Tetris: the grandfather of the modern puzzle game. Prior to its release in the late 1980s on the venerable Commodore 64, Apple II, and IBM PCs, the puzzle game genre consisted mainly of peg puzzle simulations, sliding picture puzzles, and maze-solving games. Once Alexey Pazhitnov’s juggernaut was released to the world, the puzzle-game genre was forever changed.

The game of Tetris has spawned more clones than Doom, and has gone through a lot of evolution since its initial release. There have been many pretenders to the throne, but Tetris has always remained the one true king, that game that you are always coming back to for “just one more round.” Chances are that, if you play video games at all, you’ve played Tetris. Whether it’s the original home-computer incarnations, the ultra-popular Gameboy version, or the many variants released for the consoles, Tetris is literally a household name.

This is why I was excited to see that Tetris Elements had been released for the Macintosh. Our platform of choice has not seen an “official” Tetris game since the original Spectrum Holobyte release back in 1988. Finally, some official Tetris love for the Mac faithful! Tetris Elements, while a worthy addition to the Macintosh gaming library, is somewhat of a mixed bag, however.

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