Line clear

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liorc4 The object of Tetris is to last as long as possible before the screen fills up with tetrominoes. To do this, you must assemble the tetrominoes to form one or more rows of blocks that span the entire playing field, called a line clear. When you do so, the row will disappear, causing the ones above it to settle.

Contents 1 Types of line clears 1.1 Single 1.2 Double 1.3 Triple 1.4 Tetris 1.5 Hurdle or Split 1.6 Back-to-Back 1.7 Combo 2 Line clear gravity 2.1 Naive 2.2 Sticky 2.3 Cascade 3 Delay 4 See Also

[edit] Types of line clears

[edit] Single

A single is the act of clearing one line at a time:

[edit] Double

A double is when two lines are cleared at once:

[edit] Triple

A triple is three lines cleared simultaneously. Most games allow only I, L, and J tetrominoes to complete a triple, but newer games with SRS allow S, Z, and T tetrominoes to twist into seemingly impossible positions.

[edit] Tetris

A tetris is four lines cleared simultaneously. In most games, this can only be done with an "I" tetromino.

[edit] Hurdle or Split

In Tetris DS mission mode, the act of clearing two or three lines separated by one or more rows with gaps is called a hurdle. In the 1998 Sega Tetris, this move was called a split and it launched a special attack in VS mode. Any tetromino that can complete a triple can complete a hurdle: