GBAtemp Recommends!
NDS - The Grand Masters, Lockjaw the Overdose and TetattDS
The GBAtemp recommends! homebrew series is back with another selection of homebrew.
Normally we cover various homebrew from the systems covered here at GBAtemp but this time it is a tetronimo stacking special (the Tetris company tends to be a bit trademark happy for unlicensed games so tetronimo stacking it is).
When it comes to homebrew all the systems GBAtemp covers have a great deal of it, tetronimo stacking is also somewhat of a "hello world" so we are here to showcase some of the best.
As mentioned we are looking at tetronimo stacking games this time around but with such games frequently sitting in the top of "favourite games" and "most time wasted played" lists (your author most certainly falling into both categories) it is no problem for fulfil our mandate to showcase games that both entertain and kill hours.
Also good news when you consider that many newer licensed variants have odd rules and setups that differ from the more traditional versions. Should you be one of the people that desires a more traditional experience homebrew should have you covered due to it not needing to stick to said license agreements.
1)TGM from meraman
Author Homepage (no download available)
No download as it was the victim of a C&D order. The final version released "NDS_TGM_20080815.nds" (some more development did happen after this but no binary or source was released) is 47,857,664 bytes in size and has the following hash values:
CRC32: A48E4F88
MD5: B9E348F2C46C342BB3E58B2FDA3B837C
SHA1: 41E7A73C9536B2BF2CC61C0DB63E28A72758C7B2
This game is a remake of sorts of a Japanese version of the Tetris series known as Tetris- The Grand Masters (the homebrew features the first 3). Many game modes make for a interesting experience and some that can be incredibly hard. The most interesting deviation from normal mechanics is the ability to rotate your blocks a few times once you have done a "hard drop".
Note to users of GBA slot devices that put homebrew in ram, you may have to delete or relink the backgrounds to get it down in size (standard ndstool/DSlazy/DSbuff deconstruct and reconstruct).
2)Lockjaw the overdose from Damien Yerrick aka Tepples
Author Homepage
This is a highly customisable version of the tetronimo stacking game with the ability to replicate nearly any other implementation, make a "pure" version, interesting modes that rival the first entry to this list and beyond. The video above shows the GBA version as well as the (optional) screen moving effect the game features. It has ports for the PC, GBA and DS.
3)Tetattds from Flatware
Author Homepage
GBAtemp download
OK so this is based on Tetris Attack but it is an exceptionally well done game featuring wifi and local multiplayer. It plays somewhat more like Columns (the main rival to Tetris games back when) than the subject of this special but few would argue that is it not worthy of being here.
![[6383]tetattds.jpg](https://gbatemp.net/screenshots/[6383]tetattds.jpg)
