Tetris (Game Boy)
1989 · Puzzle · Game Boy
Overview
Tetris (1989) on the Game Boy, bundled with the console in the West, was the system's killer app and sold over 35 million copies.
Deep Dive
It was the first Game Boy game to use the Game Link Cable: in two-player matches, lines one player clears are sent to the other as rows of rubbish. Its "Type A" music is based on the Russian folk song "Korobeiniki".
Developer Story
Satoru Okada directed it at Nintendo R&D1 under producer Gunpei Yokoi, with music by Hirokazu Tanaka. It came out in Japan in June 1989 and topped the Japanese and US charts that year.
Did You Know?
- Henk Rogers of Bullet-Proof Software secured the handheld rights and sublicensed them to Nintendo.
- "Type C" arranges a minuet from Bach's French Suite No. 3.
Sources & further reading
- Tetris (Game Boy video game) — Wikipedia
