One thing that hasn't been mentioned is the music in this game. Music - 1 and Music - 2 are Hall of Fame caliber. For a puzzle game with repetitive (but varied) steps, the music is part of what notches NES Tetris up a few pegs on the Classics Scale. The music could very easily have sucked one off.
Also, something that I think people may not notice is that the NES version has almost no latency between block drops and when getting line clearance/Tetrises. This is important for getting higher scores. I know people who like the SNES version better, but there is lag there that is noticeable. Ergo, the NES version is faster. This was the reason that the NES version was the one they chose for the Tetris movie.
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