View Full Version : Call it! Best Nes version of Tetris!
vintagegamecrazy
10-13-2004, 11:46 AM
Here is the Cage Match of all time. Let the best one win. I will go with Tengen for this. Nintendo's version had music and graphics in a HUGE way, and they nearly topple tengen, but the fluid gameplay and variety of options make Tengen better. The very Russian theme is very cool too.
Which is the Best??
Mr. Smashy
10-13-2004, 11:51 AM
I coudn't imagine this being any sort of a contest at all. Tengen all the way!
Ed Oscuro
10-13-2004, 11:52 AM
Nintento cuz its got Samus playing a fiddle (and plus Samus makes everything better)
LOL
It was just a month ago that I picked up a loose GB Tetris cart, and I haven't even played the thing yet. THAT is the system Tetris was supposed to be killer app for.
captain nintendo
10-13-2004, 11:54 AM
Tengen version is better.
Ed Oscuro
10-13-2004, 11:58 AM
Anything Ed Logg touches turns right into gold :D
pseudonym
10-13-2004, 12:04 PM
tengen version.
devils advocate
10-13-2004, 12:16 PM
Nintendo.
I like the in game layout better.
Raedon
10-13-2004, 12:48 PM
Tengen.. The fact that it's better AND like 100k smaller is a credit to the programmers.
SkiDragon
10-13-2004, 12:54 PM
Since its still Tetris either way, I chose the Nintendo version because of the music, which was so good that they later decided to use in in the Nutcracker Suite.
Arcade Antics
10-13-2004, 01:23 PM
Tengen version all the way. No contest.
Jive3D
10-13-2004, 01:33 PM
I still think that the absolute best version of Tetris is the first GB version.
but if I had to, I'd vote for Tengen, but I dont, so I wont. Meh!
thehistorian
10-13-2004, 01:58 PM
Two players...
Tengen
Nesmaster
10-13-2004, 01:58 PM
Tengen
kainemaxwell
10-13-2004, 01:59 PM
Tengen, cooler music, 2-player modes and more colorful.
NintendoMan
10-13-2004, 05:00 PM
NINTENDO
mhsy2a
10-13-2004, 06:35 PM
Tengen. The two player mode and better music make it much better than the Nintendo version.
rbudrick
10-13-2004, 07:09 PM
I voted for Tengen. However, Tengen's would have been at least 30% better if the blocks showed the individual squares they were made up by. Sometimes it was difficult to line stuff up because of that.
I definitely put WAY more hours into GB tetris tho...it's sort of a tie with the Tengen version for me.
-Rob
vintagegamecrazy
10-14-2004, 11:14 AM
Wow Tengen is still holding Nintendo down by 3 to 1. Even though Tengen is so much better, I figured this would be a closer poll.
Kamino
10-14-2004, 01:17 PM
much like nintendo corporation themselves, the nintendo version of tetris is an arrogant piece of crap.
Tengen all the way.
Arcade Antics
10-14-2004, 01:25 PM
I voted for Tengen. However, Tengen's would have been at least 30% better if the blocks showed the individual squares they were made up by.
Ack!
No way, that's the beauty of the REAL Tetris (the Tengen one).
digitalpress
10-14-2004, 01:39 PM
I'm surprised people voted the Nintendo version on this one. I always thought that two player side-by-side that's curiously missing in the Nintendo version sealed it easily for Tengen.
Kamino
10-14-2004, 01:48 PM
I'm surprised people voted the Nintendo version on this one. I always thought that two player side-by-side that's curiously missing in the Nintendo version sealed it easily for Tengen.
that, and the vs. the nes feature, does it.
btw: DIGITALPRESS: What game is your stabby mcstab avatar from?!!?!?!?
Dr. Morbis
10-14-2004, 02:39 PM
I like the Tengen version better for the two player aspect, but it's much too easy. On the Nintendo one it is extremely difficult to get 200 lines. On the Tengen version, it's quite easy to get hundreds of lines. I usually am up in the 500's or 600's before I eventually get bored and turn it off. I don't know if Tetris's creator originally intended it to be challenging or not, but I enjoy the Nintendo version if I'm playing alone, just for the challenge factor.
digitalpress
10-14-2004, 02:50 PM
btw: DIGITALPRESS: What game is your stabby mcstab avatar from?!!?!?!?
Same as this one:
http://www.digitpress.com/images/ezboard/a-headless2600.gif
And these:
http://www.digitpress.com/images/ezboard/a-panic2600.gif
http://www.digitpress.com/images/ezboard/a-dead2600.gif
I made these last year around HALLOWEEN :)
Kamino
10-14-2004, 03:11 PM
btw: DIGITALPRESS: What game is your stabby mcstab avatar from?!!?!?!?
Same as this one:
http://www.digitpress.com/images/ezboard/a-headless2600.gif
And these:
http://www.digitpress.com/images/ezboard/a-panic2600.gif
http://www.digitpress.com/images/ezboard/a-dead2600.gif
I made these last year around HALLOWEEN :)
great, the one of two WIZARD VIDEO GAMES productions that i DONT HAVE. at least i already have Texas Chainsaw Massacre :P
Jasoco
10-14-2004, 06:25 PM
Nintendo.
I like the in game layout better.I'm gonna play Devil's Advocate here and agree. Nintendo's version looks much nicer, less DOS-like and the music is more memorable. Screw Tengen's sucky version.
max 330 mega
10-14-2004, 06:28 PM
tengen blows the nintendo version away
izret101
10-14-2004, 10:31 PM
Tengen by far.
XxMe2NiKxX
10-14-2004, 10:38 PM
Neither. The Tetris featured on the 116-in-one cart on the NES blows them both away.
boatofcar
10-15-2004, 01:49 AM
btw: DIGITALPRESS: What game is your stabby mcstab avatar from?!!?!?!?
Same as this one:
http://www.digitpress.com/images/ezboard/a-headless2600.gif
You mean that's not Pippi Longstocking?
suppafly
10-15-2004, 02:18 AM
Tengen. because of the multiplayer
Raedon
10-15-2004, 08:38 AM
.
In the end, Dr. Mario OWNZ ALL!!!
goatdan
10-15-2004, 09:10 AM
Wow Tengen is still holding Nintendo down by 3 to 1. Even though Tengen is so much better, I figured this would be a closer poll.
For the exact reason above, I'm floored that the Nintendo version currently has 15 votes. The Tengen version is way better -- there is a reason it holds its price even though it isn't that rare. I picked up a copy just to play co-op with my wife :)
I grew up with the Nintendo version, but if I didn't vote Tengen for the two player I just wouldn't feel right. Tengen wins for 2 player.. everything else I like Nintendo's version.
Jasoco
10-15-2004, 07:30 PM
Ditto. Tengen ONLY has Two-player over Nintendo. Everything else, Nintendo wins hands down. And since I don't like playing games with people, I vote for the best version in my eyes, Nintendo's kick-ass beautiful version.
Algol
10-15-2004, 09:28 PM
Tengen, since it has more modes, although the Nintendo version is also a great port.
nesgamer
10-15-2004, 10:30 PM
I'd have to go with the Nintendo version since I haven't played the Tengen version.
downfall
10-16-2004, 12:52 AM
I'm also going to throw my hat into the Nintendo ring.
The Tengen version just doesn't feel right - a successful puzzle game (at least in my opinion) *must*, and I repeat, *must* have superb play control, perhaps even more so than any other gaming genre. The Nintendo verison feels as smooth and responsive as any of their other puzzle games - Dr. Mario, Wario's Woods, etc. The Tengen version feels clunky to me, almost stiff in comparison to the Nintendo version. It just doesn't work - I've played flash versions of Tetris that feel more natural to play.
And besides that, Song C on the Nintendo version of Tetris is by far one of the greatest songs to grace a video game soundtrack *ever*.