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Hatris

Hatris is a puzzle video game developed by Alexey Pajitnov, creator of famous video game Tetris. In Hatris, the falling blocks of Tetris are replaced by falling hats which are top hats, cowboy hats, baseball…

1 April 1990

Hatris is a puzzle developed by Alexey Pajitnov, released 1 April 1990 on TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Nintendo Entertainment System, Arcade and PC-9800 Series.

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What Hatris is

Hatris is a puzzle game developed by Alexey Pajitnov and released in 1990. It was published by Bullet-Proof Software. It is available on TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Nintendo Entertainment System, Arcade and PC-9800 Series.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Hatris is a puzzle video game developed by Alexey Pajitnov, creator of famous video game Tetris. In Hatris, the falling blocks of Tetris are replaced by falling hats which are top hats, cowboy hats, baseball caps, derbys, party hats and crowns. The setting is a hat factory, where hats are dropped down from a conveyor belt two at a time and must be stacked on one of six mannequin heads. Once five hats of the same kind have been stacked on top of each other, they fall down onto another conveyor belt below and are shipped out of the factory, rewarding the player with a cash bonus (the game keeps track of score as money, not simply points). Once you ship out enough hats out of the shop, you go…
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What it launched against

Hatris launched on 1 April 1990, within three weeks of Target Earth and Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi.

Released around the same time: Target Earth, Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi.

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When did Hatris come out?
Hatris was released on 1 April 1990 for TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Nintendo Entertainment System, Arcade and PC-9800 Series.

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