Tetris (Spectrum HoloByte)

Tetris, stylized in Russian as TЕТРИС with a reversed "☭", is a puzzle video game created by of the . It was licensed through to in the United Kingdom and in the United States. The latter company developed and published versions for the Apple IIGS, classic Mac OS, and MS-DOS.
==Releases==
The MS-DOS version was released in the United States on January 1988. The Apple IIGS and monochrome Macintosh versions followed in July 1998. A color version for the Macintosh II series was released in the following December.Tetris Releases, MobyGames. Accessed 2023-02-18.
===Revisions===
The original DOS release opened with an animation of a private plane flying across the screen in a reference to the flight of over , which was considered an embarrassment to the . Tetris creator also objected to some militaristic scenes that appeared in the game. These were removed or replaced in subsequent versions.Tetris (DOS, Spectrum HoloByte), The Cutting Room Floor. 2022-07-25.
==Videos==
Tetris for PC-DOS (1988, Spectrum Holobyte)
The Story of Tetris - Gaming Historian|(documentary)
Tetris - From Russia with Love (BBC)|(documentary)
==References==
==See also==
*Tetris (film), an Apple TV+ movie about the real-life game.
==External links==
*Tetris (Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.) at MobyGames
*Tetris (Spectrum Holobyte) at StrategyWiki
*Tetris (Spectrum HoloByte) at Tetris.Wiki
*Tetris (EA Mobile) at the Tetris Wiki (Fandom)
* and at Wikipedia
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