I think this is a half full / half empty thing. One thing that this article doesn’t mention is the original pascal implementation on the Electronika 60. Some sources on YouTube peg this to be June 1984. That would be 40 years. So not “Tetris” in name purists might say. But I’m just happy to celebrate and remember the gam and fun it provided.
Fun fact. I traded a pair of Levi’s for during an exchange trip to Moscow in 1986. I still think I got the better part of that deal.
I drew my conclusion from Wikipedia. I asserted I could see how one could get the date based on the code he wrote for the electronika 60. The @985 date when Tetris was playable is likely the real date. Adding licensing shenanigans, infinite Tetris, and easy spin - controversy has always been part of the story of Tetris.
I liken it to gaming world version “Han shot first”.
Fun fact. I traded a pair of Levi’s for during an exchange trip to Moscow in 1986. I still think I got the better part of that deal.
I liken it to gaming world version “Han shot first”.