Tetris (1989)

Developer

Nintendo

Publisher

Nintendo, Playtronic

Platforms

Nintendo Entertainment System

Genres

Puzzle, Arcade

Rating

4.3 of 5, 941 player ratings

Main story

about 1.0 hours

Completionist

about 1.0 hours

Where to get it

Website

How it feels

Stack falling blocks into lines in this endlessly satisfying, increasingly frantic puzzle game that defined a genre.

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About

Tetris is a puzzle video game created by Soviet software engineer Alexey Pajitnov in the mid-1980s. Players arrange falling pieces made of four connected blocks, called tetrominoes, into complete horizontal lines within a rectangular playfield. Completed lines disappear and award points, while the speed of the falling pieces increases over time. The game ends when stacked pieces reach the top of the field. With over 520 million sales across approximately 220 versions and at least 70 platforms, it is the second-best-selling video game series.

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