The first person to “beat” Tetris — making it so far into the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) version that the game froze — did so at the beginning of 2024.

Pajitnov, who developed the first version of Tetris in 1984, was inspired by the puzzle game pentominoes, which involved piecing together certain shapes created by five squares.

For such a simple game, Tetris has a wild history. Developed in the mid-1980s by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union, Tetris’ global expansion involved a complex web of software copyright ...

It’s also the first Tetris game to make the transition over to virtual reality, as PSVR, PSVR 2, Steam VR and Meta Quest users can play the game in its full glory.

The first Game Boy port launched as Super Bombliss in Japan and Tetris Blast in the US. Super Bombliss for Game Boy is our ...

Game Mode: Tetris Turns 40 : 1A Think back to the first time someone told you about the game Tetris. Was it a friend? An older sibling or a parent? Maybe you saw someone playing it at an arcade.

"I never want to play this game again." Fin-NES. Someone just "beat" the iconic video game "Tetris," and for the first time ever in its nearly 35-year history, got so far into the game that it ...

The action puzzle game Tetris the Grand Master first appeared in game arcades in August 1998, and became a beloved game for gamers as a Tetris game packed with addictive elements.. Then, Tetris ...

Here's a trailer for Tetris Forever.Watch on YouTube. I didn't know that about Tetris and space, although if someone had asked me, hey, what do you reckon the first game played in space was, I ...

In 'Tetris,' the Game Boy classic is described as 'the perfect game.' We asked its creators, the filmmakers and games experts about its lasting appeal.

A two-time Tetris world champion recently became the first person, without machine assistance, to activate endless play by completing level 255 in the NES version, causing the ...