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the awesomeness of Tetrisphere
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schizophrenic
Member
amazingly fun game, still play it once in awhile to this day. wish i could find the soundtrack somewhere, though, it had more than a few memorable songs.
metsallica
Member
Own it, play it, love it. That coupled with The New Tetris made the N64 the best system for puzzle games ever in my eyes. I can't even imagine how many hours of both games were played in college.
Now where the hell is Racing Gears Advance so I can get my Neil D. Voss fix! Crazymoogle, I'm lookin' at you...
Now where the hell is Racing Gears Advance so I can get my Neil D. Voss fix! Crazymoogle, I'm lookin' at you...
sasimirobot
Junior Member
Good game. Anyone remember when it was exposed that "Tetrisphere" was really a "TetrisDonut"? The abstract way the sphere rotates and the way pieces act on it is tecnically impossible.
Here is an interesting quote I found with google:
No it's not a donut. It's a flat surface... Think of it as a programmer. What would be easier? programming a donut with tons of polygons or a simple square and give it a fish-eye view? Imagine a square of blocks with 4 layers, imagine that when you get at one end of the square, it continues on the other side without showing that it returns on the other side, giving the impression that it's round. It's all made to simulate a sphere. And knowing a bit of programming, believe me, it's way easier to do it this way.
Anyways. Good game. Anyone here remember "Wetrix"?
Here is an interesting quote I found with google:
No it's not a donut. It's a flat surface... Think of it as a programmer. What would be easier? programming a donut with tons of polygons or a simple square and give it a fish-eye view? Imagine a square of blocks with 4 layers, imagine that when you get at one end of the square, it continues on the other side without showing that it returns on the other side, giving the impression that it's round. It's all made to simulate a sphere. And knowing a bit of programming, believe me, it's way easier to do it this way.
Anyways. Good game. Anyone here remember "Wetrix"?
FortNinety
Member
Wasn't Wetrix released as something else on a later system... had some game like Aqua Aqua something....
Anyways, Tetrisphere was the only puzzler that was inspired by the original that didn't completely suck in my eyes. Gotta track a copy down...
Did it do well when it was released?
Anyways, Tetrisphere was the only puzzler that was inspired by the original that didn't completely suck in my eyes. Gotta track a copy down...
Did it do well when it was released?
sasimirobot said:
Cool, I like hearing how companies figure ways to do seemingly complex things like that easier. Kinda like normal mapping.
Oh and I think Tetrisphere sold well. It was released less than a year after the N64 released, back in the day where there was like 1 new N64 game a month. Every good or shit game was selling well those days.
Prince of Space
Banned
Great game - the only Tetris game I really enjoyed. Great soundtrack too.
metsallica
Member
FortNinety said:
AquaAqua is the sequel to Wetrix. As for Tetrisphere, as of December 31, 1997 it was over 335,000 in North America alone. Not bad at all.
BreakyBoy said:
I'm not sure what you're confused about here, but CM works for Orbital and Neil did the soundtrack to Racing Gears for the GBA. Unless you ARE Neil or something crazy like that...
EDIT: Wait, that username looks so familiar... are you from PGC?
metsallica said:
That's exactly it. I didn't know that Racing Gears Advance had music by Neil Voss. I'll have to look for it.
metsallica said:
First person to get it that didn't know me. Yes, I wrote for PGC for about a year. Technically, I was on staff for about two, but I was largely AWOL that last year unfortunately.