
Tetris (Russian: Тетрис [ˈtɛtrʲɪs]) is a tile-matching puzzle video game, originally designed and programmed by Russian game designer Alexey Pajitnov. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the Soviet Union in Moscow. He derived its name from the Greek numerical prefix tetra- (all of the game's pieces contain four segments) and tennis, Pajitnov's favorite sport. Tetris was the first entertainment software to be exp...
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Release Date
June 6, 1984
Developer
Various, Alexey Pajitnov, Vadim Gerasimov
Publisher
SEGA, Nintendo, Infogrames, small, Infogrames Entertainment, Philips, Mirrorsoft, Spectrum Holobyte, Tandy, Various, Bullet-Proof Software, (NES), AcademySoft, (MS-DOS), (AC/MD), W!Games, (Home computers)
Genres
Puzzle
Play Modes
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