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Tetris on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was more than just a license. It was the first official console release of the popular Soviet Russia developed game. It was also the culmination of many man hours investigating, talking, flying back and forth, and lawsuits. Out of all that commotion, Nintendo came out with the exclusive […]
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Tetris Tetrisizes World on Nintendo Entertainment System – November 20th, 1989 – Today in Video Game History
November 19th, 2020 
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Into the Blue Released for Nintendo Game Boy, Not a Tetris Attack Clone
August 5th, 2018 Carl Williams If you are a familiar with Tetris Attack then you are already familiar with Into the Blue. The difference between this newly released independent homebrew title and the Nintendo classic is, well, subtle to say the least. While the two games appear to be identical, they are quite dissimilar at the same time. Not just […]
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Soviet-style, Tower Block Tetris Released onto Android
May 21st, 2018 Carl Williams More than 25 years ago, the infamous Tetris was in the hands of every single kid on this Earth. It was such an addictive game that made most of us forget about our friends, family, and well… school, of course. Our whole worlds at the time depended on the time and place when we’d be […]
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Tetris Attack Forgets Namesake Puzzler on Super Nintendo – Today in Retro Gaming – August 4th, 1996
August 3rd, 2016 Carl Williams Tetris Attack was an awesome game. Too bad it had to rip off the Tetris name as that probably should have been saved for a true puzzle game in the series. What we got in Tetris Attack was a Nintendo-ized puzzle game that was pretty much all new for the North American market. Bejeweled would […]
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Tetris Blitz 2016 Edition Released onto Android
July 1st, 2016 Carl Williams Okay who doesn’t know about Tetris by now? For the few that do not know, Tetris is a falling block game from the 80’s. Various companies from Nintendo to, now, EA have kept the brand alive and well on many different platforms. Android and iPhone are just a couple of the newer platforms. Recently, Electronic […]
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Elektronite Continues Work Bringing Tetris to Mattel Intellivision
June 6th, 2016 Carl Williams Tetris is the title that probably single handedly handed Nintendo the portable market in the late 80’s. This was accomplished via some shrewd business maneuvering with the right people on both sides of the table. It was also the pack-in title (remember those?) for the newly released Nintendo Game Boy. This single move is what […]
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Another Tetris Clone Comes to the Sega Master System, Unofficially of Course as Bloki
August 19th, 2015 Carl Williams It is a well-known story that Sega had put their hat in the ring to get Tetris for their console, the Sega Genesis, back in the late 80’s. It didn’t pan out as they apparently licensed it from the wrong company (whom had the rights to the computer version but not the console version) and […]
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Tetris Played on MIT’s Green Building
August 11th, 2015 Carl Williams Tetris, a classic in any sense of the word, has been the subject of “games on buildings” before but it has never been played on MIT’s Green Building, home of the MIT Earth and Planetary Sciences Department. Until now. This has been made possible via multi-colored LED lights placed in the windowsill of the offices […]
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Columns Answers Tetris Call on Sega Genesis – June 29th, 1990 – Today in Video Game History
June 28th, 2015 Carl Williams Columns was a much needed entry in the puzzle genre for Sega. Back in the early 16-bit era Sega was in a bit of a pickle. Their Genesis console did not feature a well-rounded game library. If you were a sports or arcade game fan then, yeah, Sega had you covered with quite a few […]
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Crazy Columns Sees Update Release on Commodore Amiga 500
October 7th, 2021 Carl Williams Crazy Columns is a fan remake of the popular Sega game, Columns. Sega needed a puzzle game to take on Nintendo’s exclusive license of Tetris. While Columns never reached the popularity level that Tetris did, Sega was able to create a puzzle franchise that still sees updates today. Fans and official updates are seen regularly […]
