact or almost exact to those of Atari Tetris.

*The game is not part of a demo, it's a standalone game

*The scrolling down of the tetris blocks is smooth, like in SNES's Tetris Bombliss. The demopart posted by KnucklesD hops from position to position, just like the arcade game. The game we look for one-upped the arcade game in that respect.

*The music was more uptempo than the original arcade tetris music. It had no vocal samples, but it had a more " techy"/electronic feel to it. Think of the year 1992, 2Unlimited sort of cheesy thang.

*It was featured in an argentinian TV show dedicated mostly to the Amiga. Show in question was called "El Cerebro Magico"and it aired at Channel 2 from La Plata around 1990/92. They had compos for this game, and there's a slight chance this is an argentinian developed game (far fetched, but I'm beginning to think so!)

We're looking for any leads. So far 2 guys in here have a slight memory of having played it or seen it. It would be most helpful to grab footage from this TV show, as to prove the existance of the game and better consistent evidnce (games were shown full-screen on gameplay when they ran the compos)


WE ARE OFFERING A REWARD FOR THE LOCATION OF THIS GAME

[Critter]

good to see this thread revived I hope someday this game spawns - we all intrigued to play

[ppill]

There was a CD that just featured Tetris games (it was from Epic Marketing I think). Advertised in later editions of Amiga Format (first two pages). It might be on there. Does anyone have an ISO?

[Catflap]

Thought I might as well have a bash at this. Could it be... CLI-tris? (had that 'there's no limit' tune from 2 unlimited)

http://fotos.solucionesytrucos.org/amiga/cli_tris.html

[killergorilla]

It that supposed to be pronounced like "Clitoris"?

[Catflap]

It that supposed to be pronounced like "Clitoris"?

I guess so. I remember years ago during a dinner with my family - I mentioned the game as "C-L-I-tris" a few times before I realised the joke and went a delicate shade of red. Hopefully no-one else picked up on it. :spin

[Graham Humphrey]

I remember hearing about this game years ago, I always wondered why it was called that, you would have thought I'd have got the joke :lol

[Catflap]

Maybe you had the same problem I did - too used to CLI meaning Command Line Interface to spot it!

[Graham Humphrey]

Yep, I think that was it :D

[andreas]

¡HOLA COMPAÑERO! :)
also a nice WB Akira from me, my "favorite enemy" :evilgrin

So obviously ... there IS life in the old dog yet :D :p

So let's keep the mystery alive - way to go! :P
("mystery" does not refer to Akira but to the Tetris game, mind you :evilgrin)

[mr_0rga5m]

Thought I might as well have a bash at this. Could it be... CLI-tris? (had that 'there's no limit' tune from 2 unlimited)

http://fotos.solucionesytrucos.org/amiga/cli_tris.html


C'mon Akira ... Let us know the score with this guess. It sounds close.

[DamienD]

Would be really cool to solve this long running mystery :agree

Thought I'd look through my TOSEC + Non-TOSEC collection for games that sounded Tetris / Twintris like (minus games listed in Akira's post #154 (http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=369325&postcount=154)). Tried these ones but unfortunately they turned out to be nothing like the description :sad

... Atomic Tetris
... Giger-Tetris (1993)(Panic Production)(AGA)(PD)
... Ultimate Gameboy Simulator, The - Tetris (1992)(Symbiosis)(PD)

These ones sounded promising but couldn't get them to load:

... Tetras v1.05 (1997)(Esposito, Emiiano)(PD) {except for the date part}
... Tetriz v1.3 (1991)(Vigdal, Edgar)(PD)[h ALE]

[Catflap]

Is CLI-Tris is the one?! - I'm getting quite moist with anticipation.

[Akira]

¡HOLA COMPAÑERO! :)
also a nice WB Akira from me, my "favorite enemy" :evilgrin

So obviously ... there IS life in the old dog yet :D :p

You certainly must miss me. Who do you fight with today? ;)
I am not old, I am at my best point! :D

Well, Cli-T(o? ahaha)RIS is NOT it. Not even close!
So I will add it to the list.

Thanks for the interest. Let's resolve this mistery!

[Akira]

I just want my Tetris.

READ THIS FIRST
Games that ARE NOT the one we are looking for (updated 06NOV2007)


- Amiga Tetris (Infogrames)
- Amiga Tetris 2
- Atomic Tetris
- Avatris
- Cigar tetris (2000 A.D.)
- CLI-tris
- Coloris
- Digital Tetris
- Ditris
- Duotris
- Facestris III
- Final Tetris (megademo part)
- Giger-Tetris (1993)(Panic Production)(AGA)(PD)
- Mirrorsoft's Tetris
- Power Tetris
- Project T
- ProTris v1.0 (1993)(Mirage)
- Spectrum Holobyte's Tetris
(but I heard there are two versions of this, one very rare. Haven't seen the second one yet)
- Speed Tris
- Super Caztri
- Super Tetris
- Super Twintris
- Tetras v1.05 (1997)(Esposito, Emiiano)(PD)
- Tetren (PD, post 1990)
- Tetris
- Tetris (Gary Wheatly)
- Tetrix
- Tetris +
- Tetris III
- Tetris Metallica
- Tetris Pro
- Tetris the Next Generation
- Tetriz v1.3 (1991)(Vigdal, Edgar)(PD)[h ALE]
- Tetrys 95 (1995)(Crayon X)(AGA)(Fr)
- The Last Tetris
- Tritus
- Twintris
- Ultimate Gameboy Simulator, The - Tetris (1992)(Symbiosis)(PD)
- Welltris
- Zaxk



*The looks of the game we look for are exact or almost exact to those of Atari Tetris.

*The game is not part of a demo, it's a standalone game

*The scrolling down of the tetris blocks is smooth, like in SNES's Tetris Bombliss. The demopart posted by KnucklesD hops from position to position, just like the arcade game. The game we look for one-upped the arcade game in that respect.

*The music was more uptempo than the original arcade tetris music. It had no vocal samples, but it had a more " techy"/electronic feel to it. Think of the year 1992, 2Unlimited sort of cheesy thang.

*It was featured in an argentinian TV show dedicated mostly to the Amiga. Show in question was called "El Cerebro Magico"and it aired at Channel 2 from La Plata around 1990/92. They had compos for this game, and there's a slight chance this is an argentinian developed game (far fetched, but I'm beginning to think so!)

We're looking for any leads. So far 2 guys in here have a slight memory of having played it or seen it. It would be most helpful to grab footage from this TV show, as to prove the existance of the game and better consistent evidnce (games were shown full-screen on gameplay when they ran the compos)


WE ARE OFFERING A REWARD FOR THE LOCATION OF THIS GAME

[Akira]

OK this is the deal.

This game has been looked for in here for SEVENTY TWO MONTHS already.
Either you all are pretty lame or this is very fucking obscur :P

The wage for finding this game will be of ONE DOLLAR per MONTH MISSING since the request started at EAB. Additional information on the game will be paid for, but differently (screenshots, magazine shots, and specially, a video of the TV show in question)

So we're up to 72 US dollars so far.

Let the quest continue.

[Akira]

These ones sounded promising but couldn't get them to load:

... Tetras v1.05 (1997)(Esposito, Emiiano)(PD) {except for the date part}
... Tetriz v1.3 (1991)(Vigdal, Edgar)(PD)[h ALE]

Did anyone got these working?

[Duke]

Yeah, I attached screenshots.

[DamienD]

ROFL :lol

Man they look shite... I was kinda hoping that the Edgar Vigdal one would be it considering Deluxe Pacman and Deluxe Galaga were quite cool.

Most definitely not the one your after Akira :agree

[Akira]

List updated, Thanks.

Gosh, gotta love those [h ALE] tags!
:P

[Asman]

List updated, Thanks.

Gosh, gotta love those [h ALE] tags!
:P

What about Tritus ( http://hol.abime.net/4660 ) ?

[wanderer]

What about Tritus ( http://hol.abime.net/4660 ) ?
Do we have a winner then?? Somehow, I think not... this thread is madness... no, it's cursed... This bloody Tetris game will never surface.
(nice to see you back here Akira, even if it's just for the cursed Tetris)

[Asman]

What about Speed Tris (http://hol.abime.net/4152) ?

and Welltris ( http://hol.abime.net/1684 ) ?

[Akira]

List updated with more NO GOERS, thanks people.

Almost approaching Month 73 of search.

I certailny hope this game appears. At the very least, I want a video of the TV show so I can prove I am -NOT- crazy.

[ppill]

I'm looking at the second page of AF issue 88 (Sep96). The CD I was referring to earlier was called "Nothing but Tetris" and contains (according to the description) almost 100 variations of the game. Anyone got this?

[DamienD]

The CD I was referring to earlier was called "Nothing but Tetris" and contains (according to the description) almost 100 variations of the game. Anyone got this?
I don't actually have this CD plus unable to find it in the "usual" places but here's somebody comments regarding the content:


I was disappointed to find out that we pretty much had all the tetris's that were on the CD. In fact the CD says that the contents of the CD were previously released on Public Domain. What would of been worthwhile is if the games on the CD were not shareware but the full games.

The CD cost me $15.00 USD and we did get like 8 games that we didn't see on Aminet, so that's something anyway. There's about 70 tetris's for the Amiga on the CD, and I'm not sure about how many different Tetris's for the PC are on the CD.

[Akira]

Entering today month 73 of search.

Current reward for game finding: 73 US dollars

[DDNI]

Bedtris?
Just a tetris clone not mentioned so far. I havent had time to look closely at it.

Jeux Clones
http://www.fdasi.com/

[Asman]

Bedtris?
Just a tetris clone not mentioned so far. I havent had time to look closely at it.

Jeux Clones
http://www.fdasi.com/

Hi

Bedtris is for pc :evilgrin

Gretz

[DDNI]

Alot of Amiga tetris games from a CD I just refound....

[Akira]

Can you check them?
There are 73 dollars on stake here :P

[DDNI]

spooky doin that now!
shout out the names and I will check em

[Akira]

That CD is probably full of PD garbage that doesn't have a ny resemblance to the game I am looking for. Thanks for the effort though.

[ppill]

Wonder if that's the CD from an AF ad... Could you make an ISO and upload it somewhere?

[DDNI]

The CD is called software explosion.

[ppill]

The CD is called software explosion.

So not the one discussed earlier (Nothing but Tetris). As Akira noted probably filled with PD titles available elsewhere. Still... maybe worth dumping for posterity ;)

[DDNI]

@ppill I just read the readme in the Tetris folder of the CD looks like a rehash of Nothing but Tetris ???



--- NOTHING BUT TETRIS ------------------------------------------------------

>DISCLAIMER

Nothing But Tetris is provided `As Is` without warranty of any kind,
either expressed or implied including, but not limited to, the implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
The entire risk as to the results and performance of the program is assumed
by you. Should any titles prove defective, you (and not the author or
distributor) assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing,
repair or correction. Further, the author does not warrant, guarantee or
make any representations regarding the use of or the results of the use of,
the program in terms of suitability, accuracy, reliability, currentness or
otherwise; and you may rely on the program and results solely at
your own risk.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PLEASE NOTE:

Not all games are runnable onevery Amiga setup and some games may need you
to degrade or upgrade your Amiga to play them.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

THANKS TO:

HORNESOFT
VIRUS FREE PD
17BIT SOFTWARE
AMINET
ASSASSINS
AND ALL OTHER CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS CD.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CONTACT
--------

EPIC MARKETING
138-139 VICTORIA ROAD
SWINDON, WILTS
UK, SN1 3BU

TEL: +44 (01793) 490988
FAX: +44 (01793) 514187

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Catflap]

I still can't believe it wasn't CLI-Tris. Felt sure I'd nailed it there! :shocked

[Akira]

Sorry Catflap, but please tell me where does it look EXACTLY LIKE THIS

http://eab.abime.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=667&d=1000155498

[Akira]

Entering today month 74 of search.

Current reward for game finding: 74 US dollars

[Eclipse]

There is a version of Tetris that was part of a disk copying util. It was what you describe down to a T! I used to play it way back. Although the copying program was good most played the Tetris and were sometimes even unaware it was actually a disk copying util.
You know what though, I can't bloody remember what it was called.

EDIT: It was called Tetra Copy :)

[Eclipse]

WOW!
Didn't realise this thread is 6 1/2 years old!!

[Graham Humphrey]

Thought this post would be a giveaway, myself :cheese

Entering today month 74 of search.

Current reward for game finding: 74 US dollars

Good work though, you may be onto something with your suggestion - it's about bloody time, anyway ;)

[ppill]

Oddly enough I was just using it under WinUAE. Here's a shot:

http://images24.fotosik.pl/173/44debb33acadbd49.png

Doesn't really resemble the one in the first post but worth a try.

[Eclipse]

Oddly enough I was just using it under WinUAE. Here's a shot:

http://images24.fotosik.pl/173/44debb33acadbd49.png

Doesn't really resemble the one in the first post but worth a try.
Actually you're right, looks nothing like it :( I fail miserably.
Where did you get it? I've been looking for ages for Tetra Copy.

[ppill]

Check 'The Zone!' ;)

[Ironclaw]

This is like the ultimate Tetris thread. I think the first post should be edited with ALL found tetris clones so far and have their names linked to HOL. Last time it was edited was in 2004 or something.

[Eclipse]

Check 'The Zone!' ;)
Thanks dude :)

[RCK]

lol at this thread, it's still active :D
Good luck for the quest, I hope this tetris will show up one day :great

[Ironclaw]

lol at this thread, it's still active :D
Good luck for the quest, I hope this tetris will show up one day :great

Could already have, but he won't admit to it and pay ;).

[Akira]

Could already have, but he won't admit to it and pay ;).

That's a tremendous lie.
First off, seems people are blind. The Tetris I look for looks EXACTLY EQUAL TO ATARI TETRIS FOR ARCADES. I've been shown only clone after clone of Tetris, none similar to Atari Tetris (with the only exception maybe being Tetren)

Now, teh list got updated later, in a newer post, not in the main page. I can copy and paste that data to the first post.
I dont think I cant be arsed to link to HOL, this is not my full time job, so maybe some day I make it but no promises.


Keep on searching.

[Graham Humphrey]

That's a tremendous lie.

Ever occured to you that he was joking?

[TodaysForgotten]

damn nearly 7 years later. And you're saying this was definitely on amiga?

[Konrad]

As I already mentioned in this thread...
I had a demo of a tetris game YEARS ago and it looked almost identical to the screenshots. Too bad I can't remember the name :(.
Yeah, definately AMIGA.

[Muerto]

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10081

[mr_0rga5m]

Hehe, it´s an arcade game!

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10081

I think if you installed mame it´s on there...

I 2nd that .. I think time has confuddled his aged mind. :p :D

[TheBoss]

I just bought an old pc cd game from 1992 for Windows 3.0/95 (perhaps this is the game but its PC edition) that resembles the picture very much. The games name is Tetris Classic apparently and by Spectrum HoloByte.

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/5061/118195038okg8.th.jpg (http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?image=118195038okg8.jpg)

[seuden]

You can get it here (http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?name=Tetris+Classic).

[Konrad]

The cover resembles the original well, but not the ingame graphics :(:
http://inoe.name/uploads/posts/1180710020_mmmmmm.jpg

[Akira]

Ever occured to you that he was joking?

Sorry if I jumped, but I take this thread seriously.
Have you ever seen a poor man looking for a game for so many years?
And 7 are the years of search in EAB. I've been wanting this bad mofo since I was 13 years old.

The game is DEFINITELY on Amiga, and I am almost 90% sure now, that it was an argentinian production, seeing as no one in europe or the US has found it.

[Akira]

I forgot to update, so:
This is month 75 of search.

It's almost May, so let's say we are entering the 76th month of search.

Current reward for game finding: 76 US dollars

[CongealedWallrs]

I forgot to update, so:
This is month 75 of search.

It's almost May, so let's say we are entering the 76th month of search.

Current reward for game finding: 76 US dollars

A dollar a month? Come on, this is now a multi-national gamehunt. You are going to have to raise the bounty on that sucker to find him!

Also, I could make a dollar a month brushing my teeth! You need to make this worth the while! (just kiddin) I sympathise with your hunt for this, I know what its like. There are still games that I can't find for the life of me and it hurts.

Out of interest, why was it so good? I like tetris but not enough for a search of this scale.

[Akira]

A dollar a month? Come on, this is now a multi-national gamehunt. You are going to have to raise the bounty on that sucker to find him!

Also, I could make a dollar a month brushing my teeth! You need to make this worth the while! (just kiddin) I sympathise with your hunt for this, I know what its like. There are still games that I can't find for the life of me and it hurts.

Out of interest, why was it so good? I like tetris but not enough for a search of this scale.
Whatever.
I live in fucking south america so no raise.
And even if I offered 100 a month, no one will find it, I bet.
Yes, it was the best Tetris port to any system. Second place is for Gameboy Tetris and third is for Tengen Tetris on the NES.

It was so good because it was exactly like the arcade version, which is the best one.

[khu]

Hi. This guy posted a piece of that program (it seems that he worked on it) on YouTube, so you might ask him for more footage. I hope that you find the relevant clips. AmericaTV El Cerebro Magico Creditos Final / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFTvXIv53WU

[Akira]

Dude, i found this dude too, and contacted him. He didn't have any further footage :(
Thanks for that super tip though!

[MickJT]

So, Akira. You seem, um... Very desperate to say the least.

Have you tried hypnotherapy? Perhaps if you've seen the game title and cover disk once in your life, then perhaps it'll be possible to bring the exact memories back.

... If you're open-minded.

[mr_0rga5m]

With the bounty being offered (still?) it would probably work out easier and cheaper to pay somebody to code the game from your memories. You may even be able to shareware/sell the game and make the money back. :)

[Akira]

It seems so. At this point I am pretty confused about this.
The Bounty is best cancelled, I NEVR thought this would extend for so long and am not rich :P

Hypnotherapy could work! Haha

[wanderer]

Please don't cancel the bounty. Personally I can't help, but it has acquired legendary status. Do not give up!

[Akira]

Did you sum up how much it would be now? xD

At this point two possibilities remain:

1 - My mind is fuzzy and I don't clearly remember/made up a bunch of the description.
2 - This is a game developed in Argentina and has been lost in the diskettes of that cancelled show and/or the Valente Computación people. This possibility is very dim, we had no Amiga coding scene and whatever little we might have had was some lousy coder re-cracking games that came from abroad (but this was more common on C64, I didn't see argentinian Amiga recracks)

As I said, I would gladly welcome video proof of this game, but for the life of me I couldn't find ANY tapes of this show. It seems to have vanished in the channel's last archive fire :(


This is month 104th of search! :O

[wanderer]

You could try searching into local newspaper/magazine ads, for people selling out their Amigas and disk collections.
Another option is to contact directly the tv station for old recordings. Better yet, if you know someone working in the tv station since they generally do not give such material to the public. (edit: just saw the fire bit...)
Furthermore, you could try discovering the names of the show's creators/presenters and contact them directly for help. I know I would do that. Sounds impossible, but life's full of surprises...

[Akira]

I did contact the PRODUCERS and CREATORS of this show and the response was negative. I also contacted someone working as a tech during that show. nothing surfaced, he does have one tape with the ending credits for the show, this video can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFTvXIv53WU
As yu can see this tape was already in a very bad state. He doens't have the rest of the show. I asked.

To be honest I have no will to invest this much energy in a stinking game. Looking around for disks and stuff... besides I bet most of the local collectors already have everything that was out there.

May it be lost forever!

[DDNI]

Akira, I saw this and thought of you ;)

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/hell.png

[IClavdivs]

I don't think you're remembering it wrong Akira. I remember playing this game as well. I remember the little guy popping out of the doors. I think it happened after you got a Tetris. I also remember it being one of the best ports of Tetris I'd ever played at the time .

I had an Amiga and actively used it from 89-95. We used to import a lot of games (I live in the US) and my dad also downloaded a lot of Shareware from BBSs, so I don't remember where it came from or whether it was Shareware or not.

Don't give up man, there are tons of people on the internet that love mysteries like this. If it exists, it will be found someday. I'm going to ask my dad, though I doubt he'll remember it.

[IClavdivs]

Also, you're plight has made the front page of Boing Boing (A popular American website devoted to internet weirdness, in case you didn't know). Some of the comments seem like they might be useful, though most are pretty lame. Here's the link:

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/01/help-a-gamer-find-an.html#comments

[Graham Humphrey]

That explains the sudden surge of interest in this thread then! Was wondering why we had about 50 people viewing this thread.

I've deleted a couple of earlier posts as they were going totally off-track. I don't mean to be rude to the new guys but we are looking for an AMIGA game and I don't think we need to clutter up this thread even more than it is already ;)

[Geniuskid]

I do believe i found this game. Ill post screen shots as soon as i can, hopefully later tonight. Looks exactly like the picture posted.

[Geniuskid]

I have found the game i believe. Take a look at the screen shots for info. Screen shots taken from emulator.

[DDNI]

I have found the game i believe. Take a look at the screen shots for info. Screen shots taken from emulator.

Interesting. Is this on the Amiga? It looks identical to Atari Tetris that is shown in post 1.

[Geniuskid]

Interesting. Is this on the Amiga?

I dont actually know. It was in a collection i was given a while ago, so i dont know too much about it, but ill look into it.

[DDNI]

I dont actually know. It was in a collection i was given a while ago, so i dont know too much about it, but ill look into it.

Thx.
Which emulator were you using?

[Geniuskid]

I also found this in a folder of pics that was given to me. Have to look for the game though. I believe that this is for Amiga. The other was an Atari game.

[Akira]

The other screenshots are from an arcade version of ATARI TETRIS, not a game running in an Atari. Or that is what it seems. I am puzled about the MIRRORSOFT text on teh first screen. I am looking for an Amiga game. Can you tel me whre you found this? Post a disk image otherwise I just assume this is the arcade version which I am NOT looking for. If it is an Amiga game, I will require your Paypal account.

[DDNI]

I also found this in a folder of pics that was given to me. Have to look for the game though. I believe that this is for Amiga. The other was an Atari game.

Here are games that have been discounted as the "lost" game.
Your pic above is Mirrorsoft's Tetris.


[Edit] Games that ARE NOT this one:

- Mirrorsoft's Tetris
- Tetren (PD, post 1990)
- Spectrum Holobyte's Tetris (but I heard there are two versions of this, one very rare)
- Twintris/Super Twintris
- Tetris / "Amiga Tetris" (Infogrames)
- Amiga Tetris 2
- Tetris Pro / "Cigar tetris" (2000 A.D.)
- Duotris
- Zaxk
- Super Tetris
- Tetrix
- Ditris
- Tetris Metallica
- Tetris III
- Super Caztri
- ProTris v1.0 (1993)(Mirage)
- Project T
- Coloris
- Final Tetris (megademo part)
- Avatris
- Digital Tetris
- Tetris (Gary Wheatly)
- Tetris +
- Tetris the Next Generation
- The Last Tetris
- Tetrys 95 (1995)(Crayon X)(AGA)(Fr)
- Power Tetris

[Geniuskid]

Names of other Tetris for Amiga:


Amigaboy Tetris
Doctor Nobody: Tetris Mania
Giger-Tetris
Tetriz v1.3
Tetris by Spectrum Holobyte ~1988
Team Tetris ~ 1990 /nvm commadore 64

Currently looking for pictures

[Akira]

Names of other Tetris for Amiga:


Amigaboy Tetris
Doctor Nobody: Tetris Mania
Giger-Tetris
Tetriz v1.3
Tetris by Spectrum Holobyte ~1988
Team Tetris ~ 1990 /nvm commadore 64

Currently looking for pictures

That picture is again for a discarded Tetris, Amiga Tetris.
And all you mentioned are discarded too, specially thelast one (It's a C64 game made in Argentina)

Please post a disk image of the one you posted above, we need nothing else.

[lilalurl]

Names of other Tetris for Amiga:

we need nothing else.


Of course, for those who don't know Akira, as you can see he can be a bit blunt. ;)


So just in case, thank you guys for taking the time to register and give suggestions (even though as Akira said those are discarded) and welcome to EAB. I hope you enjoy your stay.

[silverariana]

I do recognize that image you put up-I believe I have played it, my dad still has all our old Amiga stuff and tons of burned games on floppies. If I can get him to dig it out, I'll check it out :)

[Akira]

Of course, for those who don't know Akira, as you can see he can be a bit blunt. ;)


So just in case, thank you guys for taking the time to register and give suggestions (even though as Akira said those are discarded) and welcome to EAB. I hope you enjoy your stay.

Sure I am blunt, but those games listed were already in the list of discarded items. it's not worth peoples time to go through these :/

What I am trying to clarify now is that someone had posted pictures from a computer version and the disk image is not appearing. This is stressful! The guy who posted that list posted these screens and not the disk image of the game where he took the screens from. I am asking him to PLEASE post the disk image if the game that created those screenshots. It is exactly what I am looking for so if the image is posted he got himself a mighty reward.

[Titler]

Sorry to disappoint Akira, but I'm pretty sure it's not the Tetris you are after, unless you really have confused it with the arcade version over the years and misremembered what it was like.... A minute's googling shows Mirrorsoft got the official Tetris licence apparently, and published the game in 1987. It's on HoL here; http://hol.abime.net/1358

And it can be downloaded as an .adf here...

http://www.thegamearchives.com/?val=0_2_1_0_0_9_59363_0_0_0_0

Or as a WHD Install here;

http://www.whdownload.com/games.php?name=a&sort=0&dir=0&search=tetris&searchButton=Search

It works under the default A500 settings in WinUAE and I'm sorry to say, there's not only no little men popping out, but it's a really poo conversion, sorry!

[Geniuskid]

Sure I am blunt, but those games listed were already in the list of discarded items. it's not worth peoples time to go through these :/

What I am trying to clarify now is that someone had posted pictures from a computer version and the disk image is not appearing. This is stressful! The guy who posted that list posted these screens and not the disk image of the game where he took the screens from. I am asking him to PLEASE post the disk image if the game that created those screenshots. It is exactly what I am looking for so if the image is posted he got himself a mighty reward.

As for the image, it was an Arcade game. It was ran off a MAME emulator. Sorry, just got back home so couldn't post this earlier. Ill post the image anyway though, if you want to check it out. Hopefully this helps.

[killergorilla]

Maybe this?

Can't seem to find the ADF...

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl0/1/15111/10_2008/tetris%20skirt.jpg

[Akira]

Geniuskid, this is the only thing I have to say to you:

:banghead

I already knew that information, it is posted in the main page.

:crying:crying:crying:crying:crying:crying:crying:crying
I am looking for an Amiga ganme!

[Geniuskid]

Geniuskid, this is the only thing I have to say to you:

:banghead

I already knew that information, it is posted in the main page.

:crying:crying:crying:crying:crying:crying:crying:crying
I am looking for an Amiga ganme!

I know you are, but you wanted the image. So i posted it. I didnt have a chance to post that it was an arcade game. Sorry for not posting it earlier :sad
Ill keep looking for your Amiga game.

[Akira]

:crying :crying :crying :crying :crying :crying :crying :crying :crying :crying :crying :crying

[TCD]

http://curezone.com/upload/Blogs/Zoebess/kleenex1.jpg

/me pats Akira on the back
One day mate, one day...

[MickJT]

Why does the boingboing article say it's a 23 page thread? *This* post is on page 7.