Tetris
Video Game
Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!! Available Now On the AppStore...must outsmart the Spookies' clever puzzles and beat them in their own game using only a limited number of blocks. Eternity Mode is a Tetris-inspired exhaust mode that just keeps going for as long as players can keep it at or reach the... In this article: Puzzle, App Store, Itunes, Iphone, Apple, Tetris, Nintendo, and Wii system |
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PR Newswire | 2 days ago
The Impossible Quiz(TM) for the iPhone(TM) and iPod Touch(TM) Soars Into the Top 10 of All Apps on the iTunes Store!
...7 for all paid apps yesterday. The Impossible Quiz(TM) is also number 4 of app store games, surpassing the classic puzzle game Tetris and Metal Gear Solid Touch. inXile entertainment is very excited about the success of The Impossible...
In this article: IPod, Trademark, Brian Fargo, Iphone, Newport Beach, California, All rights reserved, Line Rider, and Interplay Entertainment
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MAKE: Blog | 4 days ago
Tetris meets Arduino
Like Tetris, but tired of playing it alone in the dark on your Game Boy? Well, now you can rejoice, for Luyza Pereira and Bettina Hiel have brought Tetris into the era of physical computing with their installation Tetris meets Arduino. The...
In this article: Game Boy
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Joystiq | 4 days ago
Peggle and Peggle Nights coming to PSN on Nov. 19
...Ripper Nov. 26 in Europe 3 days ago on Joystiq Nintendo: Video: Dr. Mario kinda doesn't know what he's doing With the exception of Tetris, Blast Corps and Mischief Makers, Peggle is arguably the best game ever created. This Thursday,...
In this article: Peggle, Peggle Nights, Sears, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Mario, PlayStation Network, Kmart, and Indiana Jones
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Independent.co.uk - Gadgets & Tech | November 12, 2009
EA changes focus with Playfish purchase
...within EA Interactive, which is also home to online gaming platform Pogo.com and EA Mobile, which publishes such games as Rock Band and Tetris for the iPhone. Playfish has been backed by venture capital firms Accel Partners, Index...
In this article: Playfish, Facebook, Iphone, Index Ventures, Venture capital, Accel Partners, and Facebook Platform
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The Register | November 11, 2009
Platform clusters Windows HPC with Linux
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IGN | November 10, 2009
0-D Beat Drop Review
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CNET News.com | November 09, 2009
EA picks up Playfish for social gaming push
...on the Web. The Mobile side of EA Interactive has captured 34 percent market share in the U.S. with the help of Madden NFL 10, The Sims, and Tetris. Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has written about everything from HDTVs to...
In this article: Playfish, CNET, Facebook, Electronic Arts, Madden NFL 10, and Android
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PC World: Latest Technology News | November 08, 2009
Game Boy Joins Toy Hall of Fame
...gaming fun. Its portability and efficient design, ability to allow simultaneous multiplayer gaming, and scores of intriguing games (like Tetris and Super Mario Land, featuring Nintendo's already-iconic character Mario) make it a true...
In this article: Game Boy, National Toy Hall of Fame, Super Mario Land, Mario, Nintendo, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, and Strong National Museum of Play
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The Bergen Record | November 06, 2009
Ball finally bounces into immortality
...gaming. It was the first portable system to allow multiple players simultaneously and came bundled with the classic puzzle game Tetris. The Big Wheel was created by Louis Marx & Co., the largest toy maker in the U.S. between the...
In this article: Game Boy, New York, Nintendo Co., and Tiger Woods
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 03, 2009
Videogames that make you smarter
...Institute of Technology, who researches and designs video games. A recent Mind Research Network study linked playing puzzle game "Tetris" to improved brain function. The study showed that playing "Tetris" helped improve the areas of the...
In this article: Videogames, Ian Bogost, NPD Group, Georgia Institute of Technology, Iphone, US, App Store, Sudoku, and Nintendo
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Description from Wikipedia:
Tetris (Russian: Те́трис) is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov. It was created on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn 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, known as Tetrominoes, contain four segments) and tennis, Pajitnov's favorite sport.
The game (or one of its many variants) is available for nearly every video game console and computer operating system, as well as on devices such as graphing calculators, mobile phones, portable media players, PDAs and even as an Easter egg on non-media products like oscilloscopes. It has even been played on the sides of various buildings, with the record holder for the world's largest fully functional game of Tetris being an effort by Dutch students in 1995 that lit up all 15 floors of the Electrical Engineering department at Delft University of Technology.
While versions of Tetris were sold for a range of 1980s home computer platforms, it was the hugely successful handheld version for the Game Boy launched in 1989 that established the reputation of the game as one of the most popular ever. Electronic Gaming Monthlys 100th issue had Tetris in first place as "Greatest Game of All Time". In 2007, Tetris came in second place in IGN's "100 Greatest Video Games of All Time". It has sold more than 70 million copies.
- Genre:
- Puzzle
- Published By:
- Various
- Modes:
- Single-player, multiplayer
- Designed By:
- Alexey Pajitnov
- Developed by:
- Alexey Pajitnov (original algorithm), coder Vadim Gerasimov
- Platforms:
- Various
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