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Tetris

Tetris is a licensed Tetris game for Fifth-Generation iPods with software version 1.2 or later, available from iTunes Music Store. It is of note that this game breaks some of the Tetris Company's guidelines…

12 September 2006

Tetris is a puzzle developed by Electronic Arts, released 12 September 2006 on iOS.

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What Tetris is

Tetris is a puzzle game developed by Electronic Arts and released in 2006. It was published by Apple. It is available on iOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Tetris is a licensed Tetris game for Fifth-Generation iPods with software version 1.2 or later, available from iTunes Music Store. It is of note that this game breaks some of the Tetris Company's guidelines, the largest difference being the lack of a hold function.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Tetris series

Tetris is the 85th of 145 entries we hold in the Tetris series. The next entry was Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 28: Tetris Collection in 2006.

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What it launched against

Tetris launched on 12 September 2006, within three weeks of Company of Heroes, Pokémon Diamond Version, Test Drive Unlimited and Call of Juarez.

Released around the same time: Company of Heroes, Pokémon Diamond Version, Test Drive Unlimited, Call of Juarez.

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When did Tetris come out?
Tetris was released on 12 September 2006 for iOS.

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