Naming Levels in NES Tetris

[Joshua_Tolles]

So, for years and years and years, I have had these vague names floating around in my head, and tonight at work I finally wrote them down.  As soon as I had them committed to paper, I realized that the ten names I came up with were inadequate, as Levels 9-18 have a completely different personality than their 19-29 counterparts.  

Anyway, here is what I named the Levels of NES Tetris:

Level 9: Fire-Starter
Level 10: The Polar Express
Level 11: Evergreen Grove
Level 12: Bubble-Gum Dream
Level 13: The Spearmint Jungle
Level 14: Peppermint Palace
Level 15: Fluoride Fantasy
Level 16: Salt & Pepper Voodoo Chili
Level 17: Once Upon a Midnight Dreary
Level 18: The Land of the Free
Level 19: Hellfire and Brimstone
Level 20: The Grip of Frozen Dread
Level 21: The Forest of Forgotten Dreams
Level 22: Pepto Abysmal
Level 23: Typhoid Fever
Level 24: Streptococcus Infection
Level 25: The Mists of Deception
Level 26: The Ashes of Despair
Level 27: Death's Breath Upon Your Door
Level 28: The Home of the Brave
Level 29: The Fiery Apocalypse of All Things Ending
Level 30: Ascension


It is a work in progress.  

Have you ever named the Levels?  Do you have any ideas?  Please share!

[Shuey]

I love it!  You forgot the most important level though!  30!  What would you call that one?  I love these names Josh, very nice!

[myndzi]

I love how it starts at 9

[Kitaru]

There are levels before 9?

[benmullen]

this is awesome!!!

All levels prior to 9 have the same name: "the zone of forgetting to hold A down"  

At times this can be a second name for 9, like a nickname.  But starting below 9 is only accetpable if your doing one of those who can push down the fastest things... Also, these names are perfect!!!

[Joshua_Tolles]

Funny thing is I named 25 the Mists of Deception, even though I considered myself immune to its effect (most other levels besides the 5's have the J piece blue, but 5 has it green and the L blue), and last night I went into Level 25 with 720k and fell for it! (and died)  Oops. I guess I jinxed myself.

*I* do sometimes start on Level 8, just because I seem to play it better than 9 when I want a slow start. And I have heard of at least one other seasoned player who starts on 8 occasionally, but I think that is as low as it goes!  haha

Oh, and.... you mean there is a level after 29?!?  

[Kitaru]

T̴͖̣̙̲̳̰ͨ͜h̾͗Ì"ͦÌ'ͧÌ,Ì"̶̶̖̺̻͜e̶̫̣̞͌̊̊ͫͬ ̇Ì...ÍŒÌ...Í,,̢͕̎̇A͆͋Ì,̲̥̲ͪ͊ͧ́͘s̶̩̫̫͖͆̊̌͆́̕Í...tÌ"̴̧̆ͮ͏̰͚̹ŕÌ,,̷̩̝̼̱̖̹̱̮͐͜͡aÍ­Í'Ì'Ì"̶̱̮͎̝ͪͬÍ"͇͖̥̣lÌ'Ì'̵͚̫̼̦̱͍ͫ̊ͦͫ̽ͮ͘ Ì,̺̫̮̊ͤͮÍ"P̓͊ͩ̐̽Í'̸̓͠҉̟̙̮lÌ...Ì,,ͪͮÌ,,̸̢͍͕͇̗̀a͚͚̫̓ͤ̿͗ͪ̉͆ͭ̚͞nÌ"Ì'̴̡̯̯͙̰̫̤͈ͣḛ͚̟̤̇̋ͪͣ ͭ̚Ì"̻͚͚͊̋͊ͫ͜ȌͩͬÌ"̵̬͇ͦ́͜n̘̪̭̭ͩ̊ͧͣcͨÌ,,̇͛Í'ͨÌ,Í'̡̡̱̣͍́e͌́Ì'Í«Ì'̜͘͡Í"̠̥̩̺̦̞ Í,,̛̱̯͕ͬͯ͞Óͤ̚Ì"ͭ̚Ì'Ì,,͉͈̜͖͖̾͜͜nͥͫ̿͋Í'̶̇͛ͫ̀͏̩̗̫̱lͦ͗̆̀ͯÍ'̭̘̘͇̝̯̣̓Í"yÍ'Ì,,̗͖̝͍̦̖̺͚͈ͩ͆́̈̓͋ ̷̎͘҉̩̤̰RÌ,,ͦÌ'̞̗̼͢͞͡Í"͈uÍ'Ì,̈Í'Ì€Ì'̹̇m͐̏̾Ì...̢̦̯̯̗̲͉̺̊oͭ̾ͣÍ,,̱̩͇ͭ͠Í...͙̰̠̞ŕͦÍ'Ì"̺̖̮̻̌̕͝e̵̫̺̾̐̉dÌ"ͧ̐ͪͦÌ'̵̜̃̀͞Í... ̾Í'̨̤̻̾t̶̙̊ͣ̈̃oͨͣÍ'̍ͧÌ...̵̜̺̿͡ ̢ͭͪ͏͙̣Í"̺̠̼͎͍È̼̮̤͛́̾̃̇̍ͣ͝͞͞Í"͍̣̳̲̠xÍ‹Ì¿Ì"͙̩̥̭̰̋͊̕i̥̖͉ͫ̉̃̏͐ͨ̐͗́Í...̲͙͚sÌ'ͥͣÌ,͇̰̝̱t͍͍͈͖̯̿͝,Ì"Ì,̞̝̩̗̉̉̽̕
Í'Ì"̹̜Tͮ͆̍Ì"̳̬̟̙̻̖̠̈͋̍̀͠hÌ,̆Í'Í,̼͖̞̩ͤ̃eÌ"ͭͦ͛Í,,̯͝ ͬͪÌ,,̛̪̱̺̱͇͟C̢̜̺̰̝͆ͯ́ͥ̈͠Í"Ì­oÌ"Í,Ì,̹̠́͢͞Í"̜̻̦͕̲l̾Ì...ͯÌ,,Í Í Ì­Ì£Í"̭̝d͋͆͗Ì"̥̰ͯ̃Í...͚̟̙-ͯͦ̈ͯ̚Ì"̛̮͖Bͧ̃̃Í'Ì...Ì"̖̱̠͜Í"͖̯ṵ̦̖̱̪̥̆ͥͣͫͬrͧ̋̐ͫÌ"Ì'Ì'͆Ì"̴̗̭̣̬̟nÍ,͖̮̰͎̯̺̺̞͗͌͐̓̽́͢ì͖̲̱̕ń̩̱̫̬̕͝ģ̠̝̝ͯ̈͝ ̛͈͛͝Í"Hͮ̽ͫÌ"͌͌Ì"͖͕̤͆́͝aÌŽÍ,̤tÍ'̶̴̭̘̞͙͉̥͚͛̓̾eÌ'Ì'̦͙̼͙̺͇̠͉́̓̀͘͜ ̍ͯ͗Í'Ì‹Í'̨̺ͩͪ͆͡Í...̳͕̭̟̝̫oÌ'̪͚̳͍̝̕fͫͤ͊ͬ̌͆̍Ì'͚̠ Ì"ͤ͊Ì'͋̀҉̲͇̤̭̲BÍ'̍҉̹̦̖̥̯̫̪̜͠iÍ'̡͙̘͚͈̤̬͎̬̣ͭn̙̩̙͉̠̈̽ͨ̽Í"Ìœaͦͦ̉ͣÌ,̷̸̯͉̪̦̜͕ͯ͢r͖̥͎̣̻̠ͧ͐ͩͣ́̚Í"Í™y͆͆Í'̍ͦ̍̎̇̀҉̥̰̤̻̳ Ì'̨̧̝̦̉̇EÌŽÌ"̓Ì"̷͚̼̠̣͈̣̥ńͥͪ̎Ì"̢̟̦͖̗̤͙͙͞cÌ"̙͜͝Í"͈͍̞̤̜̖oͫͧ̈ͯ̚Í,̷̵̥͇̰͇͍̬̦̳̿ͩdÌ...̪̼̗̜͇͉̗̩̉͢ĭ͆́ͮ͗ͨÍ,҉̰̞̮̭̻͎nͫ҉̷̬͚̭̻̯̜̖g͇̘̱̿ͭ̽͐́͟͟,̐̋̋̿Ì'Ì·Ì´Ì—Ì«
ͥ̀̃̐̆Í'Í'ͧ́͞Í"͙̟̰̲TͦÌ,Í›Ì,,̹̘͍̱͇̲̹̝̊͜͜hÍ'̹̹̦ẽÌ'̽Í'Ì'̴̨̬ ͉͕͈̫̗̺̠̽͡L̷̢͙̩̩̩̫̠ͨͥȅÌ'Ì,̨͈̪̲̩̻̹̺̜̈͊̍́̚̚͡v̾ͩͭÌ...Ì'Í£Ì,Ì©Ì°Í"͉͈̖eÍ'̶̲̯̝̰̭ͯ͛͐ͮÍ"Ì®lͫ̌ͭÍ,,̢ͬͥ҉̴̥ ̧̨̨̺̆̓ͦ̋̋͐̓̿Í"̜͎Í"Í•Í"̳T̢͋̌Í"̩̥͉̱h́Ì,,͍̭̽͐̏̎ͤ̐Í"a̛̲͉̤̽͌ͮͯ͜t̏̾̊Í,,͌̃Ì'̶͍̮̞͖̽̕ ̶͎̺̘͉̭͋͛͢L̏Í'͖͉̹͎́ͧÍ...Í"̠̤iͮͤ̎̊̏Ì,,̧̯̞̟̹̱̳͡eÌ'̵̺̱͚͎̦̀̇͛sÍ—Í®Ì'́Í'̹͎̘ͭͣ ͥ̎ͫͭ̐ͫÍ,,́͠҉̦̜̠̫Í...̝̗O̍̎͌́̾Í'Ì,,̝̲̦̭̺̲̟̖̓̋uͨÌ'ͧ͗ͥ̌Í,,ͮ҉Í"͍Í"̙͍t̵̬̫̫̯̮͈̀̈̏̎́Í"Ì«sÌ'Í'̙̲͎̱̞͟iͧ͛Ì"Í©ÌŒÌ"̓Ì...̢̜̻̺͘͟Í"̯͎Í"d̡̃̉͢҉̣̭͍̭̩̟̣͉e̦̘̗͎ͨ̆̿͘͟Í"̱͎Í" ́͌̚Ì'ÌšÌ'̶͖̻̰̗̳̙̰̜̗t̨͍̠̻̎ͪ̋̎͘hͧ͗̓Ì'̳̝̀͢͠Í"̜̣eͩ͊͌̚Í'̉͋Ì'̞̘̺̙ Í,ͤ̓ͬ͆Í'͙̳͖͉͖͗̇̀͞Í"̯̠RÌ,,̴̨̙Í"̖̞̖ȩ̶̝̃̊Í"̫̥͖͇̰̲a̶̵̬̱͚̬͉̯̰ͮ͆̌̓̚͟cͮ͛͐͗Í,,̸̵͉ͤÍ"̩̭̺hÌ"̨̩͎̪͚̳̯̟̬ͨ ̛̛̟͇̿̓͛ͧͩ͆o̿ͤͤͦÍ,͇̊͘̕͜Í"͍Í"̤Í"fͧÍ'͍̝̙̩̺͗͟ Í®Í'ͬÌ'̶͉̭͙̪͞͡M̈ͮ̆Ì"Ì"Í,̫̙͍̳̺̠̼̼͢o͛ͯ͆ͩÍ'҉̖̬͖̕͝Í...̹̭͖rÌ"̍Ì,Ì'̗̜̤̼̮͙͉Í"ẗ͚aͫ͛͛Í,,̸̵͇͇̋l̀̇̏ͥ͛ͭÍ'̐͏҉̗͚̝̣͚̕ ́Ì'ͧͯͩÌ,Ì¿Ì"͏̗̹̙̱Í"͈̰̘Mͭ͆Ì,,̻̭͕̣͛̽͢ḙ̩̘͕̞̟͈ͨͮ̿̽͘Í"̹ǹ͐Í,,̯ͫ͊͡Í"͎͉̼̻̯͎

[div align=\\\"center\\\"]BÍ'̷̨̬̤͇̙̝ͥ͡Í...E͆̋̽Í'̸̡̹̪̀̋̀Í...̮͙̳̞̪ ͖̇́P̆̏̊Ì,̷̧̖̮͖̠̫̰̿̐́ͭR̸͉̱̼ͯͫ͐̉͆̃͢ȦÍ'Í­Ì'͇̘͇̗̠͚̝͕̃̋̚Y̷̝̯͈̬̼͉͙͛͗̆̌ͩͬ̈̽͠Ì̮̞̦̝̫͖̪̺̫ͬ̀ͬ́͜N̘̰ͮ̉̀GÌ,Ì"Í›Ì'̨̺̖̳̹̜̩̌̇͆̈̀ Ì'͚͚̟̤̫͚̙̃ͯ̓͗͝BÌ'ͮ̽҉͖̼Í"̺͖̝̲EÌŠÍ'Í,,͙̺̭̬̠͙̺̗͐ ̞̥̊ͥ͛ͥ͘͟͠Í...̬͇̞̟̖PͬͪÌ...͋ͥͬÌ'̵̺͇͈̯Ṙ̏ͪ҉̨̝̟͈̻͚A̶̢̺̤͚͇̠̥̺̾̉ͫ̃Yͮ̉ͣÌ,,̛̹̼͍̙̮́͢IͫͧͫÌ"Í,̜̗̾ͧ̐̃͢͞N̏ͩÌ'̵̬͙̥͙̇G̨̱̤̳ͩͧÍ"̝ ̧̘̜͐͋͊́͞͠BÌ'ͦÌ"̃͗̐ͤ͏̧̼̮EÌšÌ'҉͖͚̭̪̮̦ ̛̝̹̟̀͡PÍ'̾ͬÌ"̪ͦ͌͞Ȑͤ͆̏̚Í'̝̫̦̳̫̜̐̓̎A̽̀̌ͩÌ...Ì"̼͉̻͇͙͘̕Í...̜̩Y̗̥̜̖̫͌̽͜İ̪͕̼ͧ̍Ņ̖͖͎͖̞̜͉́̍̓G̡̜̰̟̦ͩ̌̎́͆͘Í"̭͙̝͍ Í,,̈̓ͮÌ'̨̨̹͈̹̤̖̹̗̊B̢̺̦̭̥̰̭͕̲̓̍E̸̹̦̺ͭ̀͘ Ì"Ì'̡͛̿̓Í"̯̫̫̫̤̩Í"̤P̱͙̭̆ͨͭ̇ͪͨ͗ͨ͌Í"RÌ...̨̪̠̤̗̦͎̼͍ͥͫͯ͋A͈̘̮̲̭ͥ̎Yͭ̃Í'̷̪̟͉̻ͣͦͤ͆͟Í"ÍšÍ"Iͪ͛̈ͣÌ,,̵̳̪̥ͤ̃ͯ́Í"̳͙̪̥NÍ,,ͦÌ"́ͬÍ,̸̫̱͙͉̕G̈Ì"̪̟̤̮͎ͫͭͭÍ"̼
Ì'̧̯̙̗̖̺͇̜ͨ̆̚͡T̏̾̇̍͗͏̶̧̯̗̞̯H̸̉̽̌͜͏̣̝Eͪͥ̇̌̈̎͌̀Ì"̧̠͢Í...̫̙̳̪ Ì"ͣ͋Í,Ì'́͏҉̤̻̗̮͎͍̯̻Ş̋Í...͖̙̠͍̟̮̰PÍ'̃ͪ̉ͨÌ'Í,,Í'Í¡Í"̼Èͯ̿ͩͭ́Ì...̱̗͇̗͎́EÌŠÍ,,Í,̖̬̭̮̗̣̻̀D̎͌̾̚Ì'̧̢̩̙̠̎̓ ̶͊ͮÍ"͈͖̹WÌ"͆Ì,,̛͚̳̦͉̇ͭͯͣ͢Í...IÌ‹ÌšÌ"̶̺̣͍̍́̋L̝̞̬̍LÍ'Ì"Ì'̌̈́̋Ì,,̶̹̩̫̝̋ Í,,̘̭͉͙̜ͦͬ̆NÌŽÍ‹Ì,ͨÌ"Ì"ÌŠÍ'̸̥̦͇ͣOÍ'͈͇̞̲ͬT̃Í'̣̱̞̱̣̀̕͞ ͬ̎Ì"̾Ì...̢͕̥̤͕̘̜ṠÍ'Í›Ì,,ÌŒÌ,,͚̫͎͎̣̫̻͇̼T̾Ì"̷̷̭̞̎̐ͪ̚Oͬ̚Ì...ͦÌ...̴̷̛̥͎̮͊PÌ"̶̛̠͕̟̚̕
̌̈Í,,͎̗͖͇̕TÌ'̟̖̝̯̤̤͠H̆Ì'̲͍̬͚̠̪̭ͪ͗ͨ͐̕IÌŠÍ©Í‹Ì°Sͫ͆ͭ͋ͭÌ"Í'Ì'͘͏̸̳̞̤̲͉ ÍŠÌ‹Ì'̺̘̝͉̦͇̙́IÌ...̷̸̹̹ͩÍ...̲SÌ...Ì...ͬ̋ͨ҉̨Í"͍̣̞̳Í...̯͖̦ Ì¿Ì'̆Í,,̶̜̟̲Ţͭ́̐́ͨ̎͋ͣ̈Í...Hͪ̌̃Ì...̶͙̼̯̞̯̦̻́Í"Í™E̠̞͉͉̠͚̿̐ͩ͛ͥͪ̇̾͘͜͠Í... Ì"Ì€Ì"͙̫̝̖͍̫͈̕E̺̳̰̭͎̯̦̖͋ͯͫͣŃ̀Ì...Í,̀ͨÌ,,ÌŽÌ°Ì©Í"̠͚̘̫Dͫͥ̆Ì,,̧̓ͧ͜͢Í"͍
͐ͫÌ"Ì‹Ì"Í‹ÌŽÌ"Ì,,̘̲̺̝B̜̩̭̻̩͋͛ͫ̃͌͋͘͡Eͦ̆Í,̽Ì"͇́ͩ̀Í... ͣͫ̈̉̚Í'͆Ì'̷̭̣̥̠͎̖̞̳̹͡PÍ«Í'ͧÍ,,͉̠̙̟̠̇R͆̓Ì,,̏̏Ì'Ì"̛͎͕̠̞̞̥͖̮ͨ͟AÌ"̐Ì"ÍŒÌ...̜̱̝̊ͩ͋YͨÌ"Í‹Í'Ì"̛̞͉IÌ"Ì,,̍ͭ͏̲͚̳̘̩͢Í"N̸̥̦̗ͪ́ͪ͜GÌ"ͧ̍Ì"̊͘҉͈̳̬̥ ̢͖̝̯́ͧ̌B̏̈̈Ì'̗̼͇͇̎ͭ̀Eͥ̇͌͆͆̈̌̚͏̣̖̺̜Í"͎̘͍̺ ͛ͬͩ̀ͯ̊̌̆҉̡͉̬PͤÍ'͏̩R͗ͨÌ,̧̣͙͙̦̹̫̹͛̌̀ͦ̋͞Ạ̢̩̼̙̮̐̽ͩͫ̀̀̐ͤY͊ͧ̇͛Í"̣̝Í"Ì»IÌ"̢͘͟Í...̬̲͖Í"N͊ͪ͐Í,,Ì"Í,,ͪÌ'͍͚͎̕̕̕G̸̨̦̠̺̦̺̠̤̓ͥ ̼͖̽̇B̵̭̝̽͝Ẽ͆Í,,̇̚͞҉͖͉̣̩̯̱̱̳ Ì,,ͧͯ̎Ì"̴͈͖̟̞͖͉͍͚͝P͋͋̍Í,̢̰̇͡Í...̦̣Ŗ̻̤ͨ̍͗ͧ̿͗̋͢A̝̬̝ͨ̏YÍ'Í,̴̲̋IͬͨÌ"̞̜̼̜̊͆̀Í...̯Í"Í...NÍ«Ì‹Ì"̢̲͖̗̊͘GÍ,,̨̝͚̭̘͍̣̽͟ ̧͖̯ͮ̎́ͤ͠Í...̬͇̮BÍ,,Í'ͭ̽͌Ì'̭͈̺̞̣̬̀̀E͈̹̭͍̜͇̾̐ͯ̆̋ Ì"̶̗̩̣ͫͮ̃̃͌ͯ́̐͟P̈̇ͬ͊͗̽Í,̶̧̧͖̃Í...R̺̊̀͞A͗ͬ͗Ì"͉̤̣̤̙̹ͧ͊Ỳ̏Ì,,̶̨̼̩̗͎̺̪̰Iͤ͋̾Ì"̜̙̣̝NÌ...͐ͦͬ͏̶͎̻͇͡Í"Í"ÌŸGÍ¥Ì...̜̯̣̮͖̺͇ͯ͗̃ͧͯ͊̍[/div]

[Shuey]

LOL, is that a kill screen Kitaru?

[Kitaru]

Something like that. :3

[Joshua_Tolles]

Level 30: Ascension

Some runner up names I had:
Peptic Peril (22)
Candy Cane Kingdom(14)/Peppermint Prison(24)
The Shroud of Death Upon Your Head (27)