Hextris
| Filename | hextris.sit |
|---|---|
| Size | 35.8 KB (36608 bytes) |
| Downloads | 9 |
Hextris is a 1990 hexagonal-grid variant of Tetris for the classic Macintosh, originally by Dave Markley with a Mac port by Ross Comer. It keeps the falling-block, line-clearing core of Tetris but reworks the playfield and pieces around hexagons instead of squares, so each piece covers the same area as a traditional tetrimino.
Hex-grid take on Tetris
Pieces fall onto a hexagonal grid rather than a rectangular well. Players rotate and position the hex-shaped blocks to form complete lines, which then clear in the familiar Tetris fashion.
Mac port lineage
The Macintosh version was ported by Ross Comer from Dave Markley's original Hextris design, bringing the hex variant to 68k Mac users in the early 1990s.
Compatibility
The game runs on 68k Macintosh systems spanning System 6.x through Mac OS 8.1, and is playable today under Basilisk II or Mini vMac emulation.
Where to find it
Hextris is preserved on Macintosh Garden as part of its catalog of classic Mac puzzle and arcade titles.
This file is part of the MacTrove archive. See the Thank You page for the upstream mirrors we rely on. It is a StuffIt/Compact Pro archive — use The Unarchiver to extract it.
