The significance of music is truly something I could never speak highly enough about. It comes in so many flavors and moods, and in such different styles that I find it hard to imagine anyone could possibly be grouchy and curmudgeon enough to go, "man, I fucking hate music. Get that shit out of here".
Sure, it's an old version of Tetris with the usual endearing clunk to be expected from it's day, perhaps even slightly more so going off the poor emulation I was using, but with someone like me who's too foolish to focus on the gameplay aspect, I could only find myself in a permanent state of zen thanks to the musical contributions of Jim Andron and the scenery of our beautiful planet. Even with the awful control scheme I had to use with my mouse and arrow keys, I didn't mind a damn thing, because I was happy as can be. Heartwarmed as always to find the wholesome comment section on Youtube of all places for Tetris CD-i's OST with Jim Andron himself there thanking everyone for enjoying his work so much later after the CD-i's demise.
I may have said it before already elsewhere, but I do truly love composers who put the work in no matter what game or system they're on task for. They're among my favorite people ever, and I couldn't possibly thank them enough for making video games even more memorable. Thanks to them, this particular version of the classic did indeed become a legend....
Sure, it's an old version of Tetris with the usual endearing clunk to be expected from it's day, perhaps even slightly more so going off the poor emulation I was using, but with someone like me who's too foolish to focus on the gameplay aspect, I could only find myself in a permanent state of zen thanks to the musical contributions of Jim Andron and the scenery of our beautiful planet. Even with the awful control scheme I had to use with my mouse and arrow keys, I didn't mind a damn thing, because I was happy as can be. Heartwarmed as always to find the wholesome comment section on Youtube of all places for Tetris CD-i's OST with Jim Andron himself there thanking everyone for enjoying his work so much later after the CD-i's demise.
I may have said it before already elsewhere, but I do truly love composers who put the work in no matter what game or system they're on task for. They're among my favorite people ever, and I couldn't possibly thank them enough for making video games even more memorable. Thanks to them, this particular version of the classic did indeed become a legend....
Reviewed on May 30, 2023
7 Comments
god fucking damnit, i just went to look at gameplay of this game again I swear I just ascended to another plane, and now I am so brutally sad I can't somehow enter the digital. I can't exist in this beautiful 90's virtual utopia. This exquisite nostalgia that I know I could never get this feeling I want. I want it to like flow around me like cooling water; but this is something that can never happen.
sorry, I just had such a strong emotional response
sorry, I just had such a strong emotional response
@Snigglegros it's okay! I empathize wholeheartedly! Sometimes you just wish you could escape for a while in ways beyond your imagination. Maybe someone will make Tetris CD-i VR one day....
@DJSCheddar I thought I recognized that song; got so many samples lodged in my filing cabinet brain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j9olL5XnME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j9olL5XnME
YEAHHHH YOU GET IT!!!!!
It's good sometimes to see a review that just focuses on an aspect of a game, specially if that game is a version of Tetris.
The power that music has in all mediums is enormous, but in videogames is just essential and can even better the experience un so many ways, and holy block this is one of those cases, this OST is amazing
The power that music has in all mediums is enormous, but in videogames is just essential and can even better the experience un so many ways, and holy block this is one of those cases, this OST is amazing
great review, i had the soundtrack on vinyl!
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DJSCheddar
10 months ago