History of video games, Games, Tetris

History

Tetris is a falling block puzzle game developed by Alexey Pajitnov in 1984.[1] It is perhaps the best known video game to have originated in the Soviet Union.

Gallery

A screenshot from a Tetris clone.

(Image: Anypodetos, Public domain)

Tetrominos, known as tetriminos in the Tetris community, the basic blocks of Tetris.

(Image: Damian Yerrick, uploader, Public domain)

Tetriminos in Tetris.

(Image: Sergei Frolov ,Soviet calculators Collection, http://www.rk86.com/frolov/, CC BY-SA 3.0)

The Electronika 60, the first computer to run Tetris.

(Image: William Warby from London, England, CC BY 2.0)

Tetris running on a Game Boy.

(Image: dan taylor, CC BY 2.0)

Tetris on an iPod.

(Image: Eunice Szpillman, CC BY-SA 2.0)

Alexey Pajitnov in 2008.

References

↑ Jacopo, Prisco. "Tetris: The Soviet 'mind game' that took over the world" (in en). CNN. https://www.cnn.com/style/article/tetris-video-game-history/index.html.

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