History YMMV / Tetris

** ''Magical Tetris Challenge'' is an often overlooked entry in the series, but it has a surprisingly snappy soundtrack for a Disney tie-in game. Masato Kouda, who has done work for some of Capcom's most famous games, was the composer for the console version. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S76kEmj-9Wk&list=PLjdy4KpzCraiteDisRlFMDgKig_zMOc67 Have a listen to the playlist here]].

** In the NES version, level 29 is known as "the KillScreen". Although it's not truly a killscreen, as the game is still technically playable (tool-assisted gameplay has found that the game starts crashing around level 230, making that the "true killscreen"), the speed instantly doubles when that level is reached, making it so merely holding a direction on the d-pad is not fast enough to get a piece to the furthest edges of the board, effectively making the game unplayable without employing some advanced ButtonMashing techniques. Although some ''Tetris'' players have since become skilled enough at said techniques to keep playing well beyond the killscreen, [[ArtifactName the name stuck]].

* {{Narm}}: The Atari version makes generous use of TheBackwardsR, which speakers of Cyrillic-based language will find hilarious as they play ''TETYAIS'' and aim for a "HIGH SCOYAE".

* SelfImposedChallenge: With Hold Piece introduced in modern games, however players may choose not to hold any pieces for a classic ''Tetris'' experience.

* {{Sequelitis}}:
** Most fans disavow the existence of ''Tetris 2'' on Nintendo's platforms, not least because it felt far more like a warmed-over ''VideoGame/DrMario'' game (with more confusing rules than that game, to boot) than a sequel to ''Tetris''. The SNES port does have a few fans for its impressive artwork and the amount of content in its "Puzzle" mode, but the NES and especially Game Boy ports, much less so.
** The UpdatedRerelease ''Tetris DX'' for the Platform/GameBoyColor is also derided, both for the distracting animated backdrops and for its new Korobeiniki-free soundtrack. It's not outright ''hated'' like ''Tetris 2'' often is, but many fans still scratch their head to this day over how Nintendo could have messed up something as simple as adding color to the original Game Boy port, which most people would have very happily settled for.

** Versions of ''Tetris'' that don't have "Korobeiniki" -- specifically, versions made after the 1989 Game Boy version, the first game to feature it[[note]]The exceedingly rare first version of the Game Boy ''Tetris'' didn't have it; it used a track called "Minuet" for Music A instead.[[/note]] -- often get panned simply for that track's exclusion, no matter what features or refinements they add to the formula.