In my mind there are basically three different variations of Tetris that are the most important. The original for DOS and the Elektronika 60. The Game Boy version that so many people fell in love with. And Tetris: Effect, the modern re-beautification. Plenty of other great variations like Puyo Puyo Tetris, and wonderful rom hacks like Rosy Retrospection exist, but one that has been a little difficult to come by is Arika’s Tetris: The Grand Master and was previously only available in the west through imports or through Hamster’s Arcade Archives for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
The good news is that Arika is giving us the gift of Tetris: The Grand Master 4 – Absolute Eye on Steam for Windows on April 3rd. It’ll be $35 USD or 3,900 JPY. Here’s a trailer up on YouTube.
