Rare: "Tetris" Mega Drive

[TheSegaStoner]

I WANT I WANT I WANT!

[Theuaredead]

Luke the reason why it look like it's printed on a printer, because it was. Yours is bootleged. That probably why the sega logo is fucked.

[MrThunderwing]

I've got a copy of this, that I bought from a kid at my school who came from Japan about 20-ish years ago, for about £5. I didn't realise it was rare and thought I might have a hidden gem in my old Megadrive collection - but it's the bootleg version. D'oh!

[SCBianchi]

Nintendo had exclusive HOME CONSOLE rights for everyone debating about it's arcade existence. An arcade machine is not a home console (unless you live in an arcade?).

[yalnif11]

Sorry Luke this cart is a fake however you can get the legit game on emulators

try game 4 win.com

[LastActionCowboy]

um sorry guy that one is fake

[figaro589]

Hi, Luke

this is the bootleg version, the actual copy has TETRIS written on the cartridge

[gamecollectorsparad]

The cartridge your holding is the Bootleg not the original SEGA Tetris.

From the game its same ( just the Sega logo is missing at the bootleg version in the startup screen )

[zzr400cc]

Honestly I don't get it why people only declare the authenticity of the game if its not a "genesis" this item was release in asia back then. what if you can found a the front sticker and change it? an now its authentic.. sega is just stupid about saying just 10 was release and later they declared 20.. that some lame excuse...

[zzr400cc]

Hi lukemorse1, i have that game too. i still have the box, but no instruction manual. I'm planning to sell it soon. I don't understand why the genesis carts release is much expensive than japanese carts. its just crazy.

[MilonSecretCastle]

arent there only like, 10 copies of this game ever made?

[ZeroX1803]

@MilonSecretCastle

actually are only 8 T_T... even the megadrive are rare.....

[marioandsonicfan13]

FTW! For tetris

[hacker536]

there actually is a licensed official tetris game on PS1

[LeviMonte]

For the record, this game is just a port of the Sega Tetris arcade game...which was official.

[cellrocks2]

Game informer said there were only 10 known copies of that game

[LeviMonte]

Game Informer is a joke.

[mstrsmth]

But... But... You didn't say the usual, "Let's put that in there and play some of that!" bit!

[SatoshiMatrix1]

Interesting, but this version of Tetris seems much more basic than the NES Tengen version what with its co-op play options and fancier looking graphics on a system half as capable. I own that version, and honestly, even if this game had've been released and was common, I still wouldn't care to own it. This version to me seems only slightly more interesting than the Famicom only Tetris.

[james42519]

@SatoshiMatrix1 maybe you missed him saying it wasn't finished. they would have made it look better if they sold it.

[derpehda]

Retro Gamer mag missed this game in its Tetris-Special some issues ago... shame on you, RetroGamerDaz! :)

[guidoreina1]

no te puedo dejar un link porque youtube no me lo permite pero googleando llegas

[28steryan]

That sexed me up so bad I shot my SEGA everywhere.

Where are you mate, I miss you, are you not bothering with MSN anymore?

[soluckyboy]

I remember the FULL version WAS released on the sega Megatech arcade machine. Alexander, guitarist of the UK rock group 'EUTOPIA' used to own the machine...and yes he confirms that the backgrounds changed instead of being one single background. The music he said (and he would know!) is the same. Happy days!! FYI the megatech was similar to the play-choice 10 by nintendo and worked on a time basis. Keep the rarities alive luke!! :)

[ZeldaMaster408]

all right cool vid

[rayraz]

Do you think you can find more rare games?

[misterintellivision]

thats cool man!, ianwilson recently did a video like this

[bigun89]

Nice find, I'm envious

[Sonicadventureman]

do you live in china

[Doomer170]

@Sonicadventureman

No, he lives in Japan.

[Nintendo129]

@Sonicadventureman japan

[interghost]

Im glad Nintendo got it.. nice video. So is this the same version ianwilson is talking about as the cart looks different? Cheers ;o)

[Swi2ler]

looks like lego bricks

[guidoreina1]

in argentina there is a lot of pirate sega genesis games and this game is easy to find , this game is in every 19 in 1 cartridges . sorry for my bad english.

[Nintendo129]

@guidoreina1 pero es la misma version de tetris que esta?

[guidoreina1]

si es la misma version , suele estar en el cartucho de 19 en 1 que recuerdo muy comun en aquella epoca , yo todavia conservo el cartucho aparte del tetris tiene el sonic 1 rambo 3 streets of rage , pero lo curioso es que la version de tetris es exactamente la misma , es mas cuando pasas de pantalla va cambiando el fondo y la musica

[guidoreina1]

hola en mercadolibre argentina actualmente podes encontrar la misma version de tetris que luke , el valor es de menos de 5 dolares , tanto en argentina como en brasil los juegos piratas de sega genesis se siguen consiguiendo facil y el tetris curiosamente es un juego comun por aca. Saludos .

[Nintendo129]

@guidoreina1 gracias por la informacion , me aclarastes muchas dudas , Saludos

[RaulBillieJean]

gracias por la informacion, una pregunta tu crees que en mercado libre envian los juegos a estados unidos si decido comprar uno alli?

[idied2]

holy shit! that is really rare!

[therealAgerbon]

pop that in and fuck some of that!

[danielmm88]

Actually they didnt cancel it

they re-released it on the arcade

[SuperGatorfan1]

That my friend is cool as hell. Great find, nice hidden treasure you found there. I remember reading a story about this I think it was on Digital Press web site not sure though.

[galibix]

Wow man you are really lucky to have this!

[Doom2Guy]

It's a bootleg copy. Not an official one.

[julsyDCst]

Cool, never knew Sega got as far as actually making a pre release version of tetris, exelent video Luke.

[BrooniE]

Awesome find Luke. I'm yet to get any unreleased games for my collection, but I do collect promotional copies of PAL games. Maybe one day I'll get lucky and find something like this. Living in England sure does suck for game collecting.

[lich0x2b]

If the english ebay (with all the free P&P :P ) ain't enough for you, you should try living in Romania :P

[nastyguard007]

Yeah, actually this is a cloned cart.

A real copy is the rarest Mega Drive game, as far as I know.

Only 15 copies were ever released so far, and I think 1 was sold for over a $100 000 on ebay, or more!

[Sonicadventureman]

wait, that game he has

[nastyguard007]

Is that a question, or?

The game he has is a clone.

[lich0x2b]

I wouldn't go that far...one did sell for under 5000 pounds in Japan, but 100,000 US$ would be insane, there is no game that "rare" and expensive (afaik) and I doubt many game collectors would even afford to pay that much for a game, let alone be stupid enough to actually do it.

[nastyguard007]

But I actually saw a bid end at that price, and it was crazy.

And I can understand that, because that might be a game for only the biggest collectors, since only 15 official copies were released!

[lich0x2b]

You should be aware that there are some fake bids on ebay at times. These have the "gift" or raising the price on that particular item on future auctions ;)

100,000$ is insane, and I doubt that auction was real (or maybe it was but there were no bids and the auction expired?). Or it could have been 10,000, that I can believe since this particular game is rated at somewhere between 3,000$ and 16,000$

[nastyguard007]

Hmm... maybe I don't precisely remember the price, but it was considerably large.

[kreeddem]

Holy shit!, I want this game in my collection!

[tomatzu]

Nice music yes, being the Flash Columns music from the GG/MS versions of Columns. I've always believed this to be a pirate and not an actual game to be released by Sega, so that's something new I've learned.

Yes, Sega has Columns, and yes Sega eventually got Tetris, but as for me finding this game for my collection, I'll pass. It has to be official, even if this is an exception.

[Valis77]

Dr.Pepper studios

[PearlJammer07]

This is too cool. Would have been neat if Sega released that game officially. How many levels are on this game?

[PhatPhunk]

This is so awesome Luke! Thanks for showing some footage of it!! and yeah, the music is smokin'!!! if 20 or so copies only exists.. I reckon the price for a complete one would be in thousands!! *Gulp

[ddrusa]

yay happy new year luke

[AlthenasGuard]

Wow how did you come across such a rarity. This game is even harder to find then Eliminate Down!

[bigbaddaddy11]

i agre with ya there luke..music is catchy....i like the look of it better than the NES

[NextNate03]

You BOTH have very rare video game items. Some stuff is more rarer in other countries.

[MasterJSP]

I dig that Doubles mode. Anyone know what other console versions have such a mode?

[lich0x2b]

Well everyone says the NES ones don't have a two player mode, but I have a Famicom (fake) cartridge of Tetris 2 that has two player, and it's supposed to be a ROM copy of the original.

[GamerBoyGU82]

At least sega eventually got tetris on the saturn though =P

[TanukiKGA]

It sure would've been sweet if they released this. I totally love the music!

[iggienator]

awesome version of the game but the title screen sucks xD

[sinistermoon]

Wow man that 2 player mode looked way fun! Awesome video man.

[plamgogbg]

I own it :)

[RetroGamerDaz]

this is the game that most gamers seem to ignore when going for complete collections. Nice video Luke :)

[28steryan]

TETRIS rules.

You rule bud' hope your well.

[TwighlightMist]

wouldve been cool if it got released on the gen/MD, I've always been fond of the gameboy version of tetris, as it was included with the system :P

[Gamester81]

Very interesting video Luke. I didn't realize that Sega made this game for the MD. The graphics actually look more like the NES version. Thanks for sharing.

[amurphy245]

I thought that even a bootleg version of the game is super rare? or even the rom is hard to find.

Anyway great video luke,always wondered what this game wa s like.

[mufunyo]

This is a port of the Sega Tetris released in Japanese arcades on Sega System-16 and System-16B. The music and most of the graphics are the same.

Notable differences:

Different block graphics

Different HUD layout

Different field border

Cheap-looking black backgrounds

The cartridge is definitely bootleg, the way it looks has nothing to do with the game being "unfinished".

You mention it being harder because of the arcade stick, but ironically that's closest to how it's meant to be played.

[revolucionzation]

2:25 "(c)1989 Dr. Pepper Studio" LMAO

[Atarix777]

Hmmm, I never heared about this version, but it reminds me a lot on the good old GB version .... Maaan, tetris, I LOVE it ;-D

[duhmez]

HAHA Luke is bad at Tetris!

[duhmez]

The mass released NES version of Tetris did SUCH a disservice to the tetris loving community. It is beyond lame that Nintendo did not include a 2 player mode. IMO the worst decision Nintendo has ever made.

[Ace9921]

Oh wow... I remember seeing this game up here in Canada several months ago, however, the shape of the cartridge was different. It had the same label, but the cartridge was shaped like a US Genesis/European MegaDrive game with a notch cut out so it will work not only in a US Genesis and European MegaDrive, but also a Japanese MegaDrive. I should have bought it.

[thetylife]

I like the funky music. Very different from the traditional Russian Tetris music. Looks to be a very good version of it.

[FumiyaSugawara]

i remember the tengen tetris it was awesome great find luke as always great stufg

[unleadedlogic]

The Nintendo released NES version does suck, but the Tengen NES version is fantastic.

[lich0x2b]

I'm asuming that's a bootleg since it was never released for the Mega Drive? The cart sure looks like one, I had several of those cartridge "models" and they were all fakes. Nice nonetheless :D.

[lich0x2b]

To make it clear, I wasn't refering to the actual cartridge design which is a japanese MD one, but it looks a bit cheap. Did some research today, and to answer ashenclone, it IS a rare game, just because you say you have it it that doesn't make it a common game. Leaving that type of comments just so people visit your chan is rather lame. Back to Tetris, a few "official" carts do exist, one sold in Japan for around 900.000 Yen?! The bootlegs are also hard to come by, so I'd call it rare, yes.

[TameFan]

hmm is that the real one? or a bootleg? If its is the real one you will have to sell your house to get it lol

[FenderLesPaul1989]

Although no the "original", it's a interesting thing to have... I've been looking for a pirate copy like that, but still no luck....

[Shurikenger]

Great Vid. What are the item block supposed to do on this version?

[THMSHRTHLT]

Wow, my brother has that game for his Mega-Tech arcade machine :O

[jboypacman]

That is pretty dang cool version of Tetris.

[ianwilson1978]

Notice the Game Over music looks to have been tweaked from Altered Beast! :)

[ianwilson1978]

Luke this looks to be a bootleg cart. There's around 10/12 of the actual printed games with cart, manual and box supposed to be in existence- I'll post links on your channel page with pictures. Like some has already mentioned Muncombo in Spain has a complete copy of the real deal signed by Aleksei Pazhitnov. I'll post a link for this as well.

Price wise they apparently go for literally thousands.

[nathanallan1]

Neat! That Doubles looks more like a cooperative game. Not a player vs. player one.

[razrab]

holy crap i actually have this i found it a local cash converters with a jap mega drive system. i thought it was a pirate because it cost me $2.50 for the cart and 10$ for the mega drive

[Lachlant1984]

I often wonder how these uncompleted or unreleased games make it out to the public and into people's hands in the end, I'm guessing some of the original developers have them lying around and sell them on sites such as Ebay. I wonder if this will work on a PAL Mega Drive or US model Genesis.

[segagenesis1989]

Yes, with a Game Genie.

Or you can modify the console.

[charkj]

there is a guy that has this game signed by Aleksei Pazhitnov and his collection is one of the bests i ever seen, he has the complete Mega Drive jap, 32x and Mega CD game collection, his nick is MundoCombo and you can see his collection at nakoko users

[deathmetal925]

Happy New Year Luke from California! Good to see another video! Thanks

[charkj]

happy new year Luke

[BossBossly]

I agree with mystftg in that your cart is a pirate version. In fact I've got the same cart myself with a box. The "official" version has a different cover/cart sticker and bears a Sega logo.

[ianwilson1978]

@BossBossly Yeah your right mate- I've posted links of Luke's profile which show pictures of the "real deal" so to speak.

[segagenesis1989]

I'm curious to know where you found your pirated copy of this game.

Pirated or not, the likelihood of me finding the original game in the wild is not very likely. And I would settle for a pirated version.

[BossBossly]

I picked mine up for next to nothing at a local video store, totally random. I have seen a couple sell on ebay for not very much.

[strictlysega]

holy shit!!!,, u got one luke!!!... for about 5 years i thought this game was only a myth!!...

ive seen this on ebay signed by Alexey Pajitnov for about 600 bucks,,

hopefully some home-brew company might bring out a remake like the Nintendo championship cart..with only 20 or so out there..

funny how the blocks look like lego!..

question.. whats the number that comes up when u drop each block... its a 2 digit code near the clock..

[hezzy85]

@strictlysega I think the 2 digit code is the score that gets added when you drop each block.

[BlooditeDrakan]

Quite a curious piece of history, Luke! But in a way, maybe it was for the better. If it weren't for Columns, we wouldn't have the kick ass Columns 3!!

Who knows?

[mystftg]

Great video, but your price suggestion is way off, at least for a genuine copy.

As far as I know most boxed copies sold for at least ¥250.000-500.000, going up as high as ¥900k (in 2005) and I think one sold in 2008 for ~11.000€

Your cart seems to be the infamous pirate copy, which is closer to the price you suggested. The label on the original cart, manual and box is completely different.

But you're correct about the ~20 copies that have been made (of the original cart).

[segagenesis1989]

You are absolutely correct. The Tetris cartridge is a VERY VERY rare item.

I don't think most SEGA collectors, no matter how big of a fan you are, would be able to afford the astronomical price this cartrdige commands.

[thedragoonknight]

Its been said, but Happy New Year!

[Mr12345678910kid]

happy new year from mr.12345678910kid

[Warlord313]

20? Dayum.

[musashi777]

Happy new year, Luke! Did you go to the temple?

[starsoldier1]

The 2 player mode looks cool.

[GunToad]

That's crazy. It looks like a lot of fun.

[OutCold9te6]

thanks for the video!

[AFNYOAQIS]

cool

[cain0022]

20 copys only around the world wow

[cain0022]

happy new year