Bastard Tetris Hates You

Press the Buttons has a post up about a Linux version of Tetris called Bastard Tetris. The name is well founded, as the game evaluates what shape you need the least and sends that as your next piece. From the Bastet site: "Have you ever thought Tetris(R) was evil because it wouldn't send you that straight "I" brick you needed in order to clear four rows at the same time? Well Tetris(R) probably isn't evil, but Bastet certainly is. >:-) Bastet stands for "bastard tetris", and is a simple ncurses-based Tetris(R) clone for Linux. Unlike normal Tetris(R), however, Bastet does not choose your next brick at random. Instead, Bastet uses a special algorithm designed to choose the worst brick possible. As you can imagine, playing Bastet can be a very frustrating experience!" Sounds like the sailing puzzle in Puzzle Pirates.

Sounds like my marriage.

[a whoabot]

Everyday is like a new type of hell.

1D Tetris for True Geeks Only

[Shadow_139]

Ahh 2D Tetris sucks........
Only real Geeks play 1D Tetris [tetris1d.org] ......

hmm

[nomadic]

Press the Buttons has a post up about a Linux version of Tetris called Bastard Tetris. The name is well founded, as the game evaluates what shape you need the least and sends that as your next piece.

In othe words it's just like regular tetris.

Re:hmm

[TeknoHog]

it's just like regular tetris.

The difference is that regular Tetris is evil by nature, whereas this one uses an algorithm to simulate evil.

mroe liek wingayz

[Anonymous Coward]

How about a Windows version so I can have TWO programs that hate me?

Re:hmm

[SA Stevens]

Any game where the goal is to shuffle around parts desperately until you fail in the end, and where 'winning' is just a matter of how long you survived, has a whiff of evil about it.

It's not at all ironic that Tetris originates from someone who grew up under Soviet rule.

Masochist, indeed

[TuringTest]

As you can imagine, playing Bastet can be a very frustrating experience!

Certainly, playing Bastet for the first time was one of those moments in our lives as game players [slashdot.org] that made us feel strongly about something that, in the grand scheme of things, is probably pretty trivial.

Not necessarily a good feeling, though. ;-)

Obligatory joke

[Wabbit Wabbit]

It's not at all ironic that Tetris originates from someone who grew up under Soviet rule.

In Soviet Russia, Tetris plays YOU!

I feel better now.

This should be more prominent in the manual

[bcmm]

I've been playing this for a while, and I couldn't work out why I preferred netris until I read this. Gentoo's portage description for Bastet could have mentioned it was evil.

Pure Evil Tetris Version

[BinaryOpty]

I've just invented the most evil version of Tetris ever: it only gives you the block and one (randomly picked at the start but stays the same throughout) of the zig-zag pieces. Now try making lines with that!

Wesleyan Tetris

[MikeyNg]

Wow. When I read the headline, I instantly had flashbacks to Wesleyan Tetris. Did anyone else play this game back in the day on the Mac?

(Actually, it looks like there was a topic at some point in time about it in 2002 [slashdot.org]!) Oh, and a quick search reveals that there is no more Wesleyan Tetris, merely a virus out there.

Re:Next block?

[XyborX]

Not quite true. I managed to get that block at least once, but only because I had given up on the gap that it would match, and filled it with something else. That only added to the frustration, though. The game isn't just evil, it also lies :/

Suspicions confirmed

[denisefr]

I've often suspected the AI cheats when you play against it and to have it confirmed. Vindication at last. I'm not paranoid after all.

Re:Ltris has this too

[gatzke]

Maybe I am retarded, but I can barely get a few lines if any with bastet. Anything resembling a traditional move on Tetris is countered by the worst possible piece every damn time.

At least I didn't get hooked on it for hours trying to get better...

Re:1D Tetris for True Geeks Only

[Anonymous Coward]

Heh. Reminds me of Progress Quest [progressquest.com], a self-playing MMORPG. I had it running on my PC at work for months straight, eventually making it into the top 10. Then somehow my save file got deleted and all my hard work was lost. I was devistated.

Re:hmm

[Jakeypants]

I've discovered the algorithm. First it gives you this one:

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Then it gives you the opposite one and it just keeps alternating.