Free iPod Games: Tetris
Tetris is one of the most popular video games of all time. EA took the celebrated game enjoyed by more than 60 million players worldwide and created a stylish version for iPod small screen.
This simple yet addictive game will keep both the casual player and the game pro entertained for hours.
Publisher: Apple Inc.
Developer: Electronic Arts
Category: Puzzle/Trivia/Classics
Release Date: 12/20/2006
IGN Rating: 7.0/10
How to Play:
Drop seven different types of pieces, known as Tetriminos, to the bottom of the screen, stacking them so they form complete lines across the playing field. Those lines disappear, giving you room to drop more Tetriminos. The game ends when the pile reaches the top of the screen.
There are three ways to play Tetris: Marathon, the traditional method in which you try to score as many points as you can in the game’s 15 levels; 40 Lines, which challenges you to clear 40 lines from the screen as fast as possible; and Ultra, in which you go for as high a score as possible in three minutes. The game keeps track of your greatest achievement in each mode, and when you start a new Marathon session, you can begin at any level you previously achieved.
Review:
Anybody familiar with the game will instantly recognize the classic and enjoy its polished look on the exquisite iPod screen. The classic formula has not been tweaked with, and the basic gameplay, is what you remember.
No matter which game mode you choose, you’ll certainly give your brain a workout. In fact, some studies show increased energy efficiency in the brains of subjects who played Tetris for several weeks. So now you truly can say you’re doing something important when you pull out your iPod and fire up a Tetris session.Tetris features a cleverly-designed control scheme (scroll to move the piece left to right, click to rotate or drop pieces) and it’s a great try at implementing a one-thumb Tetris.
Although Tetris looks and sounds great on the iPod, but there are some minor annoyances. The music, which you’ll probably never listen to after the first play, is on a 15 second loop, and the game also has the bad habit of making the most irritating noise known to man when you try to scroll a piece too far to either side. And while the graphics are all very cool, it’s strange that EA chose to give you a 3D view of bottom two pieces in your queue.
