Development & Legacy
21 entries in the Tetris compendium.
Development & Legacy — Era Chart
Alexey PajitnovThe Soviet engineer who built a global puzzle empire.Vadim GerasimovThe teenage co-developer who brought Tetris to the IBM PC.Henk RogersThe Dutch-born entrepreneur who brought Tetris to the world and champions clean energy.NintendoLeave luck to heaven? The true meaning of Nintendo's name remains unclear.Game BoyThe handheld that defined a generation.Bullet-Proof SoftwareThe Japanese developer that brought Tetris to the world.The Tetris CompanyManager and licensor for the Tetris brand worldwide.MoscowWhere the blocks fall like snow in a Soviet blizzard — and your last mistake is final.Electronika 60The Soviet PDP-11 clone that ran the first Tetris.IBM PCThe classic puzzle game of falling tetrominoes.Tetris effectA psychological phenomenon where prolonged engagement with an activity alters thoughts, drTetris theme (Korobeiniki)The folk tune that defined a generation of puzzle gaming.Atari GamesThe arcade powerhouse behind Tetris and Tengen.KorobeinikiA folk tune from Russia that became the heartbeat of a billion falling blocks.Dmitry KabalevskyThe Soviet composer whose era of folk and classical music gave Tetris its soul.Spectrum HoloByteThe publisher that put the world's most iconic puzzle game in a child's pocket.Absolute EntertainmentA small publisher that put one of gaming's most iconic puzzles on the PC desktop.Tim FreyOne of the programmers who made a falling-block puzzle immortal on a 2-bit handheld screenElectronic ArtsThe publisher that kept the falling blocks falling for a new generation of players.Enhanced RealityFalling blocks, endless possibility: the puzzle that outgrew every screen it touched.Tetris: The Grand MasterWhere every line cleared is a countdown to the next impossible speed.
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