Tetris Worlds

Key points

Similar to the PlayStation 2 version.

Inferior to the later GameCube and Xbox versions.

Resolution is locked at 640x480; limited video options.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

This game is not available digitally.

A demo is available.

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\ASSETS\PC\ANY_LANG\MISC\TWConfig.ini^{[Note 1]}

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\TWPLINFO.dat^{[Note 1]}

Launcher graphics configuration.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Stretches from 4:3.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Renders at 640x480.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Forced On.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Play in Windowed mode

Download D3DWindower and extract its contents somewhere convenient.
Run D3DWindower as administrator.
Click on Add Program (blue plus button) and open the game's .exe file.
Select the game and either click on Program options (gear icon) or right-click on 'TetrisWorlds' and select Options (O).
Set 'Width' as 640 and 'Height' as 480, and make sure 'Use Windowed Mode' is checked.
In the DLL field find D3dHook.dll from the folder you made for D3DWindower and add it.
Either click Run program (computer icon), double-click on 'TetrisWorlds', or right click and select Run (R).

Launcher control configuration.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Must be done in launcher.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Mouse isn't used at all.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Can press your desired button to set its respective input.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		D-Pad, guide button, right stick, and trigger buttons cannot be bound.
Xbox button prompts		Game does not use any prompts in game.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Can only choose between controller or keyboard via configuration utility.

Sound options.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Install DirectPlay

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 233 MHz	Intel Pentium II 266 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB or above
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 MB	68 MB
Video card (GPU)	Direct3D compatible 4 MB of VRAM	DirectX 8 compatible 8 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectSound Compatible Sound Card

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).