Rumored to have only 100 copies of this cartridge made, there are more likely around 1000. I had trouble finding information about this one, the most reliable source was from a French Tetris fact book. Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss gold cartridge Editions Pix'n Love Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss (Gold Cartridge, SFC, BPS, 1992) Little known to most, v1.0, a version without the Tetris theme, was released and sold for a short time. No matter what region you buy Tetris for Game Boy from, it's likely going to be the same version, v1.1. They are extremely sought after, and go for tens of thousands of dollars.
Apparently 90 grey carts were given to the finalists of the NWC. There are two versions, the 26 gold carts which were won in a contest run by Nintendo Power, and the 116 grey carts. Not to be confused with the PAL exclusive 3 in 1 game that includes Tetris, this version is much much rarer. Gold and gray NWC carts JJ Hendricks Nintendo World Championships 1990 (NES, Nintendo, 1990) Those copies somehow made it into the hands of collectors, and ex employees. From those, they made a short run of 10 Mega Drive games to use as a selling tool to try and acquire the rights from BPS or ELORG themselves, but failed. My theory is that while Sega was porting their arcade version to many of their arcade platforms, a Mega-Tech version was being made and printed. A rumored ~10 copies of the game actually exist, and Sega denies the game was ever a thing. Before they could launch anything, BPS holder of console rights in Japan blocked them from doing so. Sega decided to try and release a Mega Drive version. Sega was having a lot of success with Tetris on the arcade, and even porting it to other hardware to make cheaper versions. Atari having little interest in publishing in Japan, decided to sublicense the rights to Sega for that market. The story goes, after much turmoil in licensing, Atari had secured the arcade rights, BPS the Japanese console rights, and Nintendo the console and handheld rights in the west. You've probably heard of this title before, as it is not only one of the rarest Tetris games ever, it's also one of the rarest games in the world. Reproduction Tetris for the Mega Drive John Szczepaniak Tetris (Mega Drive, SEGA, Unreleased)
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After the popularity rise of the Grand Master series in 2015, the game has gotten even rarer. Your best chance of playing a real copy of this version is to fly to Japan where you can still find it in some arcades. There's rumored to only be a few hundred copies in existence. Tetris: The Grand Master 3 - Terror-Instinct (Type X, Taito/Arika, 2005)īeing an arcade game, and exclusive in Japan, the game is already rare to begin with. If you like to see the English names of Pokémon, you're better off getting the European version and not the slightly less rare Japanese version.
One of the goals of the game is to catch all of gen 1&2 Pokémon by doing Tetris line clears. This along with the low popularity of the console lead to the European version (which includes English texts) of this game being quite rare. While there were a few Japan exclusives, Pokémon Tetris was the only game released in Europe and Japan, but not North America. With the popularity of Tetris on handhelds, it was a no brainer to bring Tetris to this console. Not many really know much about it, nor did Nintendo or Pokémon really promote it. Pokémon Mini was kind of a sleeper console. Pokémon Tetris boxart Pokémon Tetris (Pokémon mini, Nintendo, 2002) Let's redeem this and show you a proper list of the rarest Tetris games every to be. If I can just go on ebay and after a few clicks own these three titles, I don't consider them to be rare. The thing is though, this isn't really a Tetris game, it's more like Blockout. This game is actually the rarest of the bunch in their article, but because of the higher prices, it doesn't sell fast, and it's quite easy to find a copy of online. Tetris DS was a staple of the DS platform, and admittedly is a little rarer than the other title, it is very easy to find online, for $10-25. If you go into a second hand store and ask to see DS games, you'll likely find Tetris Party Deluxe. You can find it pretty much anywhere you go for about $5–10. Being quite literally The Tetris Company, you would think they would be able to talk about some truly rare titles, but because of the many licensing issues Tetris has had in the past, they probably chose not to. This is my rebound to 's post about rare Tetris games.
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