Re: Does Tetris runs on ROM 3?

[Mitchell Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com>]

limtc <thyechean@gmail.com> wrote:

>When I switch from ROM 1 to 3 GS, my version of Tetris fails during
>boot up. Then I found a copy on the net, which boots up fine, but when
>attempt to play the game it crashed into monitor.
>
>Just wanted to confirmed whether Tetris is indeed incompatible with
>ROM 3, as this is one of the program I really like on GS, and might
>force me to switch back to ROM 1 again. Thanks!

    Are you referring to the Spectrum Holobyte version? Yes, that 
was ROM 3 compatible (just re-confirmed that on my real IIgs).
Must be your particular disk(s), or floppy drive, especially since
you mentioned having problems with your System 5 disk earlier.

    I disliked the Spectrum Holobyte Tetris, the graphics were
dull, it lacked the music from the arcade, and worst of all, you
couldn't drop a piece and move it at the same time. The best
version of Tetris for the IIgs was DuelTris (you can download
the paid-registered version free, I convinced Steve Chiang to 
reclassify it). There is also DuoTris on the GS<>IRC demo disk
and Tetris II, which used 256 colors. And there may have been
"Deluxe Tetris", but I only have the preview demo.

Mitchell Spector