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
25th Anniversary Celebration 25th Anniversary Celebration 25th Anniversary Celebration (released in Japan as Altan: With the RTÉ Concert Orchestra) is the tenth studio album by Irish folk music group Altan. It was released in January–March 2010. The album does not contain new original material (except for one new song, "Soilse na Nollag") for it is a compilation of studio re-recordings of previous material with orchestral arrangements. "25th Anniversary Celebration" was recorded in the RTÉ studios, Dublin, Ireland with the contribution of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. It was made to commemorate Altan's 25th anniversary and features new arrangements of some of Altan's best-known songs