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Tetris

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First release
May 1989
Publisher
Tengen
Genres
Puzzle

Tengen, an Atari label, released an unlicensed version of Tetris for the Nintendo Entertainment System. After they lost a lawsuit to Nintendo, which acquired the rights from Russia to port the game to home consoles (they already had the handheld consoles rights), Tengen had to destroy every spare cartridge unsold at the time. The Tengen game featured a two-player simultaneous mode not available in Nintendo's version

Also known as TETЯIS, The Soviet Mind Game: Tetris

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Details

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Release dates
Nintendo Entertainment System
May 1989
Age ratings
ClassInd L
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view
Keywords
tetris, unofficial, unlicensed game, unofficial port

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
IGDB · recorded 13 Sept 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 13 Sept 2026