När blev spel populära?
I början av 1980-talet fick hemdatorerna något av ett genombrott. Dessa gick det också att spela spel på. Ofta var dessa spel mer avancerade eftersom datorerna hade bättre kapacitet än tv-spelskonsolerna, vilket ledde till att tv-spelsmarknaden kraschade.
När kom första spelet?
Magnavox Odyssey, världens första spelkonsol (1972). Playstation – Sonys första spelkonsol lanserades 1994 och blev en säljframgång på 1990-talet. Nintendo Entertainment System lanserades 1983 och dominerade TV-spelsmarknaden under sena 1980-talet. Xbox One är en modern spelkonsol (2013).
What is Tetris®?
Play Now, For Free! Tetris ® is the addictive puzzle game that started it all, embracing our universal desire to create order out of chaos. The Tetris game was created by Alexey Pajitnov in 1984—the product of Alexey’s computer programming experience and his love of puzzles.
How did Tetris get to Hungary?
In 1986, Brjabrin sent a copy of Tetris to Hungarian game publisher Novotrade. From there, copies of the game began circulating via floppy disks throughout Hungary and as far as Poland.
What is the field dimension of Tetris?
The field dimension of Tetris is perhaps the least deviated among releases: almost always 10 cells wide by 20 high. Some releases on handheld platforms with small screens have smaller fields; for example, the Tetris Jr. keychain game has 8 by 12, and Tetris for Game Boy has 10 by 18. Traditionally,…
Why did Pajitnov call it Tetris?
Pajitnov felt that the game would be needlessly complicated with twelve different shape variations, so he scaled the concept down to tetrominoes, of which there are seven variants. Pajitnov titled the game Tetris, a word created from a combination of ”tetra” (meaning ”four”) and his favorite sport, ”tennis”.