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June 6 in Gaming History

1 moment from the museum's collection happened on this date.

1984 — 42 years ago

Tetris is created in Moscow

Alexey Pajitnov completed the first playable version of Tetris on June 6, 1984 on an Elektronika 60 computer in the USSR — the falling-block puzzler that became one of the best-selling games of all time.

Source: Wikipedia — Tetris: 'It was released on June 6, 1984'; Guinness World Records — 'first released on 6 June 1984'

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