Alexey Pajitnov As a child, he was a fan of puzzles and played with pentomino toys. In creating "Tetris," he drew inspiration from these toys. Pajitnov created "Tetris" with the help of Dmitry Pavlovsky and Vadim Gerasimov in 1984. The game, first available in the Soviet Union, appeared in the West in 1986. Pajitnov also created a sequel to "Tetris", entitled "Welltris", which has the same principle but in a three dimensional environment where the player sees the playing area from above. "Tetris" was licensed and managed by Soviet company ELORG, which had a monopoly on the import and export of computer
The Legend of Zelda (video game) not decades". In 2011, Nintendo celebrated the game's 25th anniversary in a similar vein to the "Super Mario Bros." 25th anniversary celebration the previous year. This celebration included a free mailout Club Nintendo offer of the "Ocarina of Time" soundtrack to owners of the 3DS version of that particular game, the first digital for Nintendo eShop release of Link's Awakening DX, special posters that are mailed out as rewards through Club Nintendo, and a special stage inspired by the original "Legend of Zelda" in the video game "Super Mario 3D Land" for the Nintendo 3DS. In 2015, translator, localizer, and