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After 25 years, Tetris has sold 125 million copies
venturebeat.com - 6/2/2009
After 25 years, Tetris has sold 125 million copies
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Twenty five years ago, a 29-year-old Russian mathematician loosed Tetris upon the world. Now the game has sold more than 125 million copies — an astounding average of 5 million per year. Now the two men who are responsible for turning it into a worldwide phenomenon are trying to take it ...
Computer game Tetris celebrates 25 years
telegraph.co.uk - 6/6/2009
Computer game Tetris celebrates 25 years
— telegraph.co.uk — Classic computer game Tetris is celebrating its 25th anniversary.... (more) Computer game Tetris celebrates 25 years

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Gesture controlled tetris
hackaday.com - 6/4/2009
Gesture controlled tetris
— hackaday.com — Look at this awesome glove. This awesome glove is used to control tetris. Yes, you read that... right, it controls tetris. This was a final project at Cornell in the summer of 2008. They built this glove to do gesture controlled tetris . With all ... (more) Gesture controlled tetris

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gearfuse.com - 6/2/2009
The 25th Anniversary of Tetris
— gearfuse.com — I can't even begin to tell you how many countless hours of my life were once wasted... on Tetris for the original Nintendo Game Boy. I was 3 or 4 years old and would play the living shit out of that game. My mother would too and could easily reach ... (more) The 25th Anniversary of Tetris

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The 25th Anniversary of Tetris
GEARFUSE — ... , which has sold over 125 million copies to date. Has your software ever sold 125 million copies? Didn’t think so. Personally, I still play Tetris on Facebook, loved Tetris DS and have always wanted to play Hyper Tetris . Link

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