Tetris
There are hundreds (if not thousands) of Tetris ripoffs, including the iPhone-ready website iphone-tetris.com but there is only one official iPhone Tetris application, and that’s the one from Electronic Arts. Let me tell you – it’s fantastic.
You can start playing immediately, without even scanning the rules section. Tap a piece, and it rotates. The position of the piece when dropped is ghosted at the bottom of the screen. A downward gesture causes the piece to fall. This is exactly what you want from an iPhone app – a very simple, focused UI which you can master in minutes, not hours.
I can guarantee that the Tetris iPhone app will be a huge timewaster in airports, train stations, long distance backseat drives and medical waiting rooms. Well worth the $7.99 price tag.
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July 25th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Does it ever get confused as to whether you’re rotating the piece or moving it side-to-side?
July 25th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
no. tapping the screen rotates, clicking right or left moves side to side. its works the way you expect it to
August 29th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
You’ve got the price listed as free, but it’s 9.95, as you mention in your review… also, the screenshot isn’t from the actual app…..
October 15th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Where can I find the highest scores for Tetris? I want to see how close I am to the high score!
Ciao,
Sheila
October 20th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
EA is the most stupid company I can think of. Why the hell are their games only available in the US? I mean I can (to a very very limited degree) sort of understand that movies or music videos are not available in europe because there might be some silly license agreements protecting other distributors… But for iPhone apps???? There is simply no other channel. So, EA, why don’t you sell your stuff to the rest of the world???
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