Tetris
Tetris is a puzzle video game and series created by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer, in the mid-1980s. In Tetris, falling pieces consisting of four connected blocks, known as tetrominoes, must be sorted into a pile. Once a horizontal line of the playfield is filled with blocks, the line disappears, granting points and preventing the pile from reaching the top. This gameplay has been used in approximately 220 versions across at least 70 platforms. Newer versions frequently add game mechanics, some of which have become standard.
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A terminal-based Tetris clone written in Python with the 'blessed' library, tested on Windows and Linux and under active development.
Platforms:Linux
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Updated3 months ago
LicenseMIT
Release2025
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Cascade FX is a Tetris-like puzzle game with software-rendered 3D graphics for the NEC PC-FX console, largely finished at version 0.5.
Platforms:PC-FX
Stars9
Updated3 months ago
LicenseMIT
Release2024
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Ebitengine is an open-source, cross-platform 2D game engine for Go, with simple APIs for graphics, input, and audio across many platforms.
Platforms:Web
Stars13,485
Updated11 days ago
LicenseApache-2.0
Release2013
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Future Blocks is a Tetris clone written in QBasic by the author in 2000 while in high school, later published for preservation.
Platforms:WebDOS
Stars27
Updated10 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2014
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A basic MIT-licensed HTML5 canvas implementation of Tetris for major browsers, with development halted before planned features were added.
Platforms:Web
Stars733
Updated1 year ago
LicenseMIT
Release2011
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A Tetris variant built with the Pyxel engine, described by its author as '4-quarter tetris', shipped as a pip-installable Python package.
Platforms:Web
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Updated3 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2023
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A cross-platform C++20 multimedia library bundling example 2D clones of Breakout, Asteroids, Pong, Tetris, and Frogger.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
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Updated24 days ago
LicenseMIT
Release2024
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An open-source Java falling-block puzzle game with many single-player modes and Internet/LAN netplay.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars565
Updated5 years ago
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Release2016
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A customizable open-source falling-block game with modern rotation systems, T-spins and Battle, Sprint and Ultra modes.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars121
Updated11 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2016
A Tetris clone made with the Phaser framework, playable in the browser, with hold piece and hard drop.
Platforms:Web
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A Tetris clone in C for the Raspberry Pi, using a B&W SPI LCD and a Wii Classic Controller for input.
Platforms:Raspberry Pi
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Updated11 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2015
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An open-source programming language whose example programs include recreations of classic games like Pac-Man and Tetris.
Platforms:Windows
Stars461
Updated12 days ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2020
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A configurable Tetris clone with adjustable starting height, density, and speed, plus a local top-10 high score list.
Platforms:Windows
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Updated2 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2020
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An Emacs package recreating 1984 Tetris's ASCII look on the Soviet Electronika 60 terminal.
Platforms:None
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Updated6 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
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A Java implementation of Tetris built with Maven, released under the permissive WTFPL license.
Platforms:None
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Updated4 years ago
LicenseWTFPL
Release2016
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A feature-complete terminal Tetris clone in C using NCURSES, with a hidden 'boss mode' to disguise the game.
Platforms:Linux
Stars287
Updated7 years ago
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Release2015
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A Python/Pyxel Tetris clone playable natively or via WebAssembly in a browser, built as a three-day hobby project.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars10
Updated2 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2022
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Tetris implemented entirely as a single PostgreSQL SQL query, using recursive CTEs to drive the game loop.
Platforms:None
Stars1,040
Updated11 months ago
LicenseMIT
Release2024
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An old-school-styled Python Tetris clone with optional downloadable sound effects, built in about five days.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars1
Updated3 years ago
LicenseAGPL-3.0
Release2022
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An unfinished Tetris clone for Arduino Nano/Uno with an SSD1306 OLED display.
Platforms:Arduino
Stars83
Updated5 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2016
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A terminal-based Tetris clone with lock delay, customizable controls, and network multiplayer.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxDOS
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Updated1 year ago
LicenseBSD-2-Clause
Release2018
