Tetris

1984 tile-matching puzzle video game series
VideoGame arcade_video_game_machine Q71910
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Tetris

Summary

Tetris is an arcade video game machine[1]. Tetris draws 3,404 Wikipedia views per month (arcade_video_game_machine category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tetris is the creator of Alexey Pajitnov[3].
  • Tetris's instance of is recorded as arcade video game machine[4].
  • Tetris's instance of is recorded as NP-complete game[5].
  • Tetris's instance of is recorded as esports discipline[6].
  • Tetris's instance of is recorded as video game[7].
  • Tetris's instance of is recorded as video game series[8].
  • Tetris's genre is puzzle video game[9].
  • Tetris's developer is recorded as Alexey Pajitnov[10].
  • Tetris's developer is recorded as Vladimir Pokhilko[11].
  • Tetris's developer is recorded as Vadim Gerasimov[12].
  • Tetris's collection is recorded as Museum of Modern Art[13].
  • Tetris's designed by is recorded as Alexey Pajitnov[14].
  • Tetris's Commons category is recorded as Tetris[15].
  • Tetris's platform is recorded as Game Boy Advance[16].
  • Tetris's platform is recorded as Amstrad PCW[17].
  • Tetris's platform is recorded as ZX Spectrum[18].
  • Tetris's platform is recorded as Acorn Electron[19].
  • Tetris's platform is recorded as Commodore Amiga[20].
  • Tetris's platform is recorded as Nintendo Entertainment System[21].
  • Tetris's platform is recorded as NEC PC-9800 series[22].
  • Tetris's platform is recorded as WonderSwan Color[23].
  • Tetris's platform is recorded as Sega Genesis[24].
  • Tetris's platform is recorded as Mac OS operating systems[25].
  • Tetris's platform is recorded as Philips CD-i[26].
  • Tetris's platform is recorded as MSX[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Tetris is the creator of Alexey Pajitnov[3].

Publication

Tetris was released on +1984-06-06T00:00:00Z[28]. Tetris's genre is puzzle video game[9].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Tetris include Tetris effect[29] and Hylaeus tetris[30], a taxon[31].

Why It Matters

Tetris draws 3,404 Wikipedia views per month (arcade_video_game_machine category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] Tetris has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Tetris is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for Tetris include Tetris effect[29] and Hylaeus tetris[30], a taxon[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . moma.org. moma.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . Reuters. reuters.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Numberguy6 · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Designed by Alexey Pajitnov
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    Collection Museum of Modern Art
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2003]]: tetris_official"
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