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These are games with similar gameplay to ''Tetris'' that were sold commercially. In some cases a licence was not necessary due to the changes in gameplay (as in Blockout and Hexion).
These are games with similar gameplay to ''Tetris'' that were sold commercially. In some cases a licence was not necessary due to the changes in gameplay (as in Blockout and Hexion).


*[[Xyonix]], 1989 <!-- https://archive.org/details/arcade_xyonix -->
*[[Blockout]], 1989
*[[Blockout]], 1989
*[[Atomic Point]], 1990? <!-- https://archive.org/details/arcade_atomicp -->
*[[Atomic Point]], 1990? <!-- https://archive.org/details/arcade_atomicp -->
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*[[&#1058;&#1045;&#1058;&#1056;&#1048;&#1057; SEMIPRO-68k]] (aka Shimizu Tetris), 1989
*[[&#1058;&#1045;&#1058;&#1056;&#1048;&#1057; SEMIPRO-68k]] (aka Shimizu Tetris), 1989
*[[Wesleyan Tetris]], 1989
*[[Wesleyan Tetris]], 1989
*[[Xyonix]], 1989 <!-- https://archive.org/details/arcade_xyonix -->
*[[Face to Face]], 1990
*[[Face to Face]], 1990
*[[Twintris (Digital Marketing, programmed by Svein Berge)]], 1990
*[[Twintris (Digital Marketing, programmed by Svein Berge)]], 1990

Revision as of 11:48, 29 December 2018

Official Tetris games pre-TTC

Legal disputes make the term official unclear for some early titles. To clarify, this list includes both licensed games and those developed under the pretense of having a license (unofficial ports preceding the establishment of licensing have been moved to the unofficial games section).

1985-86
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
Uncertain (pre-1996)
Unreleased

Official games licensed by The Tetris Company

By 1996, The Tetris Company was up and running, and the Tetris Guideline started to take shape.

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Uncertain
Unreleased

Other "-tris" games

Some games used the Tetris name or its '-tris' suffix in their titles, despite their distinctively different gameplay. Legal disputes make it unclear which early games used the name or suffix legally. The list below includes both licensed uses and uses by developers who have also made an official Tetris game.

Notable unlicensed and similar commercial games

These are games with similar gameplay to Tetris that were sold commercially. In some cases a licence was not necessary due to the changes in gameplay (as in Blockout and Hexion).

Notable fan games and other unlicensed games

There are many fan made derivatives of Tetris. Sometimes these games infringed on copyright and/or trademark, though nevertheless a number of them have fostered a large user base and have achieved some cultural importance. Other notables use of Tetris include: art medium (see Tetris Building), algorithmic exercises (see Tetris AI), and even testing equipment (as the game originally was made to do).

See also the fan game page for another list.

Tetris as easter eggs

Due to its relative easiness to program, Tetris is often used as an easter egg.

See also

External links