<s>
TetriNET	B-Application
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
online	O
Tetris	B-Device
game	O
for	O
up	O
to	O
six	O
people	O
that	O
supports	O
team	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tetrinet	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
St0rmCat	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
St0rmCat	O
released	O
TetriNET	B-Application
2	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
which	O
features	O
improved	O
graphics	O
,	O
more	O
types	O
of	O
special	O
blocks	O
,	O
additional	O
features	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
hold	O
piece	O
and	O
block	O
shadows	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
master	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TetriNET	B-Application
plays	O
like	O
standard	O
multiplayer	O
Tetris	B-Device
but	O
with	O
a	O
twist	O
:	O
clearing	O
rows	O
will	O
cause	O
special	O
blocks	O
to	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
field	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
pure	O
:	O
special	O
blocks	O
are	O
disabled	O
,	O
providing	O
gameplay	O
similar	O
to	O
traditional	O
multiplayer	O
Tetris	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
7tetris	O
:	O
the	O
first	O
player	O
to	O
make	O
seven	O
Tetris	B-Device
is	O
the	O
winner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
classic	O
TetriNET	B-Application
download	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
MIDI	O
file	O
that	O
plays	O
during	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
rules	O
implemented	O
by	O
the	O
standard	O
TetriNET	B-Application
1.13	O
client	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
variants	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TetriFast	O
removes	O
the	O
one	O
second	O
delay	O
between	O
pieces	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
standard	O
TetriNET	B-Application
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
piece	O
delay	O
is	O
implemented	O
client	O
side	O
,	O
a	O
trivial	O
modification	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
the	O
network	O
protocol	O
to	O
prevent	O
TetriFast	O
clients	O
connecting	O
to	O
standard	O
TetriNET	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blocktrix	B-Application
is	O
an	O
alternative	O
TetriNET	B-Application
client	O
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
supporting	O
traditional	O
TetriNET	B-Application
and	O
TetriFast	O
protocols	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
a	O
newer	O
Blocktrix	B-Application
mode	O
that	O
includes	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
additional	O
special	O
block	O
types	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
TetriNET2	O
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
Tetris	B-Device
game	O
by	O
the	O
original	O
creator	O
of	O
TetriNET	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
special	O
blocks	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
TetriNET	B-Application
,	O
it	O
has	O
five	O
new	O
ones	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2007	O
,	O
like	O
other	O
clones	O
,	O
TetriNET2	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
per	O
the	O
request	O
of	O
The	O
Tetris	B-Device
Company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
early	O
2010	O
,	O
TetriNET2	O
is	O
back	O
up	O
and	O
running	O
(	O
per	O
request	O
of	O
many	O
fans	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
satisfied	O
with	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
game	O
development	O
by	O
The	O
Tetris	B-Device
Company	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
clients	O
for	O
various	B-Operating_System
platforms	I-Operating_System
available	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
well	O
received	O
in	O
the	O
Linux	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Linux	O
conference	O
linux.conf.au	O
even	O
included	O
a	O
programming	O
contest	O
where	O
contestants	O
tried	O
to	O
program	O
TetriNET	B-Application
playing	O
bots	O
,	O
who	O
could	O
connect	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
server	O
and	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Revolution	O
named	O
Tetrinet	B-Application
as	O
affordable	O
alternative	O
to	O
Tetris	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
1999	O
review	O
of	O
The	O
Next	O
Tetris	B-Device
,	O
Game	O
Revolution	O
named	O
TetriNet	B-Application
as	O
"	O
truer	O
to	O
its	O
Tetris	B-Device
roots	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
If	O
you	O
want	O
multi-player	O
Tetris	B-Device
,	O
the	O
network	O
based	O
Tetrinet	B-Application
is	O
much	O
more	O
fun	O
.	O
</s>
