Tetris is probably one of the most famous computer-games that have ever
been developed. Alexei Pajitnov createt this simple, yet addictive game
in 1984 as a student at the famous Soviet Union’s Academy of Science.
It initially worked only on the Soviet Elektronika 60 Computer and got
very popular among staff members and students at the Academy of Science
in Moscow. It’s worldwide popularity became Tetris, after Nintendo
published it on their video-game console and the gameboy. This resulted
in millions of dollars of royalties – but not for the developer
himself, but the Russian government. Poor Alexei.