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Tetris Game History

The name Tetris originated from the Greek word Tetra – meaning four. Tetris upon its release had a huge impact on the gaming industry, and is constantly being quoted as one of the top five video games of all time. Today 23 years after its original release, Tetris still is one of the most played video games on the market.

The History of Tetris: Tetrominoes at The Ready

First released in the U.S.S.R in 1985, and developed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov at the Academy of Science in Moscow. Tetris is single or multi-player puzzle game, that is believed can lead to very positive brain activity.

During play, the object of the game was simply to rotate the various shaped falling blocks or tetrominoes are they are known to form an horizontal line without there being any gaps. As soon as a line was formed it would disappear, earning the player points. The more lines that would disappear simultaneously, the more points would be earned. If the player failed to make any lines, the falling blocks would simply stack on top of one another. The game would end when the screen became full with blocks.

The fact that the tetrominoes were of various shapes, made the game difficult to master, the player would have to develop a strategy to become successful. The game manual referred to the tetrominoes as letters, these were in alphabetical order; I, J, L, O, S, T and Z. Each shape was made out of four blocks.

Conversions and Sequels

Tetris has been converted to every console, home computer and mobile device under the sun. The game as also had many sequels, including;
Tetris Plus
Tetris:The Grand Master
The New Tetris
Tetris 64
Tetris Worlds
Magical Tetris Challenge
Tetris Splash

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2	PHXman	221838	level 27 268 lines
3	thewhiteman	100000	level 15, 150 lines
4	Jon	91805	level 14 143 lines
5	Whittler	91804	level 14 141 lines
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7	ryan	85439	level 22
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10	Jamie	43327	level 8
11	sawyer	40940	95 lines
12	Nader	38686	level ten
13	Mr. Leppard	35789	awsome
14	rita	35111
15	Don Vincent	26454	level 6, 56 lines
16	sawyer	25136	level 8 68 lines
17	Don Voncent	24292	Level 9, 82 lines
18	rita	24131	great game
19	sawyer	23988	level9
20	Don Vincent	21401	Level9!!! Wow!!!

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