Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Soapbox: My Love Affair With Tetris, Probably The Best Video Game Ever Created

More than 30 years of block-dropping fun.

Like millions of players all over the world, my relationship with Tetris began with the Game Boy. Alexey Pajitnov's famous puzzler may have begun its life on computers in 1984, but it would find a whole new level of fame thanks to the fact that it was bundled with Nintendo's million-selling monochrome handheld.

I didn't own a Game Boy at launch, and my first experience of the system – and Tetris – was playing on a friend's console. I'd owned Nintendo's pocket-friendly Game & Watch LCD handhelds in the past but nothing could prepare me for this new product; twinned with Tetris, it became the first 'gadget' I can remember desiring more than anything else in the world. I begged and pleaded with my parents to buy me one, and while they eventually relented, for what felt like forever I had to make do with playing my friend's console as and when I was able.

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