Tetris

Tetris
Developer	Nintendo, Bullet-Proof Software, various others
Publisher	Nintendo, Bullet-Proof Software, various others
System	NES, Game Boy, 3DS Virtual Console
Release Date	NES JP December 22, 1988 US 1989 EU January 23, 1990 Game Boy EU 1989 US June 1989 JP June 14, 1989 3DS Virtual Console US December 22, 2011 EU/AU December 22, 2011
Genre	Puzzle
Rating	ESRB: E

Tetris is a puzzle game that was first released on the NES and was originally created by Russian mathematician Alexy Pajitnov. It has become the most popular and well-known puzzle game.

Gameplay

In Tetris, players are given tetrominoes of several different varieties. The player must arrange them to make a solid line. Each time a line is completed, that row disappears. The player can keep playing as long as the tetominoes keep falling.

Legacy

Tetris has spawned a large legacy of remakes, imitators and reworkings of its style, and it has been released in some form for nearly every system.

Sequels

Tetris 2 was released for the Gameboy and NES in 1993.

Ports and Remakes

• In 1986, Spectrum Holobyte published Tetris on the PC.
• In 1987, Andromeda published Tetris for IBM PC and other home computers. Mirrorsoft published a version for the MSX. Tengen publishes a version for Nintendo's arcade Vs. system.
• In 1988, Nintendo published Tetris for the Gameboy and NES.
• In Europe, the NES version of Tetris was later put of a multipack with Super Mario Bros. and Nintendo World Cup.
• Also, in 1989, Spectrum Holobyte published an Apple II version and Mirrorsoft published Tetris for the Commodore 64. Atari and SEGA publish arcade versions.
• In 1989, Tengen published an unlicensed version of Tetris for the NES.
• In 1992, Phillips published Tetris for the Phillips CD-i.
• In 1994, Tetris was part of the game Tetris & Dr. Mario.
• In 2002, Vanguard published Tetris for the WonderSwan Color.
• In 2011, the Game Boy version of Tetris was released for download as part of the 3DS Virtual Console with a heightened price. It would later be removed from the service in January 2015.
• In February 2023, the Game Boy version of Tetris was among the first wave of games to be added to the Nintendo Switch's library of Game Boy games for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers.