{"id":980,"date":"2025-08-19T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/the-chromatic-game-boy-is-getting-tetris-best-multiplayer-mode\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T16:00:00","slug":"the-chromatic-game-boy-is-getting-tetris-best-multiplayer-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/the-chromatic-game-boy-is-getting-tetris-best-multiplayer-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chromatic Game Boy is getting Tetris\u2019 best multiplayer mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two ModRetro Chromatic handhelds in orange and blue colors connected by a cable.\" data-caption=\"One of the best ways to play Tetris is coming to ModRetro\u2019s modernized version. | Image: ModRetro\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: ModRetro\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/modretro_tetris1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tOne of the best ways to play Tetris is coming to ModRetro\u2019s modernized version. | Image: ModRetro\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">ModRetro is bringing a new multiplayer mode to the modernized version of <em>Tetris<\/em> that has been shipping with its recreated Game Boy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/700725\/modretro-chromatic-game-boy-color-handheld-now-available\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/700725\/modretro-chromatic-game-boy-color-handheld-now-available\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Chromatic<\/a>, since its 2024 release. The game already features multiple head-to-head modes when two Chromatic handhelds are connected using an<a href=\"https:\/\/modretro.com\/products\/link-cable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> optional Link Cable<\/a>, but the new Battle Mode is the first time that players can interact with each other.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">When one player clears lines and reduces their <em>Tetris<\/em> stack, their opponent\u2019s stack grows even taller with \u201cgarbage lines\u201d added to the bottom featuring random spaces that make them harder to clear. It was a gameplay mode included with the version of <em>Tetris<\/em> that shipped with the original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/712786\/here-is-legos-official-nintendo-game-boy-with-lenticular-display\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/712786\/here-is-legos-official-nintendo-game-boy-with-lenticular-display\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nintendo Game Boy<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=He9daWfy0xA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some gamers have wondered<\/a> why it wasn\u2019t in ModRetro\u2019s version already.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/modretro_tetris3.gif?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"A short video clip showing a head-to-head game of ModRetro\u2019s Tetris.\" title=\"A short video clip showing a head-to-head game of ModRetro\u2019s Tetris.\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"&lt;em&gt;The new Battle Mode was one of the best features of the original Game Boy\u2019s version of &lt;\/em&gt;Tetris&lt;em&gt;.&lt;\/em&gt; | Image: ModRetro\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: ModRetro\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The free update is available today to every Chromatic owner, who will be able to upgrade their <em>Tetris<\/em> cartridges using the handheld\u2019s Cart Clinic feature while it\u2019s connected to a PC or Mac. Because it\u2019s the cartridge itself being updated, and not the Chromatic, the new Battle Mode will also be available when using the game in other devices, like an original Game Boy Color.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best ways to play Tetris is coming to ModRetro\u2019s modernized version. | Image: ModRetro ModRetro is bringing [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}