Tetris
PlatformMultiple
Year1984
DeveloperAlexey Pajitnov
GenrePuzzle
About Tetris
Alexey Pajitnov created it on a Soviet Electronika 60 computer. Nintendo bundled it with the Game Boy and sold 35 million copies. The rights were fought over for years during the Cold War. The theme music is actually a Russian folk song called Korobeiniki. Over 520 million copies sold across all platforms.
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