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Tetris

TitleTetris
First release1989
DeveloperNintendo Research & Development 1
PublisherNintendo
PlatformGame Boy
Genrepuzzle video game
Also known asTetorisu · テトリス
Players1–2 players
Co-opYes
ESRB ratingE Everyone
Releases
Game Boy: 1989-06-14 (NTSC-J), 1989-07-31 (NTSC-U), 1990-09-28 (PAL)
Wikidata IDQ3519191

Tetris is a 1989 Game Boy puzzle video game developed by Nintendo R&D1 and released by Nintendo in Japan on June 14, 1989. Geometric shapes fall from the top of a playfield to rest on the bottom; fit the pieces together and the formed line will disappear. If the pieces are not lined up correctly they eventually stack up to the top of the playfield and the game is over. Difficulty increases by dropping the pieces faster and faster over time. Tetris is a verifiable classic game, translated to well over 200 electronic and computer platforms. It takes 2 minutes to learn, but a lifetime to master!

Description: TheGamesDB (community-contributed, no licence stated; internal use only) Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q3519191) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
TheGamesDB (10616,97873,111084) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Image credits
Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-U release) · © Nintendo · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Nintendo · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Image: Studio Alijn, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (“Game Boy with Tetris cartridge.jpg”)
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Videos
GameBoy Game: Tetris (1989 Nintendo) (Super Gameboy version)
Old Classic Retro Gaming · Game Boy version · longplay · 49:38auto-matched
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