The following table lists differences in game rules among games believed to follow the Tetris Guideline published by The Tetris Company.

A blank cell denotes a yet unchecked element.

	Tetris: New Century	iPod Tetris	Tetris Gold	Tetris DS	Tetris Black	Tetris Deluxe	Tetris The Grand Master Ace	Tetris The Grand Master 3	Tetris Worlds (PS2, Xbox, GCN, PC)
Hold piece	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Next pieces shown	3	3	3	6	3	4	3	3	6
Lock delay cancel using down key	Yes	No	No	Yes	No		No	No	No
Maximum soft drop speed	Native + Value	Native + Value	0.5G	0.5G	Native + Value		0.5G	1G	Native * 20
Togglable hold piece	Yes (by changing control settings)	No	No	No	No		No	No	Arcade mode only
Togglable Infinity	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	No	Yes (GC, Xbox) / No (PS2, PC)
Togglable ghost piece	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	Yes
Togglable hard drop	No	No	No	Yes	No		No	No	No
Togglable wall kicks	No	No	No	No	No		ARS, ARS2	Classic (TGM)	No
Standard Mode infinity limit				No			128	8 rotations or 10 movements	No
Maximum G	20G		7G	20G	7G	1G	20G	20G	2.36G
ARE	No	Ignores player's input for a little time		No		Yes	Yes	Yes	No, but short processing fall
	Tetris: New Century	iPod Tetris	Tetris Gold	Tetris DS	Tetris Black	Tetris Deluxe	Tetris The Grand Master Ace	Tetris The Grand Master 3	Tetris Worlds (PS2, Xbox, GCN, PC)
Line limit mode	40	40	No	25 (called Line Clear)	40	40	No	No	No
Limited total time (Ultra) mode	3 mins	3 mins	No	No	2 mins	3 mins	No	No	2 mins reset after level up
7-bag randomizer (Random Generator)		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	History 6 Rolls	No (square mode) No, but bag-based (fusion mode) Yes (all other modes)
Top out	Line at 22	Line at 22	Line at 22	Line at 22	Line at 22		Line at 22	Piece at 20	Line at 22
Standard marathon mode max level	15	15	15	20	15	15	15	999	15
Level advancement requirement	10 Lines (Marathon) / 4 Lines (Extra)	Variable Lines	5*Level Points	10 Lines	5*Level Points	10 Lines (But "Lines" is not true lines)	10 Lines	Drop or Clear	5*Level Points
T-spin recognition	3-corner T no kick	3-corner T no kick	3-corner T nerfed kick (will register on a triple, no visual effect differences)	Single Player: 3-corner T nerfed kick (will register on a triple, no visual effect differences) Multiplayer: 3-corner T	3-corner T nerfed kick (will register on a triple, no visual effect differences)		No	Clear a line using a T, with final action being rotation	3-corner T no wall
Twists of pieces other than T recognised				None					Some (square mode) None (all other modes)
Back-to-Back recognition	Tetris/T-spin	Tetris only	Tetris/T-spin	Tetris/T-spin	Tetris/T-spin		No	No	Tetris only
Known guideline version	2006	2006?	2005	2005	2005	2002?	2005	2002	2002 (it even defines 2002 guideline itself)
	Tetris: New Century	iPod Tetris	Tetris Gold	Tetris DS	Tetris Black	Tetris Deluxe	Tetris The Grand Master Ace	Tetris The Grand Master 3	Tetris Worlds (PS2, Xbox, GCN, PC)
Release date	Sep 06	Sep 06	Sep 06	May 06	Mar 06	Mar 12	Dec 05	Mar 05	Nov 01
Platform category	Stationary Console	Handheld Gadget	Handheld Gadget	Handheld Console	Handheld Gadget	Handheld Gadget	Stationary Console	Arcade	Stationary Console, PC
Move sound	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No		Yes	No	No
Spin sound	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No		Yes	No	Yes
Line-specific clear sounds		Tetris only	Tetris only	All	Tetris only		All w/ voice	No	All w/ voice
"Kalinka" song	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	No
"Katjusha" song	No	No	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	No
"Korobeiniki" song	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	Yes, only in Arcade