History

1984:

  • The first playable version of Tetris is officially created in Moscow by Alexey Pajitnov

1985:

  • Tetris is ported to IBM computers

1988:

  • Pajitnov manages to sneak Tetris out of the Soviet Union and has help achieving PC and Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) ports in Japan
  • Tetris officially sells over two million copies

1989:

  • Tetris licensing rights are handed over to Nintendo
  • The Game Boy is released across the globe and comes with Tetris as its one prepackaged game

1996:

  • The Tetris Company (TTC) is founded and “becomes the exclusive source of all licenses to Tetris”
  • Tetris Guidelines are established

2002:

  • Tetris becomes the leader in mobile games across North America, Europe, and Korea

2006:

  • Electronic Arts (EA) becomes the exclusive source of licenses for Tetris on mobile devices
  • Tetris DS becomes the first wireless, multiplayer Tetris game

2008:

  • EA releases Tetris for iPhone and iPod Touch
  • Tetris becomes the number one casual game in Korea

2009:

  • Tetris Friends is released quickly becoming the number one online multiplayer Tetris game

2010:

  • Tetris surpasses 100 million mobile downloads and becomes the best-selling mobile game of all time

2011:

  • Tetris becomes the number one game on the Playstation Network (PSN)

2012:

  • Tetris becomes the top selling game Apple’s App Store

2014:

  • Tetris surpasses 425 million mobile downloads

2015:

  • Guinness World Record awards Tetris with the “Most Variants of a Videogame” title with 215 official variants

2017:

  • Puyo Puyo Tetris is released

2018:

  • Tetris Effect is released

2019:

  • Tetris 99 is released

2020:

  • Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is released
  • Tetris Effect: Connected is released
  • The mobile version of Tetris by EA is officially closed and the new version by N3TWORK Inc. is released

 

Source: https://tetris.com/history-of-tetris