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Tetris

Tetris (Russian: Тетрис) is a puzzle video game created by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer, in the mid-1980s. In Tetris, falling pieces consisting of four connected blocks, known as tetrominoes, must be sorted into a pile. Once a horizontal line of the playfield is filled with blocks, the line disappears, granting points and preventing the…

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Genre
Puzzle
Creator
Alexey Pajitnov
First release
Tetris (Spectrum HoloByte) January 27, 1988[a]
Latest release
Tetris: The Grand Master 4 – Absolute Eye April 4, 2025
Platforms
Various (70 or more)

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related to Books · 78
Tetris → Ackerman, All Time, All Your Base, Amsterdam, An Insider Look, Andy, Arsenault, Barton, Belong, Bernard, Beyond, Bill, Boudreau, Casual Gaming Falls Into, Changed, Continue, Craze That Touched Our, CT, Dan, Dana
has impact · 67
Tetris → Apple TV, April, BBC's Tetris, Blue, Box Brown's Tetris, Capcom's Super Puzzle Fighter, Cira Center, Commentators, Compile's Puyo Puyo, Dan Ackerman's The Tetris, David Sheff, Doctor Spin, Due, Ecstasy, Effect, Eurodance, Family Guy, From Russia, From Russia With Love, Futurama
related to Spread beyond the Soviet Union (1985–1988) · 43
Tetris → Adam, Andromeda Software, Around, As, Brjabrin, Budapest, Commodore, Computer Studies, Despite, Dorodnitsyn Computing Center, During, Elektronorgtechnica, Elorg, English, Europe, Gábor Bolgár, Hungary, In, Japan, Jim Mackonochie
related to International negotiations (1988–1989) · 41
Tetris → After, Afterward, Alexinko, America, Arakawa, Around, At, Atari Games, Blasteroids, Bullet-Proof Software, CES, December, Despite, Discussions, Elorg, Evgeni Belikov, Famicom, Following, Game Boy, Henk Rogers
related to Legal battles and aftermath (1989–1993) · 40
Tetris → After, Atari Games, Based, Believing, Belikov, Both, California, Despite, Elorg, Famicom, Gorbachev, Hideyuki Nakajima, In, Japanese, Judge Fern, June, Kevin, Lincoln, May, Meanwhile
related to Maya Rogers' succession and resurgence of popularity (2014–present) · 36
Tetris → Blue Planet Software, CEO, December, Enhance Games, February, Henk Rogers, In, In January, It, Japan, July, June, Maya, Monstars, Nintendo, Nintendo Direct, Nintendo Shuntaro Furukawa, Nintendo Switch Online, Nintendo Switch Online's, November
related to Accolades · 34
Tetris → Arcade Game, Best Entertainment Program, Best Strategy Game, Choice Award, Compute, Computer Gaming World, Critic's Choice Award, Den, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Entertainment Weekly, Fame, Flux, Game Informer, GamePro, GameSpot, GamesRadar, Geek, GQ, IGN, Macworld
related to The Tetris Company and Blue Planet Software (1995–2012) · 33
Tetris → Another, August, Belikov, Bio Sensor, Blue Planet Software, David Crookes, Elorg, Gameplay, H2O Entertainment, In, Inc, It, Japan-exclusive Tetris, LLC, Mino, Nintendo, On, Pajitnov, Retro Gamer, Rogers
related to Research · 22
Tetris → Although, American, By, For, Furthermore, Gray, Haier, In, John, Lindstedt, Moscow Medical Center, Nonetheless, Pokhilko, Prior, PTSD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Richard, Soviet, The Tetris, To
related to Creation (1984–1985) · 21
Tetris → Academy, Afterward, Alexey Pajitnov, BBC, Because, Dorodnitsyn Computing Center, Elektronika, From Russia, He, June, Love, Pajitnov, Pajitnov's, Pascal, PDP-11, RT-11, Russian, Sciences, Sources, The

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TetrisCreatorAlexey Pajitnov1.00infobox
TetrisFirst releaseTetris (Spectrum HoloByte) January 27, 1988[a]1.00infobox
TetrisGenrePuzzle1.00infobox
TetrisLatest releaseTetris: The Grand Master 4 – Absolute Eye April 4, 20251.00infobox
TetrisPlatformsVarious (70 or more)1.00infobox
Tetrisis abest-selling video game of all time0.90text
Tetrispart ofthe competitive gaming scene0.85text
architectureinstance ofTetris has been represented in a vast array of media0.80text
artinstance ofTetris has been represented in a vast array of media0.80text
been the subject of academic researchinstance ofTetris has been represented in a vast array of media0.80text
including studies of its potential for psychological interventioninstance ofTetris has been represented in a vast array of media0.80text
the Amigainstance ofMirrorsoft rewrote the code of the original IBM release for systems0.80text

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