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Tetris: Most Popular Time Waster of the 90s

Tetris is probably the most popular game in the 90s — and you wouldn’t believe it has been 25 years since it was invented (designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in June 6, 1984).

Back then, everyone was playing Tetris from my 60-year old grandmother to my 6 year-old cousins. Tetris was so simple yet so addictive. The game was everywhere, from Gameboy to PC, and those cheap handheld versions that feature 300-in-1 ways to play Tetris (was it a knockoff called Bricks or Brick Games?).

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And up to today, the game is still alive and being played by many. Will all the technology in gaming that we have lately, I think Tetris can still be re-invented (most probably for the Nintendo Wii).

Anybody played any Tetris lately?

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

27 Responses

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  2. Avatar for Selma Kemna Selma Kemna says:

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  3. Avatar for Chris Chris says:

    my mom and i still play this game… actually this is our bonding moment especially when we try to beat whoever has the high score

  4. Avatar for chxo chxo says:

    I have a tetris in my psp… ^^ playing it every night before going to sleep ^^

  5. Avatar for Weblogger| CarloBlogg Online Weblogger| CarloBlogg Online says:

    I have a similar post on my blog, pero about Tetris Effect. Diba anniversary ng Tetris ngaun? Dunno, bka mali ako haha :D

  6. Avatar for Pedro Pedro says:

    i have it on my DS…

  7. Avatar for R R says:

    Thanks to the Tetris effect, I’ve had an extremely profitable career as a barker for more than a decade by visualizing passengers in a crowded jeepney as colorful geometric shapes.

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