Tetris® Forever

Nah.

This is not a review of this product, rather, this is to highlight to potential customers of Digital Eclipse / Atari's products - for those who take an ethical stance in their purchases - might want to read on... This concerns the release of the DLC for ‘Atari 50’ on the GOG store. Digital Eclipse / Atari are all too aware of the fact that GOG customers often double dip to obtain DRM-free versions of games they already own on other platforms, ensuring they have a backup. Therefore, Digital Eclipse / Atari have deliberately withheld the DLC from the GOG store - for an entire year - in order for customers to purchase it on Steam first, and then release it on GOG a year later. In order to both explain the absence of the GOG DLC, and present Steam as the only viable option - Digital Eclipse / Atari have used fraudulent bait and switch tactics - to deceive their GOG userbase into double dipping. Timeline of bait and switch: - Sept 25 - Digital Eclipse stated on their YouTube trailer video for DLC1 that “something went wrong” [with the GOG DLC failing to release, along with the main platforms] and that they were trying to “fix" it. - Oct 4 - Atari' stated response to a GOG customer, posted on the ‘Atari 50' forum, claimed their “team” were “actively working on the issue” and were trying to “resolve” it. - Nov 09 - Atari, on X - "We are currently working on bringing the DLC to GOG. If we are able to, it will be available early 2025" - Jan 23 - Digital Eclipse / Atari's 'cancelation' of the DLC on Discord - "The studio's proprietary development tools don't allow for this content to be efficiently re-platformed to the VCS and GOG platforms". - April 17 - Atari’s email response: “... Unfortunately, we won’t be able to provide a Steam key, as your purchase was made through GOG…” The DLC has now appeared on the GOG store - from nowhere - conveniently, just in time for the Namco Legendary Pack. GOG users' purchases: 2x base games of 'Atari 50' + 2x DLC (Steam + GOG).

too much flashing and oyu should be able to change the buttons you use to move the pieces but other than that I love it

While this collection may not have the versions of Tetris you're most likely familiar with, Tetris remains a crucial piece of video game history. Digital Eclipse has put together a great presentation of games and lots of non-sensationalized historical context that tells the story. This is one video game franchise worthy of preserving.

the most important tetris titles are missing, e.g. the nes tetris, instead there are Hatris titles...also the 1989 gameboy tetris does not correspond to the original in terms of scope and rules. it is always emphasized that it is about the history of tetris, but apparently this does not include the competitive scene...the price is not justified.