Why Tetris the Grand Master is the best Tetris

A gameplay focused deep dive into Tetris the Grand Master. There's more to it than invisible Tetris ! #tgm_series

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Tetris the Grand Master is available on Switch, PS4/PS5, or, if you are lucky, in a game center near you.

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📋 Index

00:14 : Tetris as an arcade game
06:56 : The Lock Delay
10:28 : Automovement with DAS
12:13 : Input buffering with IRS
13:46 : Wallkicks
15:41 : TGM's history-based randomizer
18:31 : TGM's UI
20:36 : Score, grading and time attack
26:03 : The sequels
31:38 : Conclusion

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📽 Video credits:

Galaxian footage:    • Galaxian 1979 Namco Mame Retro Arcade...  
Yie Arr Kung fu footage:    • Yie Ar Kung-Fu Longplay (Arcade) [QHD]  
Kung Fu footage:    • Kung Fu Master - 1984 Arcade game.avi  

DoDonPachi Resurection footage:    • DoDonPachi Resurrection 1.5 (PC/Steam...  
Sifu footage:    • Sifu (PC) Combat Gameplay - 4K Ultra ...  
Guilty Gear Strive Footage:    • GGST ▰ Mocchi (Sol Badguy) vs HooCHoo...  

KevinDDR playing TGM3 at AGDQ 2015:    • (Audio Synced!) AGDQ 2015 - Tetris Gr...  

Sega Tetris footage by nightmareci:    • Sega Tetris, 999999 points, 670 lines...  

Masahiro Sakurai using Sega Tetris footage:    • Risk and Reward  [Game Essence]  

NES Tetris footage by spikestuff via world of longplay :    • NES Longplay [483] Tetris  

Killscreen demo by the late Jonas Neubauer:    • Boom! [Former] World Record High Scor...  

Hypertapping demo:    • NES Tetris: Hypertapping tutorial par...  
Rolling demo:    • A Deeper Dive into the New Rolling Te...  

Brawl Tripping:    • Brawl Tripping  

As always, a godlike TGM1 performance by 777:    • 初代ＴＧＭ プレー動画 （2022.10.19）  

"tetris japan finals" (an official promotional video from arika, but meme-d by the early 2000s internet) :    • Tetris Japan Finals  

TGM2+ Death Gm by SwitchPalaceCorner:    • TAP Death GM in 4:54.20 #tgm_series  
TGM2 Orange line Master Gm by EricICX:    • TGM2 Orange Line Master GM in 7:52.78  
TGM3 player registration demo (... but it's a Gm performance, so watch it):    • THE TGM3 CLASSIC GM EXAM IS NO MORE!!!  
KevinDDR's first TGM3 Gm:    • Tetris The Grand Master 3 - Classic M...  
TGM3 Master Mo by colour_thief:    • Tetris the Grandmaster 3 : Master MO  
TGM3 Shirase footage by EricICX:    • [TGM3] Shirase (C) 4:12.98  

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📚Other sources:

Gamest magazine archive: https://archive.org/details/gamestmag...
Game machine magazine archive: https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/archiv...
TetrisWiki: https://tetris.wiki
Arika official interview: https://arika.co.jp/special/sp_interv...
Kouza's (translated) TGM guide: https://tgm.tips/
Mask of the Betrayer longplay by Lt. Danger https://lparchive.org/Neverwinter-Nig...