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
Game-Art-HQ about artworks related to video games. This concept was the base for later ideas like galleries for now over 1500 different games and game characters. The first community project on Game Art HQ was a little tribute to Battle Arena Toshinden and its characters. Fourteen artists participated in this fan art tribute. Following were art contests and growing art tribute projects like the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Tribute with over 200 artists in cooperation with Capcom. They celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the Doom games on the 10th of December 2013 with an art tribute which was featured on multiple