It’s neat, but it’s not an officially licensed version of Tetris—whereas Tetris Elements is.

It’s interesting because everyone has their definitive version of Tetris.

For me, it was the arcade coin-op made by Atari Games.

I have a friend, though, who swears by Tetris Plus for the original PlayStation. That was the first Tetris she ever played.

Here, this exhaustively explains wall kicks and how they affect basic play in Tetris:

https://tetris.wiki/Wall_kick

This is my original work, but here’s some further links if you’re curious:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_(Spectrum_HoloByte)

https://www.mobygames.com/game/1630/tetris

https://www.livescience.com/56481-strange-history-of-tetris.html

https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/tetris-fun-cold-war

https://youtu.be/K8omJvkHag4

Nope, they are abandonware. You either buy the physical disks or sail the seven seas.

Both Thexder and Sorcerian were distributed by Sierra.

Thexder, in particular, was quite popular—got a Western-only sequel called Thexder 95 that was a showcase for Windows 95:

https://youtu.be/iI_qGdgybmU

It’s still playable on modern Windows.

As for Japanese games, they’re largely hit or miss on DOS. If it’s a Capcom or Konami game—it’s probably terrible. SEGA is good.

I think the game that really humiliated Capcom was the DOS port of Street Fighter II. In the early 90s, a bunch of Koreans made their own unofficial port and it shamed the official port.

This might explain why Super Street Fighter II for DOS was so much better.

I’ve played many games from the era. There were quite a few DOS games that had much smoother scrolling even if there wasn’t specialized hardware for it. Thexder, made in 1988, is a good example of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwHKg2aUB0I

The truth is, a good many Japanese games that were converted to DOS just weren’t very good.

There were exceptions, though. SEGA games tended to be excellent. And I have to say that anything by Nihon Falcom was amazing – to this day, Sorcerian is a standout on DOS.

That happened to me more than once—though not with this game.

When I first got a Steam account, my original plan was to buy every game released on it. But now that’s impossible.

Exactly, every game I’ve ever bought is still accessible.

They have default configurations available for many popular games. The problem is, there’s over 100,000 PC games out there. Which is why it’s generally a good idea to look for community-built configurations before making your own.

Yeah, that’s the one.

I’m playing the PC version. Haven’t tried on Steam Deck yet but this is mostly mouse-driven.

It’s all right, but have you played Goonies for the MSX? It’s quite different from the NES version.

Won’t work because I haven’t bought everything directly through Steam itself.

Oh, I looked. The “value” isn’t accurate. I bought most in bundle deals or at deep discounts.

I either play games that I’ve owned for 30 days or 10 years.

Nope, it’s Chrome—which I never use. 😆

They have a pretty good recommendation system for your owned library.

But I also have my own system for what to play next.

I don’t watch TV. I bring a Steam Deck everywhere. And if I get bored, I stop—play something else.