Rating Breakdown
Challenge
15% weight
9/10
Multiplayer
8% weight
6/10
Nostalgia
11% weight
9/10
Score history
7.27 ↑ 7.62
2026-05-22
7.62
2026-05-03
7.27
Initial rating
My Take
The New Tetris is a puzzle video game for the Nintendo 64. The game was developed by H2O Entertainment and published by Nintendo, based on the latter’s popular Tetris series. The game was originally released on July 31, 1999, in North America.
The game is notable for showing scenic fly-bys of famous structures (for examples the Sphinx, the Pantheon, Saint Basil’s Cathedral, a Mayan temple, and others) rendered in realtime. This is relatively difficult for the Nintendo 64 hardware to accomplish at the quality that is achieved. The New Tetris also features a multiplayer mode with up to four players and an ethnically themed electronic dance music soundtrack by Neil Voss, who also composed the award-winning music for Tetrisphere.
My Take
The New Tetris is a puzzle video game for the Nintendo 64. The game was developed by H2O Entertainment and published by Nintendo, based on the latter’s popular Tetris series. The game was originally released on July 31, 1999, in North America.
The game is notable for showing scenic fly-bys of famous structures (for examples the Sphinx, the Pantheon, Saint Basil’s Cathedral, a Mayan temple, and others) rendered in realtime. This is relatively difficult for the Nintendo 64 hardware to accomplish at the quality that is achieved. The New Tetris also features a multiplayer mode with up to four players and an ethnically themed electronic dance music soundtrack by Neil Voss, who also composed the award-winning music for Tetrisphere.
About
The New Tetris is a 1999 puzzle video game developed by H2O Entertainment and Blue Planet Software and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. An entry in the Tetris series, it showcases scenic fly-bys of structures, such as the Sphinx, the Pantheon, Saint Basil's Cathedral, a Mayan temple, and others, rendered in real-time. Achieving this level of quality was relatively challenging for the Nintendo 64 hardware. The New Tetris features a multiplayer mode with up to four players and an electronic dance music soundtrack by Neil Voss, who also composed the music for Tetrisphere.
Source: Wikipedia
Reviewed January 1, 1999 · Last updated May 22, 2026
