<s>
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
portable	O
version	O
of	O
Alexey	O
Pajitnov	O
's	O
original	O
Tetris	B-Application
and	O
it	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
and	O
European	O
releases	O
of	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Link	I-Device
Cable	I-Device
,	O
a	O
pack-in	O
accessory	O
that	O
allows	O
two	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
consoles	O
to	O
link	O
for	O
multiplayer	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
colorized	O
remaster	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
titled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
version	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
lacking	O
multiplayer	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
service	O
in	O
February	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Application
plays	O
identically	O
to	O
versions	O
on	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
pseudorandom	B-Error_Name
sequence	O
of	O
tetromino	O
shapes	O
,	O
composed	O
of	O
four	O
square	O
blocks	O
each	O
,	O
fall	O
down	O
the	O
playing	O
field	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
10	O
blocks	O
wide	O
by	O
18	O
blocks	O
high	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
most	O
standard	O
versions	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Application
,	O
blocks	O
do	O
not	O
automatically	O
fall	O
into	O
open	O
gaps	O
when	O
lines	O
are	O
cleared	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
two-player	O
mode	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
each	O
player	O
's	O
objective	O
is	O
to	O
remain	O
in	O
play	O
for	O
longer	O
than	O
their	O
opponent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
player	O
plays	O
with	O
a	O
separate	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
and	O
Tetris	B-Application
Game	O
Pak	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
two	O
consoles	O
connected	O
via	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Link	I-Device
Cable	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
player	O
scores	O
a	O
Double	O
,	O
Triple	O
,	O
or	O
Tetris	B-Application
,	O
incomplete	O
rows	O
of	O
blocks	O
are	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
opponent	O
's	O
stack	O
,	O
causing	O
it	O
to	O
rise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tetris	B-Application
was	O
first	O
created	O
in	O
1985	O
by	O
Alexey	O
Pajitnov	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
,	O
Pajitnov	O
teamed	O
with	O
fellow	O
Soviet	O
Academy	O
of	O
Sciences	O
researchers	O
Dmitry	O
Pavlovsky	O
,	O
and	O
Vadim	O
Gerasimov	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
two-player	O
version	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Application
that	O
ran	O
on	O
PCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finding	O
himself	O
hooked	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
he	O
pursued	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
publish	O
Tetris	B-Application
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
secured	O
licenses	O
from	O
both	O
Spectrum	O
HoloByte	O
,	O
who	O
held	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
computer	O
license	O
,	O
and	O
Atari	O
Games	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
produced	O
the	O
American	O
arcade	O
version	O
under	O
a	O
sublicense	O
from	O
Mirrorsoft	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
the	O
rights	O
for	O
the	O
European	O
computer	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Knowing	O
Nintendo	O
was	O
planning	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
Rogers	O
approached	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
president	O
Minoru	O
Arakawa	O
to	O
suggest	O
Tetris	B-Application
as	O
the	O
perfect	O
bundled	O
launch	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arakawa	O
questioned	O
the	O
idea	O
,	O
having	O
planned	O
to	O
bundle	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Land	I-Application
,	O
but	O
Rogers	O
countered	O
by	O
stating	O
that	O
though	O
a	O
Mario	O
game	O
would	O
promote	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
to	O
young	O
boys	O
,	O
Tetris	B-Application
would	O
promote	O
it	O
to	O
everyone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rogers	O
was	O
told	O
to	O
pursue	O
the	O
rights	O
;	O
he	O
approached	O
Stein	O
to	O
seek	O
rights	O
for	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
distributed	O
with	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
after	O
several	O
months	O
passed	O
,	O
Stein	O
had	O
not	O
signed	O
to	O
contract	O
for	O
the	O
rights	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Rogers	O
learned	O
that	O
another	O
person	O
had	O
approached	O
Nintendo	O
with	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Tetris	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
approached	O
Spectrum	O
HoloByte	O
on	O
the	O
prospect	O
of	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Tetris	B-Application
,	O
causing	O
Mirrorsoft	O
to	O
send	O
a	O
representative	O
,	O
Kevin	O
Maxwell	O
,	O
to	O
Moscow	O
to	O
secure	O
rights	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
Rogers	O
negotiated	O
for	O
the	O
rights	O
for	O
Tetris	B-Application
on	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
noting	O
in	O
a	O
later	O
interview	O
that	O
the	O
government	O
officials	O
did	O
not	O
understand	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
intellectual	O
property	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
looking	O
for	O
greater	O
payment	O
than	O
Rogers	O
or	O
Nintendo	O
could	O
afford	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
Tetris	B-Application
property	O
had	O
not	O
actually	O
been	O
licensed	O
to	O
anyone	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
authority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
time	O
Rogers	O
discovered	O
that	O
the	O
home	O
console	O
rights	O
were	O
actually	O
not	O
properly	O
licensed	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
March	O
1989	O
,	O
Arakawa	O
,	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
vice	O
president	O
Howard	O
Lincoln	O
,	O
working	O
with	O
Rogers	O
,	O
secured	O
exclusive	O
rights	O
for	O
console	O
distribution	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Tetriss	O
production	O
was	O
delayed	O
due	O
to	O
an	O
ongoing	O
legal	O
battle	O
with	O
Atari	O
Games	O
over	O
their	O
home	O
publishing	O
subsidiary	O
Tengen	O
's	O
version	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Application
for	O
the	O
NES	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
two	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
's	O
release	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bullet-Proof	O
Software	O
is	O
mentioned	O
as	O
a	O
copyright	O
holder	O
and	O
the	O
sub-licensor	O
of	O
the	O
Tetris	B-Application
handheld	O
rights	O
to	O
Nintendo	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
startup	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
Tetris	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
accomplished	O
composer	O
Hirokazu	O
Tanaka	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compositions	O
"	O
Type	O
A	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Type	O
B	O
"	O
can	O
be	O
unlocked	O
in	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tetris	B-Application
DX	O
is	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
game	O
that	O
is	O
backward	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
original	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tetris	B-Application
DX	O
features	O
battery-saved	O
high	O
scores	O
and	O
three	O
player	O
profiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
as	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
game	O
on	O
December	O
22	O
,	O
2011	O
and	O
on	O
December	O
28	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
possible	O
to	O
play	O
multiplayer	O
in	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
version	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Application
was	O
delisted	O
in	O
Europe	O
from	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
after	O
December	O
31	O
,	O
2014	O
and	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
worldwide	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
service	O
on	O
February	O
8	O
,	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
release	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
,	O
multiplayer	O
is	O
fully	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tetris	B-Application
has	O
been	O
credited	O
as	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
's	O
killer	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Official	O
Nintendo	O
Magazine	O
ranked	O
Tetris	B-Application
fifth	O
on	O
its	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
100	O
Best	O
Nintendo	O
Games	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Informers	O
Ben	O
Reeves	O
called	O
it	O
the	O
best	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
game	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
legendary	O
puzzle	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
included	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
The	O
10	O
Best	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Games	O
"	O
commenting	O
:	O
"	O
Tetris	B-Application
serves	O
up	O
addictive	O
and	O
challenging	O
gameplay	O
on	O
the	O
go	O
for	O
all	O
ages	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2008	O
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
listed	O
Tetris	B-Application
DX	O
as	O
the	O
best	O
Game	O
Boy/Game	O
Boy	O
Color	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
meant	O
more	O
to	O
handheld	O
gaming	O
than	O
any	O
other	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
best	O
version	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Application
until	O
Tetris	B-Application
DS	I-Application
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alexey	O
Pajitnov	O
called	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Application
his	O
favorite	O
and	O
very	O
close	O
to	O
his	O
original	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
