Since you know your stuff, why is TGM2+ so damn expensive? Is it considered the best competitive Tetris?I've made it a point to collect as many arcade Tetris variants as possible. Magical Tetris Challenge is pretty decent but my favorite Arcade Tetris Game is the first Tetris Plus on Jaleco Mega System 32, it's got a pretty amazing feature set, and is a blast in both single player and 2-player modes. a close second is the first Tetris the Grand Master on Capcom ZN2; the 2-player modes especially.
Atari Tetris is probably the best out of all the different "classic" arcade tetris games from that era (it's certianly better than Sega Tetris and Bloxeed), but once you get past the nostalgia factor it really doesn't hold a candle to the other better Tetris games that came after. I'd argue that NES Tetris the best of the classic bunch though.
The TGM series is considered the gold standard for competitive Tetris. The reality is that TGM2 is worth more than TGM1 and TGM3 is worth more than TGM2. It's just that TGM3 being on TTX hardware is easy to bootleg and TGM2 is not. but if you find an original TGM3 it's usually 2-3x the price of an already crazy expensive TGM2.Since you know your stuff, why is TGM2+ so damn expensive? Is it considered the best competitive Tetris?
Just wanted to point out, while Tetris Plus can be played with a 4 way, it does work with 8 way, and allow diagonal drops.I've made it a point to collect as many arcade Tetris variants as possible. Magical Tetris Challenge is pretty decent but my favorite Arcade Tetris Game is the first Tetris Plus on Jaleco Mega System 32, it's got a pretty amazing feature set, and is a blast in both single player and 2-player modes. a close second is the first Tetris the Grand Master on Capcom ZN2; the 2-player modes especially.
Atari Tetris is probably the best out of all the different "classic" arcade tetris games from that era (it's certianly better than Sega Tetris and Bloxeed), but once you get past the nostalgia factor it really doesn't hold a candle to the other better Tetris games that came after. I'd argue that NES Tetris the best of the classic bunch though.
it will work with either, but if you want authenticity you should go with a 4-way
Tetris Plus is not Atari Tetris
AFAIK Atari Tetris does not support diagonal drops. I'm not sure why @Simon felt the need to confuse the original question with an answer to a question that was not asked.
IMO the original point still stands. For ATARI TETRIS: