I was adamant to find and backlog the 1988 North American arcade release of Tetris by Atari because that’s the version I grew up with and continue to think about when I think of Tetris, and I think I finally found it so now I can properly make out (with tongue) with this game. Minus a star because the game is best played portably rather than standing, and the Japanese Sega release came out first but looked better graphically than the North American Atari one.

Strongly dislike the lack of a clockwise rotation button. Slightly dislike the feel of a 4-way joystick for precise taps. Still interesting nonetheless to see where Tetris was before the release of the iconic gameboy version.

skill issue

Another competent conversion of Alexey Pajitnov's masterpiece. I don't like the tetromino design in this one as much as Sega's arcade version of the same year, but otherwise everything here is well done.

I really like Tetris and the 1988 arcade version is no exception. I love going to my local retro arcade and playing a game or two on an original arcade cabinet just to pass the time

Played at the Double Tap arcade in Cedar Falls, Iowa. What can I say, it's an older arcade release of Tetris; I tried it out of curiosity, and will not be returning to this game.