Tetris (Game Boy) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Nintendo's 1989 puzzle game for the Nintendo Game Boy, Tetris.
This video shows both endings. First I play A-Type mode (endless, play until you lose game) and last until level 12. My score broke 100,000 so I got the rocket launch ending.
At 12:52, I play B-Type mode (get 25 lines on a board already partially filled) at Level 9, Height 5. Clearing 25 lines shows the space shuttle launch ending. You also can get this ending in A-Type if you clear a score of 200,000.
It really says something for Tetris when Nintendo gave it away as the pack-in title instead of Super Mario Land. It was a great move - the game is perfectly suited to the Game Boy in every way. Who would've though Bulletproof would've given Nintendo one of their all-time greatest hits?
Did anyone not love it? I got my Gameboy for Christmas when they were brand new, and Tetris had my attention way more than the other four games I got with it for the first few weeks, including Mario.
But really, what does anybody remember more about this game than its music? It's probably just as universally recognizable as the Mario theme song - not bad for a puzzle game.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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[@chirpppp]

There’s something about the game boy version of Tetris that’s so satisfying. No other version of Tetris is like it.

[@markwhelan8233]

I've been playing the original gameboy cartridge I got in 1989 constantly during the lockdown

[@jayson8372]

It _was_ their flagship game that "sold" the Game Boy. I have a feeling they spent a large amount of time and money getting that game just right...the theme music alone sold the device and forever made a memory in not only myself but almost every child who grew up in the 90s.

[@mehmetaydogan172]

I PLAY TETRIS ON A TV! WITHOUT ANY CONSOLE

[@Calebanton]

I mean, tetris NES is like it, but most people who are into classic Tetris prefer NES. I think when you get used to any game, changing the frame data around will make it feel really off. It's more just what you're used to

[@acespades8747]

Ah the goddamn cursed memories. No, seriously goddamn that! Satifactory is a headache for sure.

[@Chortleclips]

Best part - playing it in your mind when you try to sleep after an 8 hour marathon on Christmas day

[@kas5762]

I dont care that was me as well.

[@Donkey_Lips]

Same here, That’s the “Tetris Effect”!

[@louiejames626]

Haha good times for me it was when I was 9 years old 1994 but it was with yoshis world on Super Nintendo on Christmas Eve.. shit I had dreams of that shit that lasted for years it seemed lol

[@yaidkbro]

@@louiejames626 don’t leave your gameboy up all night… it will take a problem! -bubbergus

[@redstonegaming7969]

Who plays a gameboy for 8 hours straight? I'm lucky if it holds my attention for more than 30 minutes

[@TrYED84]

The perfect pack in game for the gameboy because even parents at the time loved playing this game even more so than their kids.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

This style of game is also just perfect for a compact handheld. A full Pokémon or Zelda adventure to take with you is great, but it's more commitment to play the game, you don't drop into and out of them on an instant like you can do with Tetris. If smartphones started featuring a little foldout/slide-out gamepad as common feature, or one which you could attach, but which kept a slim and flat form factor (rather than those big ones where you basically clamp your phone on top of a full fledged console gamepad), I think games like these could get a lot of popularity again. Kids are used to playing with touch screens, but these kinds of games just play better with buttons, and there's a lot of older people who played games in the past who would be far more inclined to play them on a phone if they could have normal buttons.

[@kametales]

My sister was an adult at the time, and she bought a gameboy just to play this game.

I love tttttteeettttrrriiiisss Bravo Tetris

[@maxiking7451]

I know teriris was a rußian invetor was rußian iventor. I love this litteratur blurry. But Nintendo game boy. 😊

[@NintendoComplete]

It doesn't get much more iconic than Tetris. It wasn't just a game - it was a phenomenon, and it launched the Game Boy in a huge way.

[@ninjamaster3453]

NintendoComplete you ever going to do a voice or something for these?

[@NintendoComplete]

Ninja Master I dunno. Maybe? Probably not.

[@muhanc.a.9299]

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[@hanchiman]

You should read the book "Game Over" by David Sheff, they have a whole chapter on how Nintendo negotiated their rights to get this game exclusive for Nintendo back then (before they turned to grade A assholes) in post Communist Russia when it started to open it market to the world and meeting with Alexey guy

[@NintendoComplete]

Hanferd I have, it was a great read

[@adammehra4908]

That song is like honey for my ears.

[@chickensouvlaki]

Agreed, it's sweet.

[@themightyomega]

it's evil for me !

[@JackAndTom610]

I know

[@ib2849]

Sweet Jesus Pooh! Thats not honey! Thats... Tetris song 😌

[@laracarrilloemilio291]

wtf

[@aggeloco6914]

I m here after I ve watched "TETRIS" the movie...!!! Such nostalgia

[@Dj3ndo]

This game was great! Simple but the music made it so memorable.

[@matthewbeavis5188]

Probably the most addictive game ever made. Awesome

[@varkrow]

Song of nostalgia right there. ... I miss my Gameboy...

[@hackedaccount3548]

16 minutes of Nostalgia 😃😎😃

[@Yadierelle]

Ikr

[@spiralflameds]

nostalgia? tetris is still really big af

[@sarov7658]

@@spiralflameds nop but it did got a movie

[@jamesmcrory8990]

I’m getting one of these !!! I was born 1980, I used to addicted to this game!!! Played it for hours on end. 2019 now

[@wondoney]

Oh, memories. This was our only game for an entire year after we got a Game Boy when I was a kid.

[@fuzzytraveler]

Tetris did come with the GameBoy device in my case and actually that was the deal my parents got me to: Not ask for an extra game. Good friends would always share their cartridges though! Missed that feeling of community..

[@user-hl3fw4wd9s]

I got one brand new too. I only had 3 games Tetris, the Mario that had wario in it and attack of the killer 🍅 tomatoes

[@Fascistbeast]

Haha original Nintendo Tetris that came with the Game Boy on release. Green backgrounds with no colour love it thank you!

[@startracker5895]

My Russian student first got the rocket in the early 90s. The whole family were proper impressed. After that I played for hours and hours to get that bloody rocket! Took ages but I did it. Nothing quite like it when you get the rocket!

[@omnielectron9616]

I just went back 30 years. Thanks

[@lucky43113]

I beat this game a lot as a kid on the other mode if you beat it at the end the Space shuttle takes off

[@paulw858]

Hey, whoa, spoilers.

[@TheRandomRager]

I'm not mad because I don't really care that much about the end but put a spoiler alert so people won't be rude and stuff in the replies because you spoiled it

[@sonnybill8271]

0:03 *NOSTALGIA* 🥺 That sound brings back so many memories 😩

[@jigglypuffpop9497]

Me too

[@shergc]

I still have my Game boy and played Tetris tonight. It's just as much fun as always.

[@MasterCorporalK.Storch]

This really makes me want to buy a game boy just to play Tetris anywhere like at school or in cars or even in stores.

[@user-nx7fr3qp3v]

I Recommend it. I Enjoy Playing Tetris on My GameBoy Advance SP and GameBoy Player.

[@jackstar6018]

I still have my original gameboy from back in 1989

[@yurushii]

Such greatness in this playthrough! I only got the rocket not the space shuttle and dancers. 😭

[@giuliograndi5199]

Difficult to think about something better... Awesome from all the points of view. Thanks also for putting this online!

[@thatswhyudie]

When i was a child my dad got the rocket and i was so much impressed xD

[@fuzzytraveler]

“DOT MATRIX WITH STEREO SOUND”. This is by far the single phrase/words I layed eyes upon the most times in my life.

[@ryanbates3319]

This game is so much fun! I play it on my dads game boy and I can’t stop having fun

[@stephenflorlumapas7209]

Tetris movie brought me here

[@jyotindroadhikarimayum]

Came here after watching the Tetris movie

[@jackfrasiercomedy5942]

OMG, this brings me back to many late nights with my game-boy light playing one of the best Tetris Versions ever! Nostalgia Overload! This guy plays like me too! Lolz! Similar style and only plays game A and Game B Lv9 Ht5! Brings me back! Thanks for making this vid!

[@edch7516]

this video made me smile and maybe shed a tear or two:)

[@OswaldMiyake35]

The First Game I ever Played.

[@q_q123]

Oswald Epic Loquendero Me too

[@hydrogamer7091]

me too, with teen age mutant ninja turtles

[@deckofcards87]

So simple, yet such a fun and addictive concept. Tetris is timeless.

[@adammehra4908]

I haven’t seen that green screen since 1999. But it sure does look good doesn’t it.

[@NintendoComplete]

+Adam Mehra It seriously does :)

[@soniateresagonzaleznieda3223]

Taste like hours of awesone fun. I want to cry. I still have my first and only Game Boy... but its dead... in her own same box in my old house attic. It is too fragile. Like good memories are.

[@dennismartin5821]

I still have my original cartridge. Still play'n it on a Gameboy advanced. I remember getting the original Gameboy for Christmas, I think it was in 90. Only game I had was Tetris. Turned out the only game I needed was Tetris. I remember thinking," Yeah if I get a Gameboy for Christmas, then I'll get some better games later on." I eventually did get some other stuff, but I always mostly just kept playing Tetris.

[@soniateresagonzaleznieda3223]

@@dennismartin5821 i still have mine too. It was second hand and it was a present from a cousin from overseas in february 1992. Sadly stopped reading cartridges since 2003. But i assure that was enjoyed a lot not only by me but also my mother, brother, cousins and friends. Yeah back in the days kids share and take good care of toys. (Tetris, Donkey Kong, yoshi and a f-1 racing game). A reached lv 14 in tetris btw.😤

[@Jonmal0ne]

Tetris is an absolute must.. But Tetris handheld ?? Absolute genius.

[@panx864]

Nice music Tetris in GB Classic.

[@marshallpeters7174]

I got Tetris DX (for GB Color) a while back, and was disappointed that it didn't have the original music.

[@Cosmic-Wanderer]

Never forget that music

[@Marco_Lucca]

I cant believe i watched til the end

[@comgeek24]

Tetris is now available along with 6-7 other games with a subscription to Nintendo Switch Online

[@yolocrayolod6668]

I just found my old Nintendo game boy along with some games mk3, Bart vs juggernauts, tmnt 3 radical rescue, and tetris I remember playing so much with them good simple life I used to had

[@masteryoshi6434]

Im feeling so old

[@scottleicester4266]

Many hours spent playing this, stuff all the modern games, this is an all time great, such a simple concept too.

[@MrShanester117]

I just suddenly needed to hear that weird noise when you get a Tetris on game boy. That’s why I love KZbin

[@dhtelevision]

I like the original green screen effect that you did, the gameboy often comes with this screen

[@kongyiu]

The Gameboy version is the best Tetris. The music and sound is so perfectly done. You can feel the limitations of the Gameboy, like when the Tetris fall, the music is distorted by the soundeffect.

[@pajeetgupta5]

NES version too, also Sega version is good and the Japanese arcade one

[@lawrencium2626]

Can never recreate that OG feeling with any of the other versions. Anyone else tempted to just buy a Gameboy, and superglue the cartridge right into the slot? You all know you're not going to need anything else. The Gameboy was literally The Tetris Machine - and it still is. No other version of it satisfies; this version was the premium timeless classic, that people will still be playing in the ruins of the post apocalypse. They will be playing it on Mars. It is The Dream incarnate, a work of art, given life.

[@benmoore6234]

I was today years old when I learnt that tetris had an ending

[@mindcrome]

both this and the nes are some of the rare prefect games

[@lindaoleary7770]

Thanks for sharing this. It brought back many good memories of my first game addiction 😂

[@Ace_Tails]

Tetris back then: simple Teris now: T-spin go brrrrrr

[@clbran3253]

The first game i ever owned. The memories.....

[@G-ManIreland]

And do you remember that when you connected 2 game boys together with the cable for 2 player mode you increased the height of your opponents blocks when you got a 4 liner!

[@-Poka-]

And thus, the perfect version for Tetris was created

[@jbro8934]

Early 90s nostalgia! Tetris and Gameboy. Now it's iPhones and Twitter.

[@dominik-man3156]

A classic. Love it.

[@Eurodance90schick]

I love this game and the b type music is best because it's very up beat!.

[@Can_Y]

😢 my childhood

[@TedWoods1]

OMG I have the same game boy as this guy does!

[@swastikdasgupta4373]

Those were the days......

[@slashtiger1]

Just wondering… How in the name of Creation did you manage to capture your original Game Boy in this amazing quality? D’you have any special equipment (as in: cables, AV consoles, etc.) for it? I have both my original Game Boys in perfect working order (no batteries are currently installed) and would like to try this for myself if feasible… Great video!

[@NintendoComplete]

+slashtiger1 Thanks! It's actually emulated, though. It's the Gambatte core in Retroarch, and I'm using the DMG shader to mimic the original display

[@danielborges69]

Came here with the same question. It looks almost like it was filmed but not really.

[@godisgood1359]

A Gameboy that actually worked. Wow! Ecen with the David Center music in it. Thats Awesome!

[@halilibrahimgultekin9573]

Güzel bir çocukluk geçirdim için çok mutluyum 😊

[@RomboutVersluijs]

Hahaha that sound is stil relaxing sort of :)

[@user-nx7fr3qp3v]

I Just got this Game Yesterday. It’s Addictive.

[@karyns4555]

I had the original! Tetris was all I had and I beat it hundreds of times just to see the old school reward with the space shuttle launch after the last level, lol. I accidentally dropped it in the washing machine with the kids laundry and destroyed it. Hubby bought me another. 😆😆😆

[@PotatoPc12]

POV: It’s a boring Monday at home after school, so you decide to get your GAMEBOY, your Mom and Dad are wondering where the double A batteries went, (maybe) your grandma is making you snacks while you play while standing at the window to get that perfect ray of sunlight in order to see, your score is so high, that even you, a Nintendo gaming master, are in disbelief, everything is perfect.

[@Mikan_Gaming]

is no one gonna talk about the cursed sounds

[@TheRandomRager]

That looks so much easier than the Tetris I have lol

[@lourrainejones5731]

Alfie TheGamerAnimatorKid oh believe me it’s not

[@TheRandomRager]

@@lourrainejones5731 oh...ok

[@muhanc.a.9299]

Congraturations Bimmy!

[@AshnSilvercorp]

Wait Tetris is completable? Game Boy: _Always has been buddy._ *hugs*

[@dmcintosh1967]

I have Tetris DX cartridge for my GB boy colour and my clone GB colour has Tetris (original ) built in. my Grandma used to play Tetris all the time on here gameboy color.

[@NintendoComplete]

ratchet5500 video's That's cool, I didn't knew there were clones, let alone ones with built-in games :)

[@univesezero4503]

ratchet5500 video's

[@user-dt3jl2iz4s]

And now we have a legendary skin for T99 :D

[@kirbendy6075]

14:41 WOW i love this song so much i want to hear it 50 times in a day🔊🎧🎶🎵🎻🎸😄

[@LadyStarFox]

This was my first introduction to Tetris. I used to put it in that cartridge that fit into the SNES!

[@gboy64]

Super Gameboy for the SNES allowed you to play gameboy games. It that you were thinking? 🤔

[@user-nx7fr3qp3v]

I Love Playing this on the GameCube.

[@LadyStarFox]

​@@gboy64It was a SNES cart that you could put your Gameboy game in and play it on the SNES. That might be the name, but it's been so long I can't remember

[@jeroenboth167]

I came to this video to tell you that they used footage of this Tetris video that you made on the Dutch news and they credited you 🙂 I thought I should notify you as maybe this news can bright up your day 💜

[@retrohero2762]

And they're making a movie about how this game was approved for Gameboy

[@dmcintosh1967]

need to find of copy of Tetris for my NES because all my game consoles mist have a Tetris game because Tetris is one of my favorite games and remained never to play you at Tetris I would lose

[@NintendoComplete]

ratchet5500 video's If you want the really good one on the NES (and can find it at a semi-reasonable price), get the Tengen version. It's quite a bit better than Nintendo's one.

[@bug6804]

Ratchet5500 videos if you would like one for a cheaper than usual price, if you do online shopping, I’d check eBay. That’s where I got mine :)

[@soniccane1117]

Some great Tetris-ing!

[@rvrmdude]

BOOM ! Tetris for Jonas !

[@Krisnosky74]

So the story behind this is pretty crazy huh? Anyone else here after watching the movie?

[@MrKefish]

Which movie?

[@mynamenotjeff2202]

I recently got a gameboy color and Tetris for like 15 bucks, and that folks is how you spend money...

[@BluefireSorcererOfficial]

Lets go i have my tetris cart waiting for my gbc

[@hevelynecardenas3842]

the 8bit sounds make it perfect

[@kingjaekob]

I was playing this today, put Gameboy on pause, when I unpaused it, had 2 little super Mario faces on the screen, and game froze!

[@Vassilika1]

yeah, I got that rocket a few times, back then in the early 1990's 🥰

[@pepealas425]

I miss this game so much!

[@Notglamrockfreddy8219]

Now I see why Tetris amazing

[@amberrobbymann9725]

This person is thousand times better than me, very good ❤️

[@bellzo5]

Bro so many memories on the toliet playing this

[@A13XLaircey]

My mom used to love playing this game 🥺 I miss seeing her young and happy. She's almost 70 now. I miss my gamer mom 🕹️

[@KoopaKid660]

The Game Boy is 30 TODAY! So is this game!

[@poyocru]

The song made the world

[@29kalel]

Pressing pause in the middle of the game got a slight variation in the music as well

[@NoDoSwLa]

The Dark Souls of my early childhood😂

[@Sergei65304]

I still have this one and it's still operational. Miner pack is MMPR the movie, Tetris und F -1 racing.

[@fernandosalas8589]

Nice game dude its a mind game that you must plan ahead and not freak out when pieces move in faster. Iam planning to buy a gameboy from whoever has one just to play Tetris. Funny thing once you play fast you don't want play slow mode anymore.

[@r...176]

Its back on Nintendo switch!

[@MisoSoppa10]

This desrves so much more views

[@DTM-Books]

The greatest videogame ever made, and very nearly the best version. I'd rate Atari Games/Tengen Tetris higher. Imagine if Nintendo didn't get the exclusive rights, and that Atari Games version would up on the Lynx? Today we'd be playing games on the Atari 26,000 and Jack Tramiel would be on Mt Rushmore, ah, well, history takes its twists and turns.

[@jadenpadin4707]

I dont know how anyone can go wrong with tetris the music is amazing its simple and addictive

[@BradyA1124]

1:51 that noise is cool

[@kendall3819]

OMG I HAVE TO GET A GAMEBOY AND TETRIS

[@TedWoods1]

TITANIC 3819 I have the exact same one 😂😂😂

[@TackyFlamingo]

I just got one

[@wolkenmalerin3792]

That was so satisfying

[@daiquanallen954]

I have the arcade game tetris for Christmas right now