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'''''Tetris''''' is a [[tetromino]]-based game, which draws on logical thinking, hand-eye coordination, and reflexes. The seven tetrominoes fall down the [[playing field]]. A player [[drop]]s these to make unbroken [[line clear|lines]]. When a player makes one to four lines at the same time, they clear. After clearing these lines, everything over them fall. As a player increasingly clears lines, the tetrominoes fall faster. When a player does not clear enough lines in time, the tetrominoes will land nearer to the top. If [[dead tetromino]]es stack too high, the player loses.
'''''Tetris''''' is a videogame that was invented by [[Alexey Pazhitnov]] in 1985. It was inspired by the classic Roman pentominoes puzzle.
 
[[Tetromino]]es fall from above one at a time. It is your task to sort them such that you form continuous horizontal [[line]]s, which will then clear and the above pieces will fall. Frequently, the player is rewarded for clearing four lines simultaneously, an accomplishment that is called a Tetris. As the game progresses the pieces come faster, making things more difficult. Once the stacked pieces get too high, the game is over.
 
==See also==
==See also==
*[[topics|list of topics]]
*[[topics|list of topics]]
*[[games|list of games]]
*[[games|list of games]]
*[[history]]
*[[history]]

Revision as of 03:18, 16 March 2006

Tetris is a videogame that was invented by Alexey Pazhitnov in 1985. It was inspired by the classic Roman pentominoes puzzle.

Tetrominoes fall from above one at a time. It is your task to sort them such that you form continuous horizontal lines, which will then clear and the above pieces will fall. Frequently, the player is rewarded for clearing four lines simultaneously, an accomplishment that is called a Tetris. As the game progresses the pieces come faster, making things more difficult. Once the stacked pieces get too high, the game is over.

See also