![]() According to an interview with the Guardian, Pajitnov gave his rights to the software to the Russian government for 10 years, making it one of the first pieces of software exported by the Soviet Union. Photo via Wikipedia 9) Tetris‘s creator didn’t get royalties until 1996ĭespite Tetris‘s wild popularity, including being bundled with the Game Boy in the late ’80s, Pajitnov never saw a dime from sales of Tetris until 1996. In addition to the standard game, Tengen’s release featured a competitive mode the NES version lacked and multiple difficulty levels. The recall of the Tengen release was a minor tragedy for video game fans because it was superior to Nintendo’s version in many ways. 8) The Tengen version of Tetris was actually better The title had been on shelves for a month when the order came down, during which time about 100,000 copies were sold. district court judge issuing an injunction stopping further sales of their Tetris. Tengen lost the case in June 1989, with a U.S. ![]() Tengen and Atari sued Nintendo claiming it had the rights to distribute its version of Tetris. granted licensing rights for Tetris to Nintendo. While Atari was trying to sort out the details, the U.S.S.R. It turns out Atari had asked Pajitnov for permission to release a home console version of the game instead of the Russian government. Rather, its license was for arcade versions of Tetris. There’s just one problem: Atari didn’t have the rights to produce a home version of the game. The original NES version of Tetris was released by a company called Tengen, owned by Atari. 7) Even the original NES version of Tetris was technically a pirated port Without piracy, Tetris might have stayed an oddball anomaly on a Soviet computer. Pajitnov granted his rights to the Soviet Union for 10 years so it could license official versions. A copy was smuggled to Hungary, however, and unauthorized versions begin popping up. He originally wanted to publish the game but didn’t know how and worried he’d be punished by the government for doing so. When Tetris was originally developed, Pajitnov was working for the Russian government building computer programs. Photo by Alexey Pajitnov (CC-BY) 6) The game originally spread through piracy That was a very important role for Tetris at that time.” It was important for people to feel better about the computer. It’s not just a sophisticated thing to deal with numbers and spreadsheets, but also a fun toy to play a simple and engaging game. In a 2014 interview with CNBC, Pajitnov said, “Tetris was lucky to be a messenger for early customers of the computer. Pajitnov wasn’t just setting out to make a game when he developed Tetris he was trying to show people computers could be easy to learn. The game’s similarities to tennis are not as immediately apparent, beyond its addictive qualities and constantly changing defensive moves.ĥ) Tetris was designed to make computers seem less intimidating Tetris comes from the Greek word tetra, meaning four, and tennis, creator Pajitnov’s favorite sport. Each Tetris piece is made up of exactly four blocks, easily explaining Pajitnov’s rational for the first part of Tetris‘s name. Tetris’ name is a portmanteau, where the sounds and meanings of two words are combined to make a new word. 4) “Tetris” is a combination of Greek and the creator’s favorite sport The Matrix is made up of a 10-by-20 grid (and has nothing to do with Keanu Reeves). 3) The playing field in Tetris is called the Matrix Tetris uses what’s known as tetrominoes, a special case of pentominos with four elements. In a standard pentominos puzzle, players must fit the shapes into a rectangular box without any overlap or gaps. There are 12 shapes of pentominos, but only seven of them are used in Tetris. Pentominos-shapes created by combining five blocks-have been used in math games since 1907. Pajitnov was influenced by pentominos puzzles when designing Tetris. Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov Photo via " class="wp-image-248409" src=""/> Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov Photo via 2) There’s a name for those weird Tetris pieces Tasked with programming computer games that would test the capabilities of the U.S.S.R.’s computer equipment, he spent his spare time dreaming up puzzle games. Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov created Tetris while working a computer programmer at the Soviet Academy of Sciences’ Computer Center in Moscow in 1984. 25 fascinating Tetris facts 1) Tetris was developed in 1984 by a Russian Fortunately, Tetris has some surprising benefits, which you’ll learn when we collection of interesting Tetris facts. There’s a good chance you’ve played Tetris at some point, and even if haven’t, you’ve definitely had the theme music stuck in your head.īeloved by children of all ages, the simple puzzle game takes seconds to learn, but you’ll burn countless hours getting good at it.
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