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Welltris - Amiga Review

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Welltris Amiga, 1990 Spectrum HoloByte – California, USA Review originally published December 6th, 2016 *My video review of Welltris *Full soundtrack *Next article *Previous article *Alphabetical list of writings *Game best played in NTSC mode with 4:3 aspect ratio I recently reviewed the game Block Out with the intention of collecting my thoughts on that game in anticipation for the game we are here to see today. I received a request to review Welltris from my friend Stygian Phoenix , who remembered it from her childhood. Upon looking up the game I immediately saw resemblances to Block Out, a game from my childhood. Welltris is a “3D Tetris” type game originally from the mind of Tetris creator himself; Alexey Pajitnov. This is indeed the official follow up to Tetris. ^ Copy protection, main menu, credits screen The Amiga version of Welltris seems to have been done in-house at Spectrum HoloByte, based on their 1989 MS-DOS release. They did however “up” the a...