Tetris cover art

Expanded Game

Tetris

1989 · Nintendo Entertainment System · Puzzle

73IGDB player score
9 ratings

About this game

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

Screenshots

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Game facts

Release date

May 1, 1989

Developer

Tengen

Publisher

Tengen

Platforms

Nintendo Entertainment System

Genres

Puzzle

Game modes

Single player, Multiplayer

Perspective

Side view

Editions & related releases

Vs. Tetris cover artVs. Tetris1988

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Game data and artwork via IGDB.

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