Tetris

Video Game
1984
E

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Differently shaped blocks descend into a 2D container. The blocks can be moved and rotated, and must be sorted into the rest of the blocks on the fly.Differently shaped blocks descend into a 2D container. The blocks can be moved and rotated, and must be sorted into the rest of the blocks on the fly.Differently shaped blocks descend into a 2D container. The blocks can be moved and rotated, and must be sorted into the rest of the blocks on the fly.

Director
- Alexey Pazhitnov
Writer
- Alexey Pazhitnov

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IMDb RATING

8.5/10

3.6K

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Director
- Alexey Pazhitnov
Writer
- Alexey Pazhitnov

8User reviews

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Trivia
The Tengen NES version of Tetris is the most controversial one. Tengen was a division of by Atari that made games for third-party consoles, including this version of Tetris. Tengen bypassed a lockout chip designed by Nintendo to block unauthorized third-party games. However, Tengen faced a lawsuit involving distribution of its own Tetris game. It was discovered that Tengen bought the rights from a company called Mirrorsoft, which did not own the rights in the first place. As a result, Tengen lost its case, the Tengen Tetris was recalled from stores, and Nintendo released their own version for the NES after that.

Connections
Featured in Die Hard (1988)

Soundtracks
Theme C
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach)
Truncated version of French Suite No. 3 "Menuet"

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Featured review

8/10

One of the many games that made history

Tetris is one of those games you just pick up and play

Just a game that is simple to play and will keep you playing for hours among hours.

Tetris is one of the first puzzle video games that help create the genre

The controls are simple to master it just easy to pick up to play

Graphics are good as well and the sound effect works well along with the music in the game to keep the game going

Tetris is one of the first games I remember playing and still reminds one of the best ones ever created so do yourself a favor and pick up one of the most important video games ever created

I give Tetris an 8 out of 10