30-year-old Tetris puzzle game

For many people, especially the 8x and 9x generations (only those born in 198x and 199x) are no stranger to Tetris jigsaw, even unforgettable memories. And today 6/6, this game is 30 years old.

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Tetris ( Тетрис ) was first created by Alexey Pajitnov of the Moscow Academy of Sciences, the Soviet Union (Russia now) on June 6, 1984 and ran on a device called Elektronika 60. The game was limited in graphics. But those who play are quite interested. Shortly thereafter, he also found unauthorized " clones " in some other countries.

This time, between the Soviet Union and the US is happening the Cold War and he fears the game will not be popular. He quickly transferred the game to the government. Soon after, Tetris had the first international version released by Spectrum HoloByte - an American company.

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Henk Rogers (left) and Tetris author Alexey Pajitnov (right) are two close friends in real life

However, the one who brought Tetris to the top was Henk Rogers , who popularized the game all over the world. Rogers fell in love with it for the first time in Las Vegas in 1988 and immediately flew to Moscow to negotiate with the authorities about a full version. Later, he transferred to Nintendo exclusive this game on his gaming machine.

By 1989, Tetris was officially available on Nintendo GameBoy and it quickly gained success beyond expectations because of the huge number of players, becoming the most influential game globally. After that, a series of " fake " or unofficial versions are available on computers, mobile phones ( more than 100 million copies ), .

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Modern Tetris interface.

In 1996, Rogers founded The Tetris Company to monopolize the game. Earlier this year, the company was in talks to offer Tetris on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

Today, although there are many versions on different modern platforms, Tetris still receives the support of many users worldwide.

For you, do you have any memories about this game?