Bleeping LobsterAug 28, 2023

YSK if you've seen something traumatic, playing Tetris for a couple of hours afterwards can drastically reduce the chance of it becoming a deeprooted memory and causing PTSD

https://lemmy.world/post/3995918

YSK if you've seen something traumatic, playing Tetris for a couple of hours afterwards can drastically reduce the chance of it becoming a deeprooted memory and causing PTSD - Lemmy.world

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-03-28-tetris-used-prevent-post-traumatic-stress-symptoms [https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-03-28-tetris-used-prevent-post-traumatic-stress-symptoms]

Show threadnucleative

After reading this I thought there must be a nice and simple Tetris game in the play store. Boy was I wrong. I think some guy has a “block puzzle” empire and has just rereleased the same tetris clone game a hundred times. And official Tetris is a total abomination of unlocks and achievements.

Bummer.

Aug 29, 2023 at 2:32pmWeb
Show threadBleeping LobsterAug 29, 2023

I went through a similar thing, conclusion I came to was that as Tetris is so popular, the owners of the IP have it on lockdown… it is quite a specific IP that’s kinda hard to do something similar-but-the-same.

Options I came up with were pirating a copy, or xbox game pass (iirc Tetris Effect is available there). Or… are there any Gameboy emulators that run on mobile?

Show threadCaptainAlcoholAug 29, 2023
There’s as many gb emulators as possible, for a while i used nostalgia emulator (great ui and functional save state feature) but you can also run retroarch and other multiemulators. The one thing you need is the rom, but that is another story.
Show threadslstAug 29, 2023
Yeah the ip is very terribly maintained. Imo the best game is an fangame, tetr.io
Show threadLudrolAug 29, 2023

There are three main Tetris games as far as playability goes. Classic Tetris for NES where you play with your foot
Tetris effect where handling and graphics are decent Tetr.io where speed is everything

Notable mentions Tetris 99 - tetris for Nintendo switch PuyoPuyo tetris - sometimes you play puyopuyo sometimes you play tetris

Everything else is basically irrelevant

Show threadrckclmbrAug 29, 2023
Tetris Effect is great, really immersion in VR
Show threadalekwithakAug 29, 2023
Tetra classic
Show threaddullbananas (Joseph Silva)Aug 30, 2023
www.neilb.net/tetrisjs/
Tetris JS

Tetris Game written in Pure HTML, no Canvas. Minimalist Design and Wide browser support accross Desktop and Mobile Devices. Touch and Keyboard Controls.

Show threadnucleativeAug 30, 2023
This is quite playable!
Show threadDoxatekAug 30, 2023
You can play regular Tetris for free on Tetris website on a laptop or something. I agree the app version is abominable
Show threadNotSoMewwoAug 30, 2023
For Android there is Techmino, though it isn’t on the Play Store and instead you download it from the project’s github. github.com/26F-Studio/Techmino
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Show threadAgent641Aug 30, 2023
Google ‘first person tetris’ it witb turn your world upside down.
Show threadBleeping LobsterSep 4, 2023
I’m glad I decided to re-read the comments on this, as someone with aphantasia who really struggles with spatial stuff… WHAT THE FUCK, you weren’t exaggerating haha