<s>
Tetris	B-Application
(	O
styled	O
TETЯIS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Atari	O
Games	O
and	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
arcades	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
Alexey	O
Pajitnov	O
's	O
Tetris	B-Application
,	O
Atari	O
Games	O
 '	O
version	O
features	O
the	O
same	O
gameplay	O
as	O
the	O
computer	O
editions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
players	O
must	O
stack	O
differently	O
shaped	O
falling	O
blocks	O
to	O
form	O
and	O
eliminate	O
horizontal	O
lines	O
from	O
the	O
playing	O
field	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
also	O
issues	O
with	O
the	O
publishing	O
rights	O
for	O
Tetris	B-Application
,	O
and	O
after	O
much	O
legal	O
wrangling	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
itself	O
ended	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
publish	O
console	O
versions	O
,	O
leaving	O
Atari	O
with	O
only	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
arcade	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
produced	O
its	B-Application
own	I-Application
version	I-Application
for	O
the	O
NES	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	B-Application
version	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
versions	O
were	O
commercially	O
successful	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
held	O
the	O
Tetris	B-Application
license	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
publications	O
have	O
since	O
noted	O
that	O
Tengen	O
's	O
Tetris	B-Application
was	O
in	O
some	O
ways	O
superior	O
to	O
the	O
official	O
NES	O
release	O
,	O
especially	O
since	O
the	O
Tengen	O
game	O
featured	O
a	O
two-player	O
simultaneous	O
mode	O
not	O
available	O
in	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
,	O
Soviet	O
Academy	O
of	O
Sciences	O
researcher	O
Alexey	O
Pajitnov	O
(	O
who	O
created	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
in	O
1985	O
)	O
alongside	O
Dmitry	O
Pavlovsky	O
and	O
Vadim	O
Gerasimov	O
developed	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Application
out	O
of	O
a	O
desire	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
two-player	O
puzzle	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andromeda	O
Software	O
executive	O
Robert	O
Stein	O
approached	O
Pajitnov	O
with	O
an	O
offer	O
to	O
distribute	O
Tetris	B-Application
worldwide	O
,	O
and	O
secured	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
license	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
seeing	O
the	O
game	O
run	O
on	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
programmer	O
Ed	O
Logg	O
petitioned	O
Atari	O
Games	O
to	O
license	O
it	O
for	O
an	O
arcade	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
approached	O
Stein	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
rights	O
secured	O
,	O
Atari	O
Games	O
produced	O
an	O
arcade	O
version	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Application
,	O
and	O
under	O
their	O
Tengen	O
subsidiary	O
began	O
development	O
to	O
port	O
the	O
title	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
(	O
NES	O
)	O
in	O
June	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mirrorsoft	O
later	O
sub-licensed	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Henk	O
Rogers	O
of	O
Bullet-Proof	O
Software	O
to	O
distribute	O
Tetris	B-Application
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
this	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
was	O
asked	O
by	O
Bullet-Proof	O
Software	O
with	O
the	O
prospect	O
of	O
developing	O
a	B-Application
version	I-Application
of	O
Tetris	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Rogers	O
traveled	O
to	O
Moscow	O
to	O
secure	O
permission	O
to	O
distribute	O
Tetris	B-Application
with	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
because	O
Stein	O
had	O
secured	O
the	O
rights	O
from	O
Pajitnov	O
directly	O
and	O
not	O
from	O
the	O
Russian	O
authorities	O
,	O
the	O
USSR	O
's	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Software	O
and	O
Hardware	O
Export	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
console	O
rights	O
to	O
Tetris	B-Application
had	O
been	O
licensed	O
to	O
nobody	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
Atari	O
Games	O
had	O
only	O
been	O
licensed	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
produce	O
arcade	O
games	O
with	O
the	O
property	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
1989	O
,	O
Tengen	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
filed	O
an	O
anti-trust	O
suit	O
against	O
Nintendo	O
,	O
sued	O
Nintendo	O
again	O
claiming	O
rights	O
to	O
distribute	O
Tetris	B-Application
on	O
the	O
NES	O
,	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
counter-sued	O
citing	O
infringement	O
of	O
trademark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
1989	O
,	O
a	O
month	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Tengen	O
's	O
Tetris	B-Application
,	O
U.S.	O
District	O
Court	O
Judge	O
Fern	O
Smith	O
issued	O
an	O
injunction	O
barring	O
Tengen	O
from	O
further	O
distributing	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
further	O
ordered	O
all	O
existing	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
be	O
destroyed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
268,000	O
Tetris	B-Application
cartridges	O
were	O
recalled	O
and	O
destroyed	O
after	O
only	O
four	O
weeks	O
on	O
shelves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
,	O
Ed	O
Logg	O
notes	O
that	O
the	O
Tengen	O
version	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Application
was	O
built	O
completely	O
from	O
scratch	O
,	O
using	O
no	O
source	O
code	O
or	O
material	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
which	O
version	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Application
he	O
liked	O
the	O
most	O
,	O
Logg	O
stated	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
version	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Application
for	O
the	O
NES	O
"	O
was	O
n't	O
tuned	O
right	O
"	O
,	O
citing	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
logarithmic	O
speed	O
adjustment	O
as	O
the	O
source	O
of	O
that	O
version	O
's	O
overly	O
steep	O
increases	O
in	O
difficulty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
another	O
article	O
,	O
they	O
noted	O
that	O
if	O
it	O
were	O
not	O
for	O
the	O
hype	O
surrounding	O
the	O
game	O
during	O
the	O
lawsuit	O
,	O
Tengen	O
's	O
Tetris	B-Application
would	O
have	O
more	O
likely	O
than	O
not	O
been	O
forgotten	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamesRadar	O
stated	O
similar	O
sentiments	O
,	O
praising	O
Tengen	O
's	O
version	O
and	O
noting	O
that	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Tetris	B-Application
version	O
was	O
superior	O
to	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
licensed	O
NES	O
version	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
