Apps for Windows: Tetris Games

One of the most popular games in the world, Tetris celebrates its 25th birthday today. According to Telegraph

The game was created by Alexey Pajitnov, a computer engineer who was working for the Computing Centre of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.

It has sold more than 70 million copies, been released for nearly every video-game platform of the past two decades and even been played on the side of a skyscraper.

Alexey also created a lot of puzzle games, and a few for Microsoft as well, which were sold as Microsoft Entertainment Packs or Microsoft Puzzle Collections.

In honor of Tetris’ birthday, this edition of Apps for Windows is dedicated to a Tetris games. The first one, Tetris Zone, is a desktop game and one of the better looking games of Tetris available. It has a free demo available for download, and can be bought for $9.95 as well. Its feature list includes:

Four game variations will keep you entertained for hours:
- Marathon – 15 challenging levels of gameplay.
- Challenge – See how far you can go in 10 minutes!
- Sprint – Race to clear 40 lines.
- Master – Instant drops — think fast!
Watch a full instant replay of your best game, including the all-time and daily best!
Awesome graphics and sounds heighten the Tetris experience.
Automatically upload your score to a world-wide Leader Board — compare your ranking against players from the around the world!

The second one is a browser based Silverlight game, called Tetrislight. While not as heavily featured as Tetris Zone, Tetrislight is also nice on the eyes. Although the music will get to you in a while and you would want to turn if off, but there’s no option to. Still if you want your Tetris fix on the go, or on a public PC, where you can’t install a desktop version, Tetrislight will serve you well.