Tetris game converted to PDF; Played in browser

Tetris game converted to PDF; Played in browser

By admin, Ocak 13, 2025








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It was developed by Russian software developer Alexey Pajitnov in 1985 and became a true phenomenon after its arrival in the Western world. TetrisToday, it has taken its place among the most iconic games in history. Modern versions of Tetris, which started its journey on Game Boy and NES, are played by millions of players even today.

Pdftris, the PDF Version of Tetris, Can Be Played in Almost All Internet Browsers

A security analyst who embarked on an interesting project with Tetris, which remains popular in this aspect, discovered this iconic game. Managed to recreate it inside a 60 KB PDF. Thomas Rinsma Developed by security analyst named Pdftris This is called versioncan be run in internet browsers like ordinary PDF files. This offers those who want to see this classic game in a different format the opportunity to play Tetris with an ordinary browser such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.

In this PDF version of Tetris, players are offered two different control options. While you can play the game by clicking the arrow keys on the screen with the mouse, you can also play it with the keyboard using the WASD keys. PDF engines in internet browsers such as Chrome and Firefox

PDF engines that power browsers like Chrome and Firefox actually support a limited set of JavaScript commands. Rinsma realized he could exploit this to cobble together a basic game like Tetris from the ground up.

Of course, many things had to be sacrificed in order to compress the game into a 60 KB PDF using JavaScript. That’s why there is no sound, music or color in Pdftris. It is played with black blocks, almost like the first version.













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