The best launch titles ever: Tetris on Game Boy Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. The best launch titles ever: Tetris on Game Boy Wait for the drop. Feature by Christian Donlan Features Editor Published on 23 Nov 2020 72 comments This week it seemed appropriate to look back at some of our favourite launch titles ever. And we're starting with a classic. One of the weird things about Tetris is that, even if you ignore the incremental additions to the game over the years, like the hold space and hard and soft drops, each version of Tetris really feels different. Different in a way that is hard to pin down, as if each machine is haunted by a different ghost. Glowing green and letting out a surprising digital raspberry whenever you lose, the Game Boy's Tetris may be the most characterful - a wilful, often cruel Tetris, and rightly so. After all, this version, bundled with Nintendo's handheld masterpiece, has probably introduced more people to Alexei Pajitnov's beautiful game than any other. It's the pieces that make it such a delightful jerk. Of all the Tetrises out there, this is the one that seems to know the most when you are saving up for the long brick. It allows you to plan and curate your wall, guarding that special gap, and you build and build and do everything right, and will it give you the long brick? No. It will wait until you've put one of the Ls in the wrong place, blocking everything off, and then it will give you two long bricks when you don't need them anymore. Argue all you want over whether Tetris is the perfect video game - I still think Lumines has it beat. But it's the perfect launch title. A game that makes the new hardware both the centre of your universe and something strangely invisible. You hold the Game Boy and forget about it while you learn the ins and outs of this Tetris' unruly charm. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More Features Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. 11 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Feature What games get wrong about horses And what they could do about it. 34 Feature Shout out to all the Overwatch supports - where would we be without you? Merci. 55 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 3 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store