As a child of the 1990s, I couldn’t avoid the game-turned-best-seller Tetris. Launched in 1984 by Russian programmer Alexey ...

Created in 1985, Tetris has endured across generations and platforms, making its way onto essentially every platform possible. The game is simple and timeless, with one block falling at a time.

A Russian computer scientist named Alexey Pajitnov invented Tetris in 1984. The game itself is very simple: The Tetris screen is composed of a rectangular game board with dropping geometric figures.

Created in 1985, Tetris has endured across generations and platforms, making its way onto essentially every platform possible. The game is simple and timeless, with one block falling at a time.