| Tetrisphere | |
|---|---|
 North American cover art | |
| Developer(s) | H2O Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Producer(s) | Michael Tam |
| Designer(s) | Steve Shatford |
| Programmer(s) | Christopher Bailey |
| Artist(s) | Christopher Bretz Roland Longpre |
| Composer(s) | Neil Voss |
| Series | Tetris |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 64 |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Tetrisphere is a puzzle video game developed by H2O Entertainment and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was released in North America on August 11, 1997, and in PAL regions in February 1998. The game, originally named Phear, was slated for release on the Atari Jaguar in early 1995, but was reworked into a Tetris game for the N64 after Nintendo obtained its publishing rights.
Tetrisphere is a variant on Tetris in which various shapes are shifted across a wrapped three-dimensional grid resembling a sphere, and then destroyed. The objective of the game changes depending on the mode but generally consists of removing layers of shapes to reach the playing field's core. Despite very little domestic advertising, Tetrisphere enjoyed moderately good sales[citation needed] and a mostly favorable critical reception. Reviewers praised the game's originality and the musical score composed by Neil Voss.[4]
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- ^ "Tetrisphere: It's Out Of This World". Redmond, WA: Nintendo of America. August 7, 1997. Archived from the original on 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
- ^ "Tetrisphere Post-Mortem". Nintendo Power. Vol. 104. Nintendo of America. January 1998.