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How Did Tetris Go from Soviet Passtime to Smashing Success?

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During the Cold War, a programmer in the USSR created Tetris as a fun break for his coworkers. Learn how it became one of the best-selling video games of all time in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/tetris.htm

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How Did Tetris Go from Soviet Passtime to Smashing Success?

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