HATETRIS: A Mean Game of Tetris

Post author By prawn1
Post date April 23, 2010
11 Comments on HATETRIS: A Mean Game of Tetris

HATETRIS is a Tetris clone created by a sadistic programmer named Sam Hughes. In HATETRIS, the AI is programmed to spawn the piece that is least likely to help you, so you’ll get a lot of S pieces. You’ll need to trick the AI into thinking you’ve messed up and use the resulting piece to complete a line. It’s a little easier said than done though. Also, there is no gravity in the game, but as the author says, it’s the least of your worries.

Play HATETRIS here. Hughes has top-scored with 5 lines. Let us know how you fared.

[via Boing Boing]

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11 replies on “HATETRIS: A Mean Game of Tetris”

Whhhhhhhheeeeeeeyyy won’t it work in either my firefox or IE? Why why why? Is the joke on me? Does it not work at all? Is that why it’s called Hatetris?

Oh the joke was on me apparently. It’s working now. And I HATE it. Have managed 2 lines so far. I think this game should be burnt at the stake. :devil:

that just pwned me hard. Only managed 1 :(

DAMN! i got 4 rows… lol.

best is 5 rows…

I can easily get 5 lines… 6… not so close…

replay of last game: D555 56AA AAAA AA9D 5556 AAAA AAAD 5556 AAAA AA75 56AA AAAD 5556 AAAA D55A AAB5 555A A8D5 AAAA AAAA A76A AAAA AA76 AAAA AAD9 AAAA AD6A AAAD 9AAA 76AA 8DAA AAAA AB1A AAAA AAAE AAAA AABA AAAA 36AA AAC6 AAEA A0EA AAAA AAA8 33CA AAAA AA95 5658 CAAA AAAA A32A AAAA A32A AAAA 0EAA AA0E AAA0 EA80 CAAA AAAA A00E AAAA A803 AAAA 803A AAAA 0755 6A97 5AAB 5AAA B5AA 8DAA ABAA 83AA A8CA A803 AAA0 32A9 75AA D6A8 DAA3 2A

This thing is toying with my emotions, I only scored 3. I got two square blocks and a LINE PIECE!

Here’s my replay data:

AAAA AAAA A7AA A6AA 6AAA 002A AAA6 6AAA 808A AAAA AAAB 56AA AA6A AA0D D6AA A9AA AB55 6AAA AAA8 DEAA A26A AAAF 026A AA86 AAAF 000A AAAA AA9D 4C9A AAAA AA28 AAA6 AAA7 555A AAAA A800 1A9A AAAA 802A AAAA AB5A 2AAA AAD5 6AAA AAB6 6AAA AA22 AAAA A008 AAAA AA8D 5530 849A AAA3 556A AAAA 084A 6AAA 8022 AAAA B5AA AA83 555F AAAA 814A AAA8 089A AA80 2AAA BCAA A9F4 AAA9 D5AA A76A AA8C 02A3 556A AD6A A834 D6AA 331A AA81 6A0A AA

Update: A pithy 4:

7556 AAAA AAAA 875A AAAA AAA8 FDAA AAAA AAA3 2AAA AAAA AD55 5AAA AAAA 9DAA AAAA A9D9 AAAA AA8D 6AAA AAA8 DAAA AAAA 8EAA AAAA B0F7 CAAA AAAA 8003 2AAA AAAA AC00 2AAA AAAA 8880 0000 0AAA AAA8 3AAA AAAA 7555 AAAA AA9D AAAA AABA C6AA AAA3 8AAA AA03 CD55 5556 6AAA AA76 AAAA 93AA AAAA 335A AAAA AAAA B5AA AA75 556A AAAD 5AAA A2B0 AAAA AAA6 AAA8 55A2 A930 000A AAAA A8C0 02AA AA8C 6A8C 2AAA 3555 AAAA 022A A8D5 56A8 3AA8 A9DB 0000 0CAA A

@Azraelz: Well done, send us your data.

Got 6 lines!!

0002 AAAA AAAA AD55 6AAA AAAA A2AA AAAA A89D AAAA AAAA AD11 42AA AAAA A975 AAAA AAAB 54AA AAAA A9D5 56AA AAAA 752A AAAA AEAA AAAA BAAA AAAC 3AAA AAAA 800A AAAA AAAC 2555 56AA AAAD 52AA AAAB AAAA A975 6AAA AB54 AAAA BAAA AAD5 556A AAB5 AAAB AAAA 02AA AAAA 800A AAAA A80A AAAA A002 AAAA AD55 56AA AB5A AAAE AAA7 55AA B5AA AEAA 08AA AA80 0AAA AA02 AAA0 0AAA B556 AAB5 AAAE AA5D 6AB5 AA02 AA80 0AAB AA02 A802 A

Good one Mario! There must be some optimal starting-off sequence…

I only managed to better my score by 1.

YAY! got 8!

C000 0AAA AAAA AA00 0CAA AAAA A8C0 00AA AAAA A8C0 02AA AAA0 C2AA AA0C 2AA2 0CAA 8CAA AAAA AA23 AAAA AAAA A32A AAAE 334A AAAA AAC2 AAAA 32A6 3AAA AAAA AAEA AAAA AABA AAAA EAAA AAAE AAAA 76AA AAAA A9DA AAAA AAA7 6AAA AAA7 6AAA A95D AAAA AAAA 9D5A AAAA AA97 66AA AAA9 5D00 0000 2AA3 2AAA 8DAA AAA5 D2AA AAAA D15D 6AAA AA9A AAAA 956A AAAA 2AAA A9AA AAA5 5AAA AA02 AAAA 42AA AA52 AAAA 56AA AA80 CAA8 0CAA 82AA AA4A AAA5 AAAA 55DA AA41 652A A89A AA0A AA90 5D5A A805 54AA 8AA8 0EAA A

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