Tetris: Electronika 60

This is a recreation of how Alexey Pajitnov’s original Tetris from 1984 looked and sounded like on a 15ИЭ-00-013 terminal that's hooked up to an Elektronica 60 mainframe. This version was programmed from the ground up in GameMaker Studio 2.

I took great pains to recreate the original experience, hence some modern comfort features are not present. Also, the entire game is in Russian but you can play without reading anything, everything is explained on this page anyway.

Controls & Gameplay

To play, enter a number from 0 to 9 as your starting level and hit [ENTER] to start the game. These are the original controls with modern alternatives

Action Key (original) Alternatives

Move piece left Numblock 7 ← or A

Move piece right Numblock 9 → or D

Rotate Piece (counterclockwise) Numblock 8 ↑ or W

Hard Drop Numblock 5 or Space X

Toggle piece preview Numblock 1 Tab

Increase Level (Speed) Numblock 4

Hide Legend Numblock 1

Game Over

When you reach the ceiling and no more blocks have room to drop, the game is over.

When that happened, the game will ask for your name. Type your name and hit [ENTER]. If you hit [ENTER] without entering anything, no high-score for that play through will be recorded but the high-score screen will be displayed regardless.

Currently, high-scores will not be saved after quitting the game / reloading the page.

Hi-Score

The game asks whether you want to continue playing. In the web version any input will return you to the main screen, on the downloadable version, any input other than "N" for "no" (or "Н" for "нет") will return to the title screen.