Tetris Ceasefully, the untouched interactive documentary compilation from Atari 50 developer Virtual Eclipse, is coming to PC and consoles on November 12.
Tetris Forever is the third entry in Virtual Eclipse’s acclaimed Gold Master Line, following 2023’s Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Tale and 2023’s The Making of Karateka, and aims to tell the “true story of Tetris” as the popular puzzle game. of brands. its fortieth annual edition.
As usual with the Gold Master Line, it will do so through a combination of playable games, “over 90 minutes” of updated documentary footage, plus archival material, including videos, footage and paintings. all chart the beginning and evolution of Tetris across 5 interactive timelines.
As for gameplay, Tetris always includes “more than 15” single-player and multiplayer titles, some of which were never officially available outside of Japan before. This includes an “authentic recreation” of the first real version of Tetris (which was developed on a 60-computer Soviet Electronika device by Alexey Pajitnov in 1984), plus Virtual Eclipse’s personal Tetris Age Warp, a new four-player game. Speed on the classic puzzler that switches between the pack’s numerous built-in variations in real time as the game unfolds. Here’s everything else shown so far:
- Tetris (Apple II/1988)
- Tetris (Famicom/1988)
- Hatris (Famicom/1990)
- Tetris 2 + Bombliss (Famicom/1990)
- Hatris (Recess Boy/1991)
- Hatris (NES/1992)
- Tremendous Tetris 2 + Bombliss (Tremendous Famicom/1992)
- Tetris Combat Gaiden (Tremendous Famicom/1993)
- Tremendous Tetris 2 + Bombliss Genteiban (Tremendo Famicom/1993)
- Tremendous Tetris 3 (Tremendous Famicom/1994)
- Tremendous Bombliss (Tremendous Famicom/1995)
- Super Bombliss (Recess Boy/1995)
- Super Bombliss DX (Recreation Boy/1998)
Tetris Forever will be available for Transfer, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Line X/S, Xbox One, and PC (via Steam and GOG) when it launches on November 12.
