Tetris was created in 1984 at a research centre in Moscow, in the Soviet Union.
Why it is true
Alexey Pajitnov worked at the Academy of Sciences and programmed the game on a computer with no graphics, using letters and symbols as pieces. The name combines 'tetra', because each piece has four squares, and 'tennis', his favourite sport. For years the rights belonged to the Soviet state.
Source: The Tetris Company
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