Tetris game launched

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6 June, 1984

Tetris game was launched in the USSR on 6th June 1984. The tile-matching game was created by Alexey Pajitnov when he was working for Dorodnicyn Computing Centre. It is the largest selling video game of all time.

The name Tetris comes the Greek prefix “tetra” (which means four and “tennis“, Pajitnov’s favourite sport. All pieces in the game have four segments.

After becoming popular in the USSR, Tetris found it’s way to Budapest, Hungary. It was picked up by Spectrum Holobyte who developed a version of it for the PC and the Commodore 64. FYI, Tetris was the first software to be imported by the US from the Soviet Union.