Developer is porting 1989 Game Boy Tetris to the Sega Genesis
Homebrew developer AAR is building Tetris DMG-01, a faithful port of the 1989 Game Boy Tetris to the Sega Genesis, with a planned colorized mode alongside the original monochrome look.
A homebrew developer going by AAR has started work on Tetris DMG-01, an unofficial port of the 1989 Game Boy version of Tetris to the Sega Genesis. The project was announced in early June and aims to recreate the Game Boy original as closely as possible, including a planned colorized mode that lets players toggle between the original monochrome look and a Game Boy Color-style presentation.
The Tetris-on-Genesis angle has a bit of history behind it. Sega did develop an official Mega Drive version in the early 1990s, but it was pulled from sale after legal disputes over home console rights. Fewer than ten copies of that version are known to exist. AAR’s project is not related to that version; the source is the handheld original, and the goal is a faithful tribute rather than a recreation of the lost official port.
The project is a work-in-progress with no release date. If it crosses the finish line, it will be the first way to play something close to the original Game Boy Tetris on actual Genesis hardware.