• Alenalda@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Maybe not the original Tetris, but there are many very popular arcade ports. Early versions of Tetris didnt even have line clears and the game just ended when the board filled.

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        2 days ago

        i’ve never heard if a version of tetris without line clears. as far as i know it was in the original version distrubuted on floppy disks.

        • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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          2 days ago

          Yeah, quick Google search shows the original 1984 mono chromatic one had line clears and kept track of score. Homie is clearly making stuff up