https://community.element14.com/learn/publications/w/documents/9754/hack-turns-building-into-a-playable-game-of-tetrisen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/learn/publications/w/documents/9754/hack-turns-building-into-a-playable-game-of-tetrisFri, 08 Oct 2021 04:51:21 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:410df399-6999-428b-82bb-ff47b068c16asquadMCUhttps://community.element14.com/learn/publications/w/documents/9754/hack-turns-building-into-a-playable-game-of-tetris#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Documents by squadMCU on 10/8/2021 4:51:21 AM<br /> <p style="margin:0;"><a href="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/pictures/tetris1building_616.jpg"><img alt="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/pictures/tetris1building_616.jpg" class="jive-image" src="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/pictures/tetris1building_616.jpg" /></a></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">Students at MIT converted one side of the Green Building at MIT into a full color working version of the game Tetris.</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">According to&nbsp; <em><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/2012/tetris/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">IHTFP</a>: Interesting Hacks To Fascinate People: The MIT Gallery of Hacks</em>, Hackers at MIT consider </p><p style="margin:0;">Tetris on the Green Building to be the “Holy Grail of hacks”.</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">The Green Building is home to the MIT Earth and Planetary Sciences department.&nbsp; With square evenly spaced windows,</p><p style="margin:0;"> it was the ideal place for the game.</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">The hack began with the word “TETRIS” scrolling down the side of the building.&nbsp; When play commenced, each level </p><p style="margin:0;">would get progressively paler, making it difficult to identify which type of block you had to work with.&nbsp; The last level</p><p style="margin:0;"> involved colors shifting on-screen, making it even more difficult.</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;"></p><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAIPUGO1iko">www.youtube.com/watch</a></span><p style="margin:0;"></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;"><strong>Source:<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.webpronews.com/hack-turns-building-into-a-playable-game-of-tetris-2012-04/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Webpronews.com</a></strong></p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: on, hack, building, into, turn, buiding, tetris, hackers, playing, a</div>