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Tetris

Overview

Tetris (Russian: Те́трис, pronounced [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 USSR 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.

Platform
Jupiter Ace
Genre
Puzzle
Alternate Names
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Video
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Media

Box - Front

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Cart - Front

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Clear Logo

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Screenshot - Gameplay

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