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Category: Games
Sub-Category: Puzzle
Platform: Nintendo NES
License: Proprietary
Interface: GUI
Wikipedia: Tetris 2 + BomBliss
First release: December 13, 1991
Tetris 2 + BomBliss – a game series and mode released by BPS. It is based on the rules of the puzzle game Tetris. In the West, it is also known as Tetris Blast.
It first appeared as a mode in Tetris 2 + Bombliss, released for the Family Computer on December 13, 1991, and was designed by Akihiko Miura, who was then working for Sedic. It has often been included as a mode within the Tetris series since then, but has also been released as a standalone game. In Tetris Party Premium, released for the Nintendo DS and Wii on August 5, 2010, Bombliss returned as a hidden mode for the first time in approximately 11 years.
The basic rules of Tetris are the same as those of Tetris, such as block operation, forming a horizontal line of blocks without any gaps, and game over, but the objective of the game and the concept of scoring are very different from Tetris. The biggest difference is in how the blocks are cleared.
This is the basic mode featured in all games except the Nintendo 3DS version of Tetris (hereafter referred to as 3DS Tetris).
The objective is to clear all blocks on the field before using up the 100 provided blocks.
The game ends when the screen is filled with blocks or when the number of blocks exceeds the set number for each stage (when the number of remaining blocks becomes negative).
Blocks are pre-placed on the field, and their shapes become more complex in later stages. Furthermore, the shapes of the blocks controlled by the player also become more complex in later stages, and their falling speed increases.
When a stage is cleared, the number of remaining blocks at the time of clearing is recorded in the stage record (the highest number of remaining blocks at the time of clearing) and the grand score (the total of all stage records).
The number of remaining block pieces does not just decrease, but can also be increased by “placing four bomb blocks adjacent to each other in a square to create a deca-bomb” or “lining up four or more lines at once using pentominoes, chains, or lines made with normal blocks.” Depending on how long the chain is, the number of remaining pieces can exceed the initial number of 100 and reach a maximum of 999 (excluding the Famicom version and Tetris Party Premium).
