Yet another experiment I wrote in Microsoft Excel (2000). It's a working Tetris clone complete with keyboard control and a top-10 scores list. Download here (82kB)

Playing is real simple. Just press the New Game button on the "Game Screen" sheet and the game will start. Use the cursor keys on your keyboard to move the current shape left and right. Press UP to rotate the shape, and DOWN to drop the shape as far down as it'll go in the current column.

The one difference with regular Tetris is that this version never speeds up. That's a little tricky to do in VB, but I'm workin on it. ;)

[ UPDATE : 12/14/2004 ] : I made one minor change to correct a bug where you could significantly slow down the rate at which shapes drop by continually moving them back and forth as they fell.

[ UPDATE : 12/1/2004 ] : I've uploaded a new version I call "Timetris" for lack of a better name. The difference with this version is that it gives you a different sort of score. Your total "points" are displayed, which are awarded for each successful row completed (with extra points for multiple rows at once). But more importantly, your score over time is shown. This is what's actually recorded in the Hall of Fame. The idea is that the best player should have the most points in the least time. It makes things a bit more challenging...

Download Timetris

[ UPDATE : 12/7/2004 ] : I uploaded a newer version today. This should be the final version. I added the "Next" box, which shows the next shape that will appear after the one you currently have to work with. There's also a game timer and an indicator showing which "level" of the game you're on. The game starts out with shapes dropping at a rate of 1 square per second and speeds up slightly each level after that. The level goes up every 20 shapes.