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
Pandora's Box (1999 video game) piece goes if the player needs help figuring it out. Free puzzle tokens solve puzzles for the player if needed. A free puzzle token is awarded for every ten puzzles solved. The game includes the following puzzle types: "Pandora's Box" won GameSpot's "Puzzles and Classics Game of the Year" award. The editors wrote that it "proved that he [Pajitnov] was more than just the king of the simple game." It was a runner-up for "Computer Games Strategy Plus"s 1999 "Classic Game of the Year" award and "Computer Gaming World"s 1999 "Puzzle/Classics Game of the Year" award. It was PC Data's