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Tetris

Falling-block loop that became the template for the entire competitive puzzle genre.

Released 1984 Developer Alexey Pajitnov Publisher Academy of Sciences of the USSR Platform Electronika 60 Genre Puzzle Era The home cartridge

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Tetris inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Directly influenced

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