File 001 · Category Openers
Record 050 · Games · 1989
89.50.GTetris (Game Boy pack-in)
Nintendo / various publishers
“The perfect game loop — and the software that sold the Game Boy.”
From Russia with fun.
Pajitnov's 1984 Electronika puzzle became a geopolitical licensing saga and then the most ported game ever.
Filed notes
- Seven tetrominoes + line clear
- Near-infinite skill ceiling in minutes-to-learn rules
Units. 520 million across all versions (aggregated)
SIC
7372
Prepackaged Software
NAICS
513210
Software Publishers
