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The Story of Tetris

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Gaming Historian traces Tetris from Alexey Pajitnov's Soviet lab through the tangled licensing fight between Andromeda, Mirrorsoft, Elorg and Nintendo; well-researched games history built on archival footage and interviews.

How Tetris was created in the Soviet Union and the tangled licensing fight that brought it to the West.

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