Salman KhayamMrs. Reed

Physical Science Per. 3Spring 2010

TETRIS

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What it is

• 1980’s video game

• often revered as a classic

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It’s Creation

• Created in 1984

• Creator was Soviet Programmer Alexey Pajitnov

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Alexey Pajitnov

• Born in 1956 in Russia

• Now lives in US

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How To Play

• Consists of rotating falling blocks that the player has to strategically place to clear levels

• When the player forms one or more solid rows, the completed rows disappear

• The goal of the game is to prevent the blocks from stacking up to the top of the screen for as long as possible

How it got it’s name

• Tetris got its name from Greek word tetra (four) because all of its pieces contain

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