Tetris - 1989 (GBY, NES)

TETRIS
テトリス
©1989 Nintendo

Version:
Game Boy (GBY)
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Publisher:
NINTENDO CO., LTD.

Production:
Nintendo - Research & Development 1 Division (R&D1)

Development:
NINTENDO CO., LTD.

Additional Work:

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KEY STAFF:

NINTENDO CO., LTD.

NOTES:

  • This Game Boy rendition of Tetris is based on the popular Tetris franchise that originally appeared on personal computers.
  • Nintendo signed the licensing agreement to publish and produce Tetris on Nintendo platforms, and handed the port to Gunpei Yokoi and the Nintendo R&D1 team who developed the NES and Game Boy versions.
  • Henk Rogers approached Nintendo of America president Minoru Arakawa with the suggestion that Tetris was the perfect game to be packaged with the handheld. Arakawa questioned the idea, noting they planned to package Super Mario Land with it instead, but Rogers countered by stating that while a Mario game would sell the Game Boy to young boys, Tetris would sell it to everyone.
  • Full Staff List: Tetris (GB) Credits

INFOBOX
Version: Game Boy (GBY), Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
Source: KRIRM. Nintendo JP.
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