{"id":93399,"date":"2019-05-12T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/05\/video_tetris_sounds_even_better_on_this_outdated_flip-dot_display"},"modified":"2019-05-12T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T11:30:00","slug":"video-tetris-sounds-even-better-on-this-outdated-flip-dot-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/05\/12\/video-tetris-sounds-even-better-on-this-outdated-flip-dot-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Tetris Sounds Even Better On This Outdated Flip-Dot Display"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4c463b739ead7\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4c463b739ead7\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/05\/video_tetris_sounds_even_better_on_this_outdated_flip-dot_display\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HEyXIuE9vfc?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Earlier this year, the timeless tile-matching puzzle game was reinvented as a battle royale known as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/tetris_99\">Tetris 99<\/a><\/strong> on the Switch. Nintendo followed this up recently with the release of the paid Big Block DLC \u2013 adding two new offline modes. If you\u2019re perhaps seeking more of a classic fix, how about <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/tetris\">Tetris<\/a><\/strong> on an old school flip-dot display? This outdated animated technology was once commonly used for outdoor signage and has since become replaced by modern LCD screens.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC5f5i5H1GxsaATCoXB3274w\">YouTuber sinowin<\/a> has managed to <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/sintech\/Flip-Dot-Display\">create<\/a> falling tetriminos with a flip-dot display made up of 210 plastic discs and the assistance of a small DIY joystick and computer. Although the grid isn\u2019t the standard size, it\u2019s still worth watching the video above for the sound alone. If you don&#8217;t happen to have a flip-disc display on-hand, why not take some time out next weekend to participate in the Tetris 99 competition \u2013 giving you the opportunity to unlock a special Game Boy theme.<\/p>\n<p><em>Does this video make you want to play some more Tetris 99? How about some Tetris on an old flip-disc display? Tell us below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HEyXIuE9vfc?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] Earlier this year, the timeless tile-matching puzzle game was reinvented as a battle royale known as Tetris 99 on the Switch. Nintendo followed this up recently with the release of the paid Big Block DLC \u2013 adding two new offline modes. If you\u2019re perhaps seeking more of a classic fix, how about Tetris [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}