Given that The New Tetris is proprietary software, the public does not know exactly how the detection is implemented in the game program.īut given the definition of a square above, it is straightforward to transform this definition into an algorithm for recognizing squares that behaves identically to the game's algorithm:
In this game, a twist occurs when a tetromino locks in a position such that it cannot move left, right, or up without rotating. The New Tetris defines twists (known in the manual as "spin moves") differently from the "T-spin" rule used in Tetris Worlds, Tetris DS, and other games that use SRS. Top-out condition is the same as in Atari's Tetяis and the "push" mode of Nintendo's Tetris DS: the game ends when one block is placed above the playfield's top row. The colors of some tetrominoes differ from those of the current Tetris Guideline: L is magenta, T is yellow, and O is gray. It has lock delay, soft and firm drop, 4×4 squares, hold piece (though not IHS), three next pieces, ghost piece (TLS), and mild wallkick (notably, certain configuration of L/J-spin triple works but lock delay is still abusable on no-garbage play). Like Tetrisphere before it, The New Tetris features a soundtrack by Neil Voss. The New Tetris for N64 was developed by H2O and published by Nintendo.