Tetris New Century
Brand new and exclusive to Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 28: Tetris Collection is "Tetris New Century", which builds upon the 1988 System 16 version of Tetris. New Century implements many of the standards set by…
Tetris New Century is a puzzle, released 28 September 2006 on PlayStation 2.
What Tetris New Century is
Tetris New Century was released in 2006. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Brand new and exclusive to Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 28: Tetris Collection is "Tetris New Century", which builds upon the 1988 System 16 version of Tetris. New Century implements many of the standards set by The Tetris Company, including the standardised colour scheme, wall kicks, being able to "hold" a piece and the "T-Spin" move (allowing you spin a T-tetromino to fill in gaps shortly before the piece locks into place).
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Tetris series
Tetris New Century is the 87th of 145 entries we hold in the Tetris series. The next entry was Family Tetris in 2006.
What it launched against
Tetris New Century launched on 28 September 2006, within three weeks of Company of Heroes, Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent.
Released around the same time: Company of Heroes, Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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