Tetris 2 - Super Gameboy - Advent Countdown - Day 10
0I hope you are all healthy and safe wherever you are in the World right now and whatever challenges you are facing.
I thought I'd do a countdown to Christmas 2022 with a GameBoy Cartridge themed advent calendar. I'd hoped to make the videos a little more slick but this is a rough and ready proof of concept really to see if anyone wants to countdown to Xmas with 24 different GameBoy games - one each day!
The footage is genuine cartridges running on a SNES via the Super GameBoy. As a Xmas gift feel free to use the footage in your own videos (just give credit or link to my channel)
This is Tetris 2 - the sequel to the game that was integral to the success of the GameBoy in the early years and right through to the Pokemon phenomenon. A tough act to follow for sure and this game is fairly different while still being recognisably related to the classic.
Released in 1993 this was originally called Tetris Flash and is a bit like a combination of classic Tetris and Columns or even Dr. Mario. No longer do you need to make complete lines to make them disappear but instead match 3 colours and they will disappear. The pieces bear more resemblance to classic Tetris but this time can either have the blocks "attached" together or separate which opens up more possibilities. It also has a Puzzle mode where you need to clear the pieces in the fewest moves possible.
works really well on Super GameBoy as the addition of colour makes it easier to differentiate between the pieces etc.
I play it here through the Super GameBoy in order to show the game a little clearer. For some reason my capture card always seems to struggle with the SNES (and therefore the Super GameBoy) not sure why as everything else pretty much works fine through it.
I'm also thinking of doing a series of videos on specially enhanced Super GameBoy compatible games - including the very clever game and programming designed to maximise the use of colour while remaining compatible with the original monochrome handheld, multiplayer modes, enhanced sound and even a hidden game. Let me know if you'd like to see this sort of thing.
As always if you enjoy this video let me know. As always this is running on original hardware in this case a SNES & Super GameBoy peripheral (one day I'll get a GBA Consoliser!!!!) Also let me know if there are particular games or systems you'd like to see.
As always this is uploaded under the Fair Use Policy - no money is being made from this video.
Stay strong, stay safe and stay healthy - Grey Fox