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Tetris

The System E Arcade System port of Sega's Tetris.

31 December 1989

Tetris is an arcade, released 31 December 1989 on Arcade.

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What Tetris is

Tetris was released in 1989. It was published by Sega. It is available on Arcade only.

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 17th of 145 entries we hold in the Tetris series. The next entry was Bloxeed in 1990.

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What it launched against

Tetris launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.

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When did Tetris come out?
Tetris was released on 31 December 1989 for Arcade.

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