Game is controlled by the same keys that are used to playing under MS DOS. For fullscreen press 'Right Alt' + 'Enter'.
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Game info:
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Game title:
Acid Tetris
Platform:
MS-DOS
Author (released):
Wildcard Design (1997)
Genre:
Puzzle
Mode:
Single-player
Design:
Jason Pimble, Scott Emerle
Music:
Jean-Paul Mikkers, Chris Emerle, Scott Emerle, ...
Acid Tetris is a freeware falling-block puzzle game released in 1997 for DOS, with a BeOS version appearing the following year. Developed by Dungeon Dwellers Design, it followed the classic Tetris formula very closely, presenting players with a continuous stream of geometric pieces that had to be arranged into complete horizontal lines before the stack reached the top of the playfield.
Acid Tetris (DOS)
Rather than reinventing the genre, the game focused on refining a familiar design with a polished late-DOS presentation. It offered a single main game mode in which the challenge increased steadily as the score rose and the falling speed accelerated, while players could also select the starting speed from the menu. This made it easy to approach for newcomers, but still demanding enough for experienced players looking for a faster pace. What gave Acid Tetris more personality was its audiovisual style. The blocks were brightly colored, and line clears were accompanied by a yellow smiley face whose expression changed depending on how many lines had been removed at once. A side panel tracked the use of different block types, and the game included a high-score table and several music tracks, helping it stand out from more bare-bones shareware puzzle titles of the period. Technically, the game was designed to run on a wide range of hardware, with support for different sound-card setups and a 320×240×256 graphics mode. Its credits named Jason Pimble as programmer and Scott Emerle as graphics artist, while several contributors provided the music. The program was distributed as freeware and reflected the late-1990s PC shareware scene, where familiar game concepts were often repackaged with stronger presentation and a distinct demo-scene sensibility. Taken as a whole, Acid Tetris was less a radical reinterpretation of Tetris than a stylish and energetic tribute to it. Its straightforward gameplay, colorful interface, and unusually elaborate soundtrack made it a memorable example of how even a very familiar puzzle concept could still feel fresh in the DOS era.
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This version of Acid Tetris was designed for personal computers with operating system MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System), which was operating system developed by Microsoft in 1981. It was the most widely-used operating system in the first half of the 1990s. MS-DOS was supplied with most of the IBM computers that purchased a license from Microsoft. After 1995, it was pushed out by a graphically more advanced system - Windows and its development was ceased in 2000. At the time of its greatest fame, several thousand games designed specifically for computers with this system were created. Today, its development is no longer continue and for emulation the free DOSBox emulator is most often used. More information about MS-DOS operating system can be found here.
Available online emulators:
5 different online emulators are available for Acid Tetris. These emulators differ not only in the technology they use to emulate old games, but also in support of various game controllers, multiplayer mode, mobile phone touchscreen, emulation speed, absence or presence of embedded ads and in many other parameters. For maximum gaming enjoyment, it's important to choose the right emulator, because on each PC and in different Internet browsers, the individual emulators behave differently. The basic features of each emulator available for this game Acid Tetris are summarized in the following table:
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This version of Acid Tetris was designed for personal computers with operating system MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System), which was operating system developed by Microsoft in 1981. It was the most widely-used operating system in the first half of the 1990s. MS-DOS was supplied with most of the IBM computers that purchased a license from Microsoft. After 1995, it was pushed out by a graphically more advanced system - Windows and its development was ceased in 2000. At the time of its greatest fame, several thousand games designed specifically for computers with this system were created. Today, its development is no longer continue and for emulation the free DOSBox emulator is most often used. More information about MS-DOS operating system can be found 
