Were you aware that it was World Tetris Day on 6th June or that the original Tetris game is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year? Something else to make me feel incredibly old right now! My nine-year-old son loves the rather addictive game as much as I do so we’ve been more than happy to spend time having fun with Tetris Dual and Tetris Speed recently.
Whether you’re already a fan of the Tetris concept or not, you’ll enjoy having fun with Tetris Dual and Tetris Speed. Tetris Dual is a two player game aimed at those aged six years and over. I can confirm that this fifty-something Mum enjoys it as much as their nine-year-old son. You will need 2 x AA batteries to operate this game and there is some assembly required, but this only takes a few seconds.
The game comes with a base unit featuring 2 LCD displays, the play grid matrix, light up tower block, 50 Tetriminos playing pieces in two colours and an instruction booklet.
There are two different games to play with Tetris Dual. In Speed, you have sixty seconds to complete each turn and you lose points if you don’t complete your move before the timer runs out. In Countdown, there is a running countdown and you can gain bonus points for completing the game before the timer runs out.
Your score is recorded as you play the game and Tetris Dual really does make you work on strategy and tactical moves as you try to fill a row with your own pieces and block your opponent. We’ve both enjoyed playing this game a lot over the last week and the Speed game is our favourite of the two-game options.
Tetris Speed is a card game aimed at those aged six years and over, and it can be played with two to eight players. The game comes with eighty-four playing cards and instructions. If you are playing with two-four players you only use the white-backed playing cards, for five to eight players you use the complete deck.
Tetris Speed is a free for all and the first player to play all their cards is the winner. You place one card face up in the centre of play and then divide the remaining cards between the players. The card placed in the middle tells you which Tetrimino shape needs to be played next. It’s fast and furious and great for working on observation skills. I can also see this being a really good game to take away on holiday. It’s been a big hit here already.
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I would love to play them with my daughters. This takes me back to when I was a teenager I loved to play Tetris
With all my four children as they are all very competitive and will probably beat me as I am getting slower the older I get!
I’d love to play with my kids, I used to love Tetris!
Nostalgia and FUN – showing my nephews HOW a proper game is played
My daughter and my Godson because we would all enjoy it.
I would enjoy playing this with my grandchildren, when they visit there is no screen time and we enjoy games together, much healthier for their mental wellbeing
My 2 children because they love playing games
My 3 girls would all love this. They are all big game fans and love puzzle games x
I would love to play with my kids, they love games.
Both my children would love this. I don’t think the 4 year age gap would be an issue, so it’s something they could play together.
My son because he’s competitive like me.
I was so close to buying this for my son but he wasn’t too enthusiastic! I would definitely get him to play and show him how much fun Tetris is. These classics must never die!
My son Jeremiah, I’d love to introduce him to Tetris
My son really enjoys games and would love to play this
I still have my Game Boy, which still works – and I still play Tetris on it.
This takes me back used to play it with my daughter on computer she always won would love this for my grandson he’d probably win with this
my son as i think we would have lots of fun
I would love to play this with my son when he’s a little bit older 🙂
I would play it with my daughter she’s very competitive and loves playing games with me.
the kids and my nieces and newphews
I’d love to play this with my nephews, they will probably beat me tho!
My son would enjoy playing these games and working out strategy 🙂
would be great for testing my son’s brain/thinking skills!
This looks fun. Any games that teach strategy are helpful for children but I would probably play it with our middle child.
The grandkids, just to prove that us old timers were pretty good at this back in the day.
I’d play with my husband, we were both big gamers when Tetris came out so we’d have great fun playing these versions!
I would play this game with my son as he loves playing games.
I would love to play with my daughter, she absolutely loves anything based on retro games
an ideal treat for the nieces little ones
My son, he’s just started getting into computer games so likes Tetris!
My son. We used to have epic battles using the gameboy link-up years ago.
I would play the game with my brothers
my son i’ve always loved tetris since i was at school
I’d like to play these games with my son, would keep us busy for awhile
I’d like to play it with my family since anyone of any age can play it.
I would love to play this with my niece to introduce her to the world of Tetris!
I would like to play these with my kids as we do love a game Sunday
I’d love to play it! Would be fun teaching my little one how to play x
My Grandchildren, as Tetris is one of the few computer games I can manage to play
I would like to play with my son,my niece and my nephew.It looks good for all ages.
My son – I have told him that tetris was one of the first games I played on a console when I was young- he didnt believe me!!
My son and hubby because they hate getting beat at games lol
I would play with my children, because we enjoy playing games together,
me and my daughter xx
I would love to play tetris with my son, as it is a game I have always loved and I am sure he would have fun too
my 2 daughters would love this,and so would I, i can remember playing tetris on my Gameboy many moons ago
Would play with my Grandchildren, they love to play games and they love to win as well
I would play against my 11 year old, we both play tetris on the phone but I would love to try and beat her in a proper game where you cannot cheat
I’d like to play with an evening with my partner because we’d be fiercely competitive, but for a little more relaxing game I’d play with my step-grandchildren!
With my daughters, they love to play games.
I would love to play these games with my nephew.
My boys, they all have a competitive streak! We would have great fun im sure
My son, will keep him off is mobile and games console
I would play with my niece because I think she’d enjoy it 🙂
I would love to play with my nephews! They love playing family games and this looks like a perfect introduction to Tetris 🙂
I would like to play this with my little Grandson, because we would both enjoy it.
I’d like to play these with my husband as he thinks he would be better than me.
I would like to play these games with my niece they look a fun game
I think it would make a great family game, and I’d love to pass on my enjoyment of the original game to the next generation
I would play this with the children that I tutor. They would love it…and so would I! Blast from the past. X
my nephews and niece!
My niece and nephew would love to play this
Would play this with the family at one of our game nights.
my 2 boys this is a good way to get their minds working as well as playing
I’d play with my nephews, we’d all enjoy this!
I’d play this with my kids over the summer holidays
I’d love to play these with my children, I think they’d both enjoy it.
I would play these games with my kids – I bet my son would win
With my little girl so she can experience some of my nostalgia! ,xx
My son, this is his kind of thing so I know he would enjoy it
I would love to play this with my seven year old. Earlier this month, I introduced him to Tetris on the iPad, mainly to pass the time on a long haul flight. He loved it.
I would play this with grandson, but I am sure he would win!!
Who would you like to play these games with and why?
my grandsons ‘cos we love games even though l let them win
My two youngest sons would love to play this with me because they love Tetris
I’d love to play with my nephew, he’d great fun to play games with
I would play this game with my niece and nephew as i think we would all enjoy playing it together.
I would love to play with my niece and nephew.
I’d play these games with my children and husband. We have regular games afternoons and these games will be great to add to our collection! I’m quite fond of Tetris, having played it a lot years ago when it first came out on the Game Boy!
With my 8 year old son – he’s really fun to play against!
I’d love to play these with the kids. Me and my partner are massive game nerds so Tetris is one of the classics. Would be grest to get them into it!
If I was lucky enough to win I’d play these with my sons
My Sister – tetris was our favourite growing up
My son Alf, he would love to play this
Def with the kids and my SO, makes a change from mousetrap!
id love to play with my nieces and nephews would keep them occupied whilst they visit! we love to play games x
I’d love to introduce my son to retro games and show how fun they were
I’d like to play them with my grandchildren to show them what games were like in my day
Jane Willis
i am looking after my grandkids for the summer holidays, and these would help to keep them entertained
I would play with the kids to have some fun and family time together
I would play with my sons, i’ve always loved tetris and would love to show my lads there is more to life than a screen!
I would play them with my son and daughter as an alternative to computer games
My seven and nine year old would love to play these they love a challenge!
My twin nieces would love to play this!
My son he loves games like this
My two boys as they love playing games
I’d love to play these with my two children as i enjoyed tetris as a child and I think they would too. I also think it will help to develop their logical thinking skills
The whole family would love this. I used to be so good at Tetris! (and hubby was so bad at it!) so it would be great to rediscover the game 🙂
My grandchildren so that they can learn to play a game of strategy!
I would play these games with my 2 stepdaughters. they love to [p;lay board games as a family and we always try to play something new this would give us a nice new game to play together
I’d play with my grandchildren. We all love these sort of games 🙂
I would play with my children
Love tetris! would play with the whole family!!
I’d play with my fiance Pete and our daughter Ivy who’s 6. She’d love it!
The kids in the family when we book a forst cabin.
love playing with my mum 🙂
I’d play it with my cousins as I think it looks like a game they’d enjoy
I’d like to play the games with my sister as I used to play Tetris against her on Game Boy as a kid 🙂
I’d play with my twins. I remember playing tetris on the game boy years ago
With my son as he’d enjoy it.
I’d love to play with my daughters, I’ve showed them Tetris as an old pc game before, and this looks fun.
i would love to play this with my sons x
with my daughter, it looks like something she would really enjoy playing
i think my niece would love these games so would play it with her.
I would like to play these games with my girls. I think we’d all have a lot of fun x
My boys love Tetris
These would be great games for rainy days with the older kids!
I’d play with my nephews and niece
My 2 boys, they’d love this
Family and friends, as games can be fun.
I’d like to play with my daughters as they look fun and I’m sure they’d enjoy them.
I’d like to play them with my children as they love playing games at family time x
My grown up son – to see whos best
I’d play with my husband and kids – I loved Tetris, it was one of the few computer games that I really enjoyed and these look like great fun.
This was my favourite game in Gameboy, so I would feel nostalgic to play with my nephews and nieces.
Our whole family loves a games afternoon.
Probably my brothers because we love tetris. We were huge fans back when we played it on our gameboys!
I’d love to play with my hubby and kids. Would be a fab addition to games night!
The boys, of course, I may have found a computer game where I can give them a run for their money
I would love to play it with my younger sister and boyfriend.. She lives with me now full time so spending family time with her is a must!
it would be played with the whole family, we love playing games after tea each night.
My daughters We love spending family time together
Would play with my grandson, it would put a smile on his face to beat grandma
i would love to play this with my kids and partner
I would love to play with my Goddaughter, she always wants to join in our games nights but some of the games we play are a little old for her. It would be lovely to include her in the early part of the evening before she goes to bed.
I would love to play this against my husband and sons, we have a family games night and I think I would be in with a shot of winning Tetris!!
If play with my dad as we used to see who could get further and I’d love to beat him
With my grandson – we often play old fashioned card and board games and I used to be good at Tetris when his dad (my son) was young.
These look like great family games and I’d love to play them with my hubby and our son x
My eldest son, it seems like something he would enjoy.
I’d like to play these games with my godson. He now lives a few hundred miles away so it would be lovely to spend some time with him which I used to do much more often when he and his parents lived nearby.
i played something similar with my nieces at easter and it was brilliant for all ages!
I would play these with my husband because I love Tetris.
With my goddaughter – she’s so smart and competitive and I think it will help her with her logical thinking.
It would take me back to my childhood as Tetris was one of my fav games in the late 80s. I would also love to play them with my niece and nephew too and show them the games I used to play on the computer.
My two children
I’d play this with my granddaughter
I’d love to play these with my granddaughter
With all of my kids. I think playing Tetris would get even the older ones of their Playstation!
I would play this game with my 95yr old grandfather to help him keep an active brain.
My 7 year old adores board/card games – her current obsession is Uno so this would be a slightly different challenge for her!
I’d love to play with my son, show him an old school game!!
I would play these games with my older grandkids
The children at my afterschool club, they love a good game and it’s lovely to see the older ones helping and encouraging the younger ones
I’d love to play these with my nephew – anything to get him off the computer
love to win to play with my nephews xx
I’d play with my son and daughter they would love it just as I loved Tetris when I was younger
I’d love to play these with my family! We love spending quality time together by playing games.
I’d love to play this with my son, it will Help his thought process as well as being fun
I’d love to play this with my niece and nephew – teach them about Tetris and what it was like when I was younger!
I would love to play this with my Daughters, as it would be great to get them off their devices and do something together.
I’d like to play this with my nephew because he loves the electronic version.
I would love to play with my children 🙂
Id love to play with my daughter Ellie who loves trying new games
My family. We have a Sunday funday every week and it usually ends with board games so this would be fun
id play with my nephew. we love playing games together
My daughters, they love games 🙂
i would like to play with my partner and my son
I would play with my grandson.
This game is perfect for teaching spacial awareness
I’d play against my fiancé (we’re both old enough to remember it first time round) and our 8 year old
My Brother and because he loves board games.
Would love to play these games with my daughter. We love nothing more at a weekend having a family games night
my wee boy, introduce him to the crazy world of tetris.
With my partner, because we both love Tetris (Commenting as Jacqui Rushton)
my kids would love this to play with them 🙂
Both my boys would love to play these games and so would I
My daughter. She would love these.
Me and my daughter would have so much fun with these
My son as he loves these challenging games
I would play it with my daughter and grandchildren
nieces and nephews
my nephews would love this, so would I…. maybe they will let me win
I would love to play this with all 3 of my kids I think they would love to challenge me at it
I would play with my brother it would bring back some long forgotten memories
I’d play it with my daughter !
My friend and her kids. I think they would like them.
My family because I’m always playing Tetris alone on my phone so this would bring everyone together.
My mum! Reminds me of her playing it on them little handheld things when I was younger
I would like to play this with my nephew and family as we love Tetris games on the PS4.
my nephew and nieces as love playing games with them and Tetris was one of my favourite games when I was younger
I’d love to play with my son and show him games Mummy loved when little
Id love to play with my little boy, I grew up playing tetris and I would love to share it with my son
My kids, they’d love this.