Tetris - The Greatest Video Game of All Time?

Tetris first gained mainstream exposure and popularity beginning in 1989 when Nintendo released Tetris on its Game Boy system.

Tetris was originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pazhitnov (last name translated to Pajitnov) by the Tetris Company in 1985. Pajitnov stated that pentominoes were the inspiration for the game. The "Tetris" name is derived from the Greek numerical prefix "tetra-" meaning four, because all of the blocks are made of four segments.

The game (or one of it's variations) is available for nearly every video game platform, console, and operating system, as well as mobile phones, PDA's, and more. To this day, Tetris appears on lists of the greatest video games of all time.