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04/22/2006

World's Largest Functional Tetris Game

This giant Tetris game was created using "eleven custom-built circuit boards, a twelve-story data network, a personal computer running Linux, a radio-frequency video game controller, and over 10,000 Christmas lights". It took over five months of planning and can be seen off Interstate 95 in Rhode Island. Video clip after the jump. [via FreshCreation]

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Posted at 04/23/2006 03:49am by Ivan
Jesus.. I like this one :)
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Posted at 04/23/2006 04:24am by Cbaar
Does anybody here notice that almost the same thing was already done a few years ago, even twice, by the Chaos Computer Club in Berlin? They built a giant display out of a house (18x8) and gave people the possibility to actually _play_ Pong on it; via Cell phone! You could also send in movies, from which a selection was shown. More information on http://www.blinkenlights.de/ (By the way: German hackers rule!)
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Posted at 04/23/2006 05:04am by A Welsh View
World’s Largest Functional Tetris Game "This giant Tetris game was created using “eleven custom-built circuit boards, a twelve-story data network, a personal computer running Linux, a radio-frequency video game controller, and over 10,000 Christmas lights”. It took over five months of...
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Posted at 04/23/2006 06:22am by Geljon
Too bad, not the biggest... Been there, done that: http://www.etv.tudelft.nl/vereeniging/archief/lustrum/90/
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Posted at 04/23/2006 12:21pm by chris
Been there, done that ... 10 years ago http://www.etv.tudelft.nl/vereeniging/archief/lustrum/90/stunt.html
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Posted at 04/23/2006 5:59pm by alecjulien.com » Tetris On A Building
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Posted at 04/24/2006 09:27am by Jim
Hey! This was done bigger and better back in 1995! TU Delft, in the Netherlands - we had 15 floors - not 12. You can see it at: http://www.etv.tudelft.nl/vereeniging/archief/lustrum/90/ And just to show how old this is, it's using frames! Click on the Tetris Record button. English and Dutch..
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Posted at 04/24/2006 1:40pm by Deadly Computer Blog - Tetris!
[...] Just another reason why Tetris is the single greatest game of all time.  It has found its way onto everything immaginable, no video game system is complete until Tetris come out for it.  And now Tetris has bridged the gap, and gone to things normal games cant go! I originally wanted to wait till i was able to figure out how to add video to the blog, but, i cant figure that out, and this is damn cool.  It can be seen off of Interstate 95 in Rhode Island, not too far from me, i may go visit, afterall, i am a Tetris nut. read more (teche blog) [...]
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Posted at 04/25/2006 2:39pm by Rhody Rules
This is REAL! It's called La Bastille and was done on the Sciences Library at Brown University in 2000. It is not people turning lights on and off inside the building and it is not a camera trick. And when it was running, it was the largest working tetris game in the world. It opened on April 14, and finished on April 22. And this is one reason why Rhode Island is the greatest state in the union.
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Posted at 04/25/2006 2:54pm by Gf
I like pretty lights mmmm
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Posted at 04/25/2006 5:17pm by Jake
Wow. its amazing that the things they can do these days.
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Posted at 04/25/2006 5:29pm by richz
wow!! i could really use one of those!!
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Posted at 04/25/2006 10:07pm by Sal
this is nifty but it looks like shit, and sorry dude Rhode Island sucks it big time...
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Posted at 04/26/2006 01:15am by Sal
its kinda kool i guess, but it looks liek crap...they should try using fiber optic film... Oh and Rhode Island sucks..
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