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
NBA 25th Anniversary Team 5 Centers. Then every NBA player that had been named All NBA 1st Team up to that time gave his vote. The four top voted forwards, two top voted centers, and four top voted guards made the team. To be eligible as a nominee, a player must (by 1971): Red Auerbach, Ned Irish, Eddie Gottlieb, Haskell Cohen, Danny Biasone, Lester Harrison, Fred Zollner, Ben Kerner, Fred Schaus, and Bob Feerick. List of nominees, sorted by position, and last name (players denoted with an asterisk had been inducted into Basketball Hall Of Fame). Name Career Years List of 25th Anniversary Team