Top out: Difference between revisions

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A top out occurs when:

Top outs result in a game over.

There are several variations of what constitutes a top out:

Block out: a piece is spawned overlapping at least one block in the playfield
Lock out: a piece locks when it is entirely out of bounds (that is, in the vanish zone above the ceiling)
Partial lock out: a piece locks when it is partially out of bounds, even if it would clear a line
Garbage out: After lines are cleared and garbage is added, a block remains out of bounds

Different games have used different combinations of these conditions:

This list is incomplete.

Tetris (NES, Nintendo): a piece locks overlapping at least one block, but in some cases it is possible to move or rotate out of such a situation
Tetris (Game Boy): Similar to NES Tetris, but slightly more lenient in ways that aren't fully understood
Dr. Mario, Tetris and Dr. Mario, Puyo Pop, Super Puzzle Fighter II, Kirby's Star Stacker: block out
Bombliss: garbage out
Tetris (Atari), Tetris (NES, Tengen), The New Tetris, and Tetris DS (push mode): partial lock out or garbage out
Tetris Attack: garbage out; in multiplayer mode, evaluation is delayed by a split second
Tetris DS (standard mode and mission mode) and most other recent games: block out or lock out

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