Play Tetris 2 (Europe) Online

Tetris 2 came out for the NES in 1993, developed and published by Nintendo. It was a puzzle game released late in the console's life, a time when many players were already moving on to the 16-bit generation. It wasn't just another version of the original; it tried something new with the formula, adding a layer of color-matching that changed the entire feel of the game.

You control the familiar falling tetrominoes, but your goal is different. Instead of clearing horizontal lines, you must cover colored flashing blocks on the playfield. You do this by dropping your pieces so that their colors match and cover these targets. The main mechanics involve careful color planning and creating cascading reactions; covering one set of blocks often causes a chain that clears others. The pace is deliberate, more about strategy than speed, though the difficulty ramps up steadily as the screen gets more crowded. It feels like solving a shifting, interactive puzzle rather than racing against a clock.