Tetris, The Cold War Is Over...Almost
date: label: Date made
content: 1990
name: label: maker
content: Activision
label: maker
content: Spectrum HoloByte
notes: label: Description
content: Tetris was invented by Alexei Pajitnov in 1984 while working for the Academy of Science of the USSR. The name, Tetris, comes from the Greek word for four as all seven pieces contain four blocks. This was the first entertainment software exported from USSR to the United States. Tetris helped launched Nintendo’s handheld console, the Game Boy, as the perfect game to be played on the go.
label: Description
content: Included are a leaflet, (shown in the image), a product registration card, and a booklet of instructions.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Carl J. and Tracie Lafata
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.3063.04
label: catalog number
content: 2001.3063.04
label: nonaccession number
content: 2001.3063
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Documentation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (staples material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.8 cm x 14 cm; 8 19/32 in x 5 1/2 in