Blockles: Multi-player online Tetris clone

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Blockles: Multi-player online Tetris clone - Time Waster

by Brad Linder Jan 11th 2008

Think you're pretty good at Tetris? Well playing against a computer is one thing, but how do you think you'd fare playing against other hard-core Tetris players? Blockles is an on-line competitive Tetris-clone from the makers of online dating site i'minlikewithyou. And it's the quickest way we're aware of to find out if you suck at Tetris.

Gameplay is pretty much exactly what you'd expect. You use the arrow keys to rotate blocks and hit the spacebar to drop them quickly to the bottom of the screen. You can either join a game hosted by another user or create your own if you're a registered user. Matches can have just a few players, or as many as 8.

There are a few interesting aspects to the multiplayer gameplay. For example if you break two or more lines apart at the same time, each of your competitors will get a new line of blocks. That makes Blockles a bit more fast-paced than the original Tetris game, but also a bit more addictive.

[via Silicon Alley Insider

Tags: blockles, iminlikewithyou, tetris

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

canaroo said 3:35PM on 1-11-2008

Yes, but can you play it on the Wii?

phry said 8:48PM on 1-11-2008

Has been around for years, known as "tetrinet".

kojo87 said 9:41AM on 1-12-2008

so like Tetris DS but without the crappy Nintendo Wi-Fi service? AWESOME!

fredy said 8:55AM on 2-18-2008

aku mau download games kren gratis!!!!!! tolong kirim di emil ku ya okay

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