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IGDB / 180278

Tetris

1989 73 / 100 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

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayPuzzles Game modeMultiplayer

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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

GameplayPuzzles Game modeMultiplayer GenrePuzzle
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Developer
Tengen
Publisher
Tengen
Franchise
Standalone
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Modi
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
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Platform releases

  • Nintendo Entertainment System May 1989

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