xlsior: thanks. I had considered a rotate both ways and I checked out about 20 tetris clones after I made mine. Originally my L did rotate around a 3x3 grid but I checked the C64 version of Tetris (one of the originals) and realised that the shape rotated around a 3x2 grid (which looked weird) and because it was the standard, I went with that. Also originally my "S" shape rotated around a 3x3 grid but this was naff as it could have 4 positions instead of the standard 2 (same with the 4 block bar actually). I noticed that a lot of clones had failed to spot this. Maybe the drop speed could be set in the .ini file. I didn't want an instant drop as that normally pees me off if I hit it by mistake. To be honest, I probably won't make any more changes now as it was just a little exercise for me to see how long it would take. It took 6 days (including a weekend) alongside a regular job and looking after kids etc. Oh yeah, that includes making a mini web page to release it on.