| Tetris has been around in one form or another for | | | | shorter play mode if you don't have much time and |
| decades. Originally developed by Alexey Pajitnov in | | | | save a game to finish later. There are also specialized |
| the 1980s, Tetris has been ported onto almost every | | | | features such as minimizing a shape into a single |
| gaming system to arrive on the market. With the | | | | square, a useful feature when you have one odd |
| advent of the iPhone, it was only a matter of time | | | | square to fill. The Marathon play mode is the type of |
| before this classic computer game was available on | | | | Tetris play that fans of the game will find familiar. It |
| the latest tech gadget. | | | | has 15 levels of play. Surviving each level leads you to |
| Electronic Arts (EA) has brought Tetris to the iPhone | | | | the next level of difficulty. As you proceed through |
| at a cost of less than $10. It's the perfect accessory | | | | the levels, the speed of play increases as does the |
| for your iPhone for those of you who can't seem to | | | | difficulty. |
| be without a game of Tetris. For those of you who | | | | The user interface for this version of Tetris is a |
| haven't played video games for the past 2 decades, | | | | touch screen, which can make playing a bit more |
| Tetris is a video game with shifting geometric shapes | | | | difficult for players used to the more concrete user |
| that disappear off the screen when you line them up | | | | interfaces of earlier versions. Using your index finger |
| to complete a horizontal line. The game ends when | | | | to slide the shapes into place can create the |
| the screen fills up with shapes you were unable to | | | | occasional "fat finger" error. If you are used to the |
| clear. | | | | touch pad on your laptop or the iPhone touch screen, |
| EA's version has two play modes: "Marathon" and | | | | you will find this as second nature. |
| "Magic". The Magic play mode offers variations on the | | | | All in all, EA has created a good version of the classic |
| standard type of Tetris play. You can opt for a | | | | game. |