Wartris

Wartris is a Tetris variant and homebrew game for PS1. Developed in 1999 by Pissteam a former group of the Playstation One demoscene. Although Wartris can be played in single-player mode, the focus is on two-player battle mode. The object of the game is to force the opponent to stack up Tetrominoes beyond the top limit (Topping out). This can be done as usual by deleting the own lines or using special tools which can be used as weapons against the opponent.

There are three game modes.
Score mode (1 + 2 Player)
Battle mode (2 Player)
War mode. (2 Player)

War and battle mode can also be played with limbo mode, so there are actually 5 game modes.

The War Mode

Lines that you delete in your own playfield are added to the opponent. You must delete 2 lines at once. If you delete 3 or 4 lines at the same time, you will receive a special tool that will be displayed on the right or left side of the playing field. When you apply the tool, it will stay active for 10 seconds and makes the opponent's gameplay difficult. The tool time can be set in the options menu.

Tools (only available in War mode):

• Grabber
  This will allow you to grab the opponent's tool.
• Hide
  Makes the opponent's wall disappear and test his memory.
• Freezer
  Freezes the opponent’s controller. This should be done before the opponent is able to align the falling Tetromino.
• Level Up
  Catapults the opponent into the twelfth level. As a result, the Tetrominoes fall faster.
• Cutter
  Cuts holes in the carefully constructed wall of the opponent.
• Reverse
  Confuses the opponent’s controller, “up” becomes “down”, “right” becomes “left” and so on.
• Crazy Stones
  Supplies your opponent misshapen Tetrominoes.

The Battle Mode

The battle mode is like the war mode, but without tools. Each line you delete on your own playfield (at least 2 lines) will be added to the opponent.

The Limbo Mode

As already mentioned, there is a limbo mode, which is available for war and battle mode. The Limbo bar is a virtual cross bar, which can be activated in the options and set to the desired height. The player whose wall protrudes above the Limbo bar loses the game. However, by setting a level time in the options menu, you can build beyond the Limbo bar as long as the level time has not expired. The level time specifies, after how many seconds the level increases. The higher the level, the faster the Tetrominoes fall. The level time can be enabled or disabled.

The Score Mode (2 Player)

The player with the highest score at the end wins.

Downloads

Wartris for Playstation 1 (bin/cue ROM image)
Wartris PSX ROM

Wartris portable Windows package V1.0
Wartris Windows7/8/10

Additional packages for Windows

• Play Wartris with your PS3/PS4 Dualshock JoyPad (Bluetooth, USB-Cable)
  Windows driver ScpToolkit


• Some systems may need DirectX 9.0c installed
  DirectX 9.0c from Microsoft


• Recommended Windows Playstation emulator for Wartris
  PSX V1.13 (pSXfin)

Photos

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