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.

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.

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 ...

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

13-year-old Willis Gibson of Oklahoma is believed to be the first person to ever defeat the falling-block video game Tetris, which was first released in June 1984.

The best battle royale game on the market isn't Fortnite, Apex Legends, or PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. It's a new riff on one of most important retro video games ever made: Tetris 99. A lot of ...

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.

The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson, who has become the first player to officially “beat” the original Nintendo version of the game — by ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson, who has become the first player to officially "beat" the original Nintendo version of the game ...

Austin Bennett, one of the world’s best Tetris players, said he used the game to manage anxiety in years past. Tetris first became a saving grace for Austin Bennett, 30, in 2010 when he was ...

The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson, who has become the first player to officially “beat” the original Nintendo version of the game — by ...