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Tetris

Developer: Alexey Pajitnov [Алексе́й Па́житнов]
1986
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Falling block puzzle#2 Arcade#1
Players must guide randomly selected tetromino-shaped blocks called "Tetriminos" down a matrix and form complete horizontal lines to keep the blocks from piling to the top.
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Tetris
1986 • Алексе́й Па́житнов  
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Tetris
1987 • Andromeda Mirrorsoft  
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1987 • Spectrum HoloByte  
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1988 • Andromeda Mirrorsoft  
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1988 • Spectrum HoloByte  
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1988 • Spectrum HoloByte  
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Vs. Tetris
1988 • Atari Games Corp.  
テトリス
1988 • BPS  
Floppy 3.5"
JP 4 988627 100104
テトリス
1988 • BPS  
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JP 4 988627 000053 BPS-TØ
Tetris
1989 • Nintendo  
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XNA 0 45496 73027 7 DMG-TR-USA
Tetris
1989 • Nintendo  
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XNA 0 45496 63053 9 NES-EI-USA
Tetris
1990 • Nintendo  
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ES 0 45496 63053 9 NES-EI-ESP
Tetris
1990 • Nintendo BPS  
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XEU 0 45496 73027 7 DMG-TR-NOE
Tetris
1992 • Philips  
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Tetris
1993 • Nintendo  
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ES IT 0 45496 73027 7 DMG-TR-EUR
Tetris
2006 • EA EA Mobile  
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2011 • BPS Nintendo  
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Tetris
2023 • Nintendo  
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Tetris Players Choice Million Seller
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XNA 0 45496 73027 7 DMG-TR-USA-2
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One of the only objectively perfect games in existence since it's just a simple puzzle with a closed system. Tetris is beautiful philosophically and ideologically. The only foe you have here is your own lack of imagination and its almost zen-like quality makes it a standard for hardcore and wide audiences alike. Who would've thought Soviet's best export of the Orwellian 1984 would be a video game to resonate with generations?

My favourite versions to play are the DOS one and the NES one which has a magical chiptune rendition of The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. I never was one of those Gameboy people.
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Neat game :)

For what is just a rudimentary action-puzzle game made in some russian basement as a side project, it really, really works at keeping me hooked. I always wanna play one more game, trying to stack the pieces differently from last time in hopes I can get a better score.

To me, Tetris sets the standard for what's considered "fun" in videogames. If your videogame isn't as fun as Tetris, you need take a step back and rework on the fundamentals.
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If we were to rank the greatest games of all time based on their desired accomplishments and objectives, Tetris would probably hold the #1 spot. Unlike most games of its era, Tetris has never failed the test of time and will undoubtedly continue to thrive on numerous platforms.
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Tetris is the purest intersection between art, play, and geometry. Even though games like Resident Evil 4, Mario 64 and We Love Katamari top my games list, Tetris is one of those unspoken things where it's almost moot to bring it up.
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I think the Game Boy came with it or something because everyone had it and you could play it with the "link" system (ooh, that brings me back). Your cleared lines were transfered to the other player, such a fun game mode that I haven't played or even heard of since. Believe it or not, kids payed money to play the arcade as well, but, in my case, it was mostly because Street Fighter 2 had a much longer queue. But sometimes that game would be available and I'd be like "I'm good", and stayed with Tetris for a while. That's something.

Anyway, it's insane how this little puzzle game is still going fairly strong 30+ years later.
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i have tetris'd
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  • deadass 2023-07-11 18:03:26.82225+00
    fascinating competitive scene
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  • foiebump 2023-07-14 13:28:24.257865+00
    tetris for jeff
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  • foiebump 2023-07-14 13:29:03.669261+00
    wish there was an catch-all game for modern tetris because i honestly prefer it alot more to classic tetris. puyo puyp tetris maybe but i dunno.
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    • luna128 2023-09-10 07:24:56.451079+00
      Tetris Friends was your best bet :/
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  • luna128 2023-09-10 07:28:02.397169+00
    Would like to hear from anyone who's given this less than a perfect score how they would improve the game.
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    • Bskeezer 2023-10-22 06:57:03.294358+00
      By making it fun
    • Diugo 2023-10-27 12:27:50.724366+00
      Biggest problem with tetris is that its greatest strength is also it greatest flaw. Its too simple. I bet mathematically this was a hard game to design. But with other games there is much more artistic design in all its aspects.
    • tdstr 2023-11-24 04:37:07.602698+00
      tetris (concept) is great, this version however has no hard drop though so it sucks. i can take or leave piece holding and ghosts, but no hard drop makes this game frustratingly slow. i'm glad basically every evolution of tetris, from guideline to TGM, realized that hard drop was necessary for a game with a board as tall as this
    • EJ_082887 2023-11-30 13:20:25.422337+00
      “I don’t like it because its fun, and it doesn’t feed my depression”.

      I’m being sarcastic, lol
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  • cringeybabey 2023-09-25 02:36:28.232451+00
    fascinating competitive scene [2] I've been completely addicted to watching competitive tetris for like the past 3 months
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  • Aysenthesys 2023-11-01 17:16:12.521019+00
    Absolutely timeless and endlessly replayable. I really do suck, though. Better get off this game before I get too addicted.
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  • EJ_082887 2023-11-30 13:18:10.835777+00
    So over Thanksgiving weekend. My six year old nephew was showing me his Switch, and he played the original GameBoy version of Tetris. Just playing that game, never once commented on the graphics. He had fun playing that game! He even prefer music “Type-C”. Do me that is a testament on how timeless that game is and I think at the end of the day, its a perfect game!
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