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TetraVex

TetraVex is a puzzle computer game, available for Windows and Linux systems. TetraVex was originally available for 16-bit Windows in Windows Entertainment Pack 3. It was later re-released as part of the Best…

31 December 1991

TetraVex is a puzzle, released 31 December 1991 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What TetraVex is

TetraVex was released in 1991. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

TetraVex is a puzzle computer game, available for Windows and Linux systems. TetraVex was originally available for 16-bit Windows in Windows Entertainment Pack 3. It was later re-released as part of the Best of Windows Entertainment Pack. TetraVex is also available as an open source game on the GNOME desktop as part of the GNOME Games collection under GNU GPL. A 32-bit Windows version was written in Delphi by Mark Billig. The original version of TetraVex (for the Windows Entertainment Pack 3) was written (and named) by Scott Ferguson who was also the Development Lead and an architect of the first version of Visual Basic. TetraVex was inspired by "the problem of tiling the plane" as…
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

TetraVex launched on 31 December 1991, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2 and Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

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When did TetraVex come out?
TetraVex was released on 31 December 1991 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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