Another "Dang, I'm Old" Moment: Tetris is 25 Years Old
Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of Tetris. Many of us older readers will fondly remember the hours spent on our Nintendo Game Boy handheld, squeezing off "just one more level" of Tetris but the game actually was out 5 years before Nintendo made it ubiquitous. Great, now I have the Tetris song playing in my head.
Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of Tetris. Many of us older readers will fondly remember the hours spent on our Nintendo Game Boy handheld, squeezing off "just one more level" of Tetris but the game actually was out 5 years before Nintendo made it ubiquitous. Great, now I have the Tetris song playing in my head.
Despite the record-breaking popularity of Mr Pajitnov's creation, the royalties from the game were claimed by the Kremlin rather than the Russian programmer. He finally began earning money from the game after he moved to the US and the rights reverted back to him in 1996.