Remember Tetris? The game which you might have come across at least once in your life? Lets rewind the tape a bit here. Created by Alexey Pajinov in 1984 on an Elektronika 60, it went on to become a game which would be available in nearly every electronic device with a big enough screen. Mobile phones, PMP’s, PDA’s, PC’s, console’s.. you name it, the game is on it.
26 years later, for a game that has been re-released and re-re-released, what more can it offer? Well plenty. Introducing first person Tetris. First person Tetris is a free browser-based game. In first person Tetris, the player is in front of a television and when you rotate a block, your whole view is shifted by 90°! At first it seems challenging but the game grows easy as you play.
Upside-Down
Even though there exists many iterations of the game with the same concept of blocks falling down, FirstPersonTetris tries to change the way we play game by literally turning the board. Once you rotate the block (and the screen), the directional keys still respond to the original mapping. Meaning if you rotate either ways and you press up, the block still goes up. Initially its funny how your hand-eye co-ordination misleads you even though how hard you try, but once you get the hang of it, its like just any other Tetris game.
Controls still remain simple
Controlling the blocks is the easiest thing. You just need the arrow keys and the space bar. Also available are different music options and an even more insane night mode which puts you in a “darkroom” with no way to tell which way is up, which way is down until you have laid that first block. Check out the game and try it out yourself at firstpersontetris.
Fair warning: At some point of time, you will start feeling quesy, dizziness, disorientation or something similar. Fun game nonetheless.
Simple trick : Just imagine the screen hasn’t rotated.