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Aug302010

Kidnapping Tetris

DateMonday, August 30, 2010 at 10:48AM

Tetris is one of the few games that achieves ultimate popularity. It is remarkably simple, yet remarkably difficult. It's been ported to every computer and game console known to man.

I have it on every device I own from my iPhone, to my Wii and even my Calculator.

Besides that, it also led to one of the most interesting legal battles in the history of video games, leading to the famed Tengen version of Tetris and to the downfall of a few companies. It's a pretty cool story, so let's get down to business. Click here to fire up the time machine and head back to 1985....

 



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