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Tetris (AcademySoft)

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Tetris (AcademySoft)
Tetris (AcademySoft) cover
Developers
Alexey Pajitnov
DOS Vadim Gerasimov
Publishers
AcademySoft
Release dates
DOS 1986
Taxonomy
Monetization Freeware
Modes Singleplayer
Controls Direct control
Genres Falling block, Puzzle
Series Tetris
Tetris (AcademySoft) on MobyGames
Tetris (AcademySoft) on Wikipedia
Tetris (AcademySoft) 1986
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Tetris (MacOS) 1988
Welltris 1989
Tetris (1990) 1990
Faces... Tris III 1991
Super Tetris 1991
Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss 1994
Tetris Jr. 1996
Kids Tetris 1999
The Next Tetris 1999
Tetris Worlds 2001
Tetris Elements 2004
Tetris Zone 2007
Tetris Online Japan 2007
Tetris Blitz 2013
Tetris Ultimate 2015
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2018
Tetris Effect: Connected 2019
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 2021
Tetris Beat 2021

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
Developer website
DRM-free
Free. Requires DOS emulator e.g. DOSBox to get running on modern hardware.
DOS

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\TETRIS.RES

Video

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes Text

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)


References