Tetris

Moby ID: 92309

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Released: 1985 on Mainframe
Credits: 1 person

Moby Score: n/a
Players: (1)
Collected By: 3 players

Genre: Action
Puzzle
Perspective: Side view
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Gameplay: Falling block puzzle
Interface: Direct control

Business Model: Freeware / Free-to-play / Public Domain
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

See Also

Tetris (1986 on DOS)
Tetris (1988 on ZX Spectrum)
Tetris (1988 on Arcade, 1989 on NES)
Tetris (1988 on Commodore 64)
Tetris (1988 on Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum...)
Tetris (1988 on DOS, Apple II, Apple IIgs...)
Tetris (1988 on Galaksija)
Tetris (1988 on FM-7, PC-98, Sharp X68000...)
Tetris (1988 on Arcade, 1989 on Genesis)
Tetris (1989 on TRS-80 CoCo)
Tetris (1989 on Game Boy, 2011 on Nintendo 3DS)
Tetris (1989 on NES)
Tetris (1990 on Commodore 16, Plus/4)
Tetris (1991 on CD-i)
Tetris (1991 on Dragon 32/64)
Tetris (1992 on DOS)
Tetris (2002 on J2ME)
Tetris (2002 on WonderSwan Color)
Tetris (2006 on VIC-20)
Tetris (2007 on ZX81)
Tetris (2008 on Browser)
Tetris (2008 on iPhone, 2010 on iPad, Android)
Tetris (2009 on Jupiter Ace)
Tetris (2009 on PSP, 2011 on PlayStation 3)
Tetris (2013 on Browser)
Tetris (2013 on Philips VG 5000)
Tetris (2016 on Windows)
Tetris (2018 on J2ME)
Tetris (2018 on Browser)
Tetris (2020 on iPhone, Android, iPad)

Description

The original version of Tetris was programmed on a Electronika 60 at the the Soviet Academy of Sciences at Computer Center in Moscow. In this puzzle game the player must direct randomly spawned Tetromino blocks (in seven different shapes) down the screen in an attempt to fill lines. Blocks can be rotated and translated in the horizontal axis, they automatically drop down and will fall faster the further the game progresses. Blocks stack untop of each other and if a block no longer fits at the top of the screen the game is over. A full horizontal line is removed making everything above it fall down and thus freeing up space to continue play.

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Written by

Alexey L. Pajitnov

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Trivia

Awards

Library of Congress
- In 2007, Tetris was among the ten most important computer games accepted for preservation in the Library of Congress.
The Strong National Museum of Play
- 2015 – Introduced into the World Video Game Hall of Fame

Release data

While the release date of Tetris is often cited to be June 6th 1984, this date appears to have been invented in order to market a 25th anniversary in 2009. The actual date is in fact not known, but a recovered working build has file timestamps including April 4th 1985.

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Hard Drop Wiki page for Tetris.

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MobyGames ID: 92309

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Game added by vedder.

Additional contributors: Sciere, Deleted, Zhuzha, SoMuchChaotix.

Game added July 7, 2017. Last modified April 19, 2024.