With highly addictive game-play; Tetris on the Gameboy is still worth playing today.
Good:
Very addictive
Great game to challenge oneself
Music is catchy
Great replay value
Bad:
The idea of stacking blocks does get monotonous after awhile.
The juggernaut title included in every Gameboy; the game-play, visuals, and music in Tetris helped create one of the most iconic video games ever. The premise in Tetris is to stack and sort assorted blocks to create full lines, thus gaining points. Sounds easy, right? Well, the challenge stems from deciding where to place certain blocks, compromising, and finally filling these empty spaces to complete the row. In the Gameboy edition of Tetris, one has the option of playing either Type A or B, which allows the game to play up until one loses (Type A) or for a set amount of row that are needed to be completed (Type B). To make the game even more challenging there's even the option to increase the speed or to place blocks in fixed places, thus challenging the intellect even farther.
There are three choices of music in Tetris that are all great, but with Type A to be the one that stands out the most. The visuals are what anyone would suspect from a Gameboy game (and to top it off it was one of the first games for the system). Playing with a friend is possible if they own a Gameboy, link cable, and of course Tetris, but I personally haven't tested this out. Due to the game being on the Gameboy, there are several different option on what medium one can play with, such as the Super Nintendo ,with the Super Gameboy already inserted into it, Gameboy Color, Advance, or SP, and of course the Gameboy (Pocket as well). Overall, Tetris is a great game, the Gameboy version certainly holds up and worth picking up if it's available.