Tetris The Grandmaster Roundup Download (Every Game)

   Since they're one of my favorite games and I already posted the third in the series a couple of years ago it only makes sense for me to upload the other installments of Tetris the Grandmaster.
Even though they're not the most recent game they are still played and beloved, in fact, KevinDDR just got a new PB on the first game. So here they are in chronological order:

Tetris: The Grandmaster (Arcade)

The game that started this whole series, released in 1998.
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Tetris The Absolute: The Grandmaster 2 (Arcade)

The 2000 sequel to the TGM, it added a few modes and tweaked the mechanics of the original game. This was the game that introduced master mode

Download

Tetris The Absolute: The Grandmaster 2 Plus (Arcade)

An update of the previous game, added a few extra modes as well as Grandmaster+

Download 

Tetris with Cardcaptor Sakura Eternal Heart (PS1)

This is the only game in the series that was not originally made for the arcades, this PS1 game was made as a tie in game for the popular anime Sakura Cardcaptor and is the origin of the popular sakura game mode in tetris games.

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Tetris The Grandmaster 3 (Arcade)

The latest and last addition to the franchise, I already made a post about it here






Technically there is another game, Tetris: The Grand Master Ace which was an Xbox 360 Japan launch title, but it is rarely run and there are no decent emulators for the Xbox 360 yet, so I left it out of this list, if anyone wants it I can probably get it and post it.

So there you have it, these are all the TGM games yet. To play these you'll need these emulators:
MAME (for TGM 1, 2, 2+)
Epsxe (for Tetris with Cardcaptor Sakura)

As always, all my links are hosted on mega for ease of download, thanks for reading.

Tetris The Grandmaster 3, Download & Guide

*Downloads are at the bottom of the page

Intro

A few months ago I was watching the Awesome Games Done Quick stream, which if you're not familiar with it, is a week long event that happens twice per year were people speedrun different games 24/7 non stop. It was on that stream, on the Tetris panel that I saw the best Tetris player I'd ever seen, and was absolutely floored, that guy was amazing at Tetris. That guy, KevinDDR which a few months later became the first Grandmaster outside of Japan, was the one who made me want to play Tetris the Grandmaster 3. Turns out, TGM3 is not available on MAME (1 and 2 are though), but luckily there is a PC "version" which is essentially a self contained emulator for the arcade machines that run Type X boards.

Game Description

TGM3 is probably the most competitive tetris game yet and is super hard but also super amazing. It has a couple of different modes but the "real" game happens in the "Master" mode which features a fully fledged rank system. 

 If you want to learn more about the game, check the Tetris Wiki

Getting Things Running

 Start by downloading and extracting the zipped folder. Once you've done that, go ahead and open the .exe called typex_config. Once that is open it'll ask you a few questions.

• Use Mahjong Panel-  No
• Four Way Joystick-   If yours is four ways yes, otherwise no
• Low-Res Monitor-    Yes, unless using a monitor with a resolution>720
• Scratch Drive Remap- Just hit Enter

It will then ask you to map a few keys for both players. You can play the game with only button 1 and button 4, but I suggest mapping buttons 1,2,3 and 4, because buttons 5 and 6 do nothing.

You can also ignore the buttons for service and test

 Once you're done with mapping open the "Launch Game" file. The game will open. Now you'll have to insert a coin and afterwards will be given 3 options:

• Data not used, which will just let you play the game without keeping any scores.
• New Player, which will ask you for a name and then for a "password" consisting of a combination of button presses. This is basically creating a new account
• Player Loading, which is essentially logging into a created account, just enter your the name and "password" of your account and you'll have access to your medals, scores and rankings.

Download (I hosted it on Mega because I'm not a monster. It has no viruses, but your anti virus might freak out because of the .bat files.)

I originally found this on another blog, just giving credit where it's due, but the downloads are not exactly the same.