Tetris

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Tetris
A typical Tetris game screen
Developer(s)	Vadim Gerasimov Vladimir Pokhilko Alexey Pajitnov
Designer(s)	Alexey Pajitnov
Platform(s)	List of Tetris variants
Release	Electronika 60 USSR: 1985 IBM PC USSR: 1986 EU: November 1987 NA: January 1988
Genre(s)	Puzzle, tile-matching
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Tetris is a puzzle game, developed in the Soviet Union by Alexey Pajitnov in 1985.^[1] It has appeared on many video game systems.

Many companies have published Tetris games, such as Nintendo for the Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System. The Tetris Company, founded in 1996 by Pajitnov and Henk Rogers, manages and licenses the Tetris brand.

With over 500 million copies sold across all of its different versions, it is the best-selling video game of all time.^[2]

1. ↑ "Tetris | video game | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
2. ↑ Langston, Keith (August 22, 2021). "The 10 Bestselling Video Games Of All Time". Screen Rant. Retrieved March 9, 2022.