Sirtet Voyager 2.0

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Version	2.0
Category	Arcade Game

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Released in 1996 by Slipped Disk Software, Sirtet: Voyager is a Macintosh Tetris clone (the title spells "Tetris" backwards) with a deliberately gentle difficulty ramp. Macintosh Garden's curators call it the best Tetris clone for classic Mac OS, and a single game can comfortably stretch to 20-30 minutes if the player doesn't intentionally lose.GameplayStandard Tetris stacking rules with a key tuning twist: the per-level speed-up curve is much shallower than in conventional Tetris, allowing extended sessions and a more meditative pace. The game ships with over 100 levels, plus a versus mode that lets two players compete on a single Mac.Engine and technical changesBuilt natively for classic Mac OS in 1996, Sirtet: Voyager runs comfortably on contemporaneous 68k and Power Mac systems. The slowed-progression speed curve and the long level ladder distinguish it mechanically from Spectrum HoloByte's Tetris and Bullet-Proof Software's Tetris Max, which is why it picked up its informal best-clone reputation among Mac users.Development and releaseSlipped Disk Software distributed Sirtet: Voyager through standard Mac shareware channels; surviving copies are preserved on Macintosh Garden and Macintosh Repository. As an unauthorized Tetris clone, it lived in the same gray-area niche as many 1990s puzzle clones that proliferated before The Tetris Company's stricter modern licensing era.