Tetris cover

Tetris

Expanded Game
Puzzle

Tetris is a Puzzle game released on May 1, 1989 for Nintendo Entertainment System. 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…

73
User Score
9 ratings
May 1, 1989
Released 13687 days ago
Nintendo Entertainment System

About

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

Screenshots

Release Dates by Platform

Nintendo Entertainment System Worldwide
May 1, 1989

Game Info

Developer
Tengen
Publisher
Tengen
Game Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
Side view
Genres
Puzzle

Languages

Text / Subtitles
English

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