Play Tetris Classic Online

Drop colorful blocks, clear lines, and try not to panic as the stack climbs—especially when a friend’s mess spills onto your screen in two-player mode. Those chunky synth tunes and folk art backgrounds give it just enough 90s charm.

Developer: Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.

Released: 1992

File size: 1.24 MB

Game Overview

Remember that old-school Tetris feel? This MS-DOS version nails it—same satisfying block-drops and line-clearing, but with a little extra flair. The colors pop way more than the original, and there’s this weirdly cool Russian folk art vibe in the backgrounds. The music’s got that classic Tetris melody, but beefed up with some chunky early-90s synth.

Best part? Two-player mode. You can either go head-to-head (nothing like watching your buddy panic as their screen fills up) or team up in this wild shared screen where double the blocks rain down. It gets messy fast, in the best way. Honestly, I still boot this up when I want that pure, no-frills Tetris fix—just with slightly fancier pixels.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".