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Tetris (Infogrames)

Tetris: The Soviet Challenge / Amiga Tetris / Tetris (Spectrum HoloByte)

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2022-06-30

Stats

7,804

Genre

Conversions

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Apple II/IIGS
Apple IIGS
Apple Macintosh (Classic)
Atari ST/E
BBC Micro/Electron (Acorn)
Commodore C64/128
Elektronika BK11M
MSX 1/2
Nintendo Game Boy
Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
PC (DOS)
Sharp X68000
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr
Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo) 1/2

OCS

Version info

No
Max 6, Sim 1

Features

Credits

Programming, Music player
Music

Hard Disk Installer

Unknown

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1988
Tetris (Infogrames)
AKA Tetris (Spectrum HoloByte)
AKA Amiga Tetris
AKA Tetris: The Soviet Challenge
Commercial
Full Price
Europe
English
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1988
Tetris (Infogrames)
AKA Tetris (Spectrum HoloByte)
AKA Amiga Tetris
AKA Tetris: The Soviet Challenge
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
English
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

Licensed game based on the pre-commercial version of TETRIS © 1985/86 AcademySoft, © 1987 V/O Electronorgtechnica (ELORG).
Spectrum HoloByte (Sphere) sub-licensed TETRIS to Infogrames for European publication.
TETRIS includes a quit back to WB option.
Last known release: V1.1 [11-Mar-89 (Infogrames) or 16-Feb-90 (Spectrum HoloByte)]

TRIVIA: TETRIS was originally designed & written in 1985 on the Electronica 60 by computer engineer, Alexey Pajitnov (Pazhitnov). It was inspired by a puzzle game, Pentaminoes, conceived by mathematician Solomon W. Golomb in 1953, which involves arranging puzzle pieces made of five squares. In 1985, TETRIS was ported to the PC by 16 year-old high school student, Vadim Gerasimov, who worked with Pajitnov at the Computer Centre (AcademySoft) of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. In 1985/86, Pajitnov & Gerasimov continued TETRIS development by adding extra features, which culminated in the final pre-commercial release, TETRIS V3.12.

Pajitnov attempted to sell TETRIS together with a 2-player version for the PC, but failed. Free copies of the games were given to friends, which led to the game being ported in 1986 to the Apple II & C64 by Hungarian coders. This attracted the attention of Robert Stein, president of UK software publisher, Andromeda, who proceeded to license the computer rights for TETRIS in July 1986 to Mirrorsoft UK and its US affiliate, Spectrum HoloByte, before officially securing them. Stein eventually secured a license to the computer rights in June 1987 after an offer for all the rights was rejected by Pajitnov in November 1986. In the meantime, the first commercial version of TETRIS had already been released by Spectrum HoloByte and Mirrorsoft for the PC.

Conversion Notes

Based on 1985 AcademySoft Electronica 60 and 1985/86 AcademySoft PC pre-commercial releases.
Based on 1987 Spectrum HoloByte PC/Tandy commercial release.
PC versions: CGA?, EGA?, VGA

Screen info

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Scan info

Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

European Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 2

European Release (back)

Box scan OCS no. 3

U.S. Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 4

U.S. Release (back)

Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

European Release

Disk scan OCS no. 2

U.S. Release

Disk scan OCS no. 3

Disk scan OCS no. 4

Misc: OCS
OCS no. 1

Registration Card (front)

OCS no. 2

Registration Card (back)

OCS no. 3

Contest (front)

OCS no. 4

Contest (back)

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Spectrum HoloByte Catalogue Cover

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U.S. Advert

Manual info

OCS: 1 manual    
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OCS no. 1

Manual (English)

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No cheats found.

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Apple II/IIGS
No conversion screens found.
Apple IIGS
No conversion screens found.
Apple Macintosh (Classic)
No conversion screens found.
Atari ST/E
No conversion screens found.
BBC Micro/Electron (Acorn)
Conversion BBC Micro/Electron (Acorn)

Conversion BBC Micro/Electron (Acorn)

Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

Elektronika BK11M
No conversion screens found.
MSX 1/2
Conversion MSX 1/2

Conversion MSX 1/2

Nintendo Game Boy
Conversion Nintendo Game Boy

Conversion Nintendo Game Boy

Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

CGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

EGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

Original DOS version (1986)

Conversion PC (DOS)

Sharp X68000
No conversion screens found.
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr
No conversion screens found.
Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo) 1/2
No conversion screens found.

Map info

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No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Format
23 (Jun 1991)
70%
1
Amiga Joker
Aug - Sep 1991
29%
Carsten Borgmeier
1
Amiga Power
2 (Jun 1991)
29%
Stuart Campbell
1
Amiga Power
8 (Dec 1991)
2/5
Roundup
2
Amiga World
Vol 5 No 4 (Apr 1989)
Guy Wright
1
Antic's Amiga Plus
Vol 1 No 1 (Apr - May 1989)
Carolyn Cushman
2
Info
25 (Mar - Apr 1989)
4.5/5
Tom Malcolm
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
No magazine previews found

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