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Tetris is quite possibly the most beginner-friendly video game ever; so much so, in fact, that it was bundled with the Game Boy. The removal of the "S"/"Z" blocks probably wouldn't make the game any easier, as they are supposed to work with the "T" and "L"/"J" blocks. At least the patch mostly doesn't interfere with other patches for Tetris on Game Boy.

This hack does exactly what it is advertised as. It does what it says it will do, and does a good job at it. Also, you can tell that care was taken in making the title screen look good, as well.

If you are a decent gamer, or better, chances are this hack will not be for you, but if you read the description and thought that this might be exactly what an inexperienced gamer (either someone who's never played games before, or a very young child, or whoever...) might need, then go for it!

I think there are many people who will not see the point in this, but it does not mean that this hack was done poorly, or is useless to everyone. This hack was done well, and may just what the doctor ordered for a certain type of player.

Nice work, thirtythree!

Tetris may be the most famous puzzle game. What made its worldwide success is its perfect balance between accessibility and learning curve. Tetris more than proved itself as is. So changing this very well-oiled machine seems like a very bad idea to me.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for easy modes on platformers or basically every game, but isn't the point of Tetris to be a brain teaser ? If you dumb down the game by removing the two "more complicated" pieces, what is actually left of the game ? Is mindlessly forming row after row, without any sort of challenge, supposed to be fun ?

It's not even suitable for kids in my opinion. I mean, if you actually wanna stimulate a kid, let's just give him the real deal and let him play the real Tetris. A kid is not supposed to be dumb, even if it seems hard at first he will eventually get it, and that's what stimulating and learning are actually all about.

On a purely technical note, the game works fine, the hacking is well done. The new title screen looks good. But unfortunately, to me this is all seems wasted on a hack that makes the game devoid of any substance.