The confirmation of the Megadrive Tetris

[Mundocombo]

I was lucky to get the chance to speak about 20 min with Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of the Tetris. Obviously I asked him if the rumor about Robert Stein and the unicensed Megadrive Tetris was real, he told me yes (thanks to god!) also told me that was a long time ago and he would not want to talk about it in the conference.

Here is a pic of the Jornadas Mundocombo, where Alexey was answering questions about Tetris and himself for aprox 2,5 hours.

At the end, he accepted to sign my MD Tetris :)




I only have to say thanks Alexey, for your simpathy and your contribution to the industry of videogames.

I thought some of you could find interesting this information, now I think we can be sure about this game is not a fake.

[madhatter256]

Wow. Congratulations. That must have been interesting. He talked about the origins of Tetris, etc? Like what inspirations, etc. that made him want to develop the game?

[PhreQuencYViii]

Very cool!

[kammedo]

Its an ode to the obscure! He surely must have been impressed by the question ;)
Neat! Very neat! Thanks for sharing !

[drx]

Hah, fantastic. One more mystery solved!

Did he say anything interesting, apart from this, by the way?

[Blai]

He said he has a lvl 66 character in WoW

LOL

[GaijinPunch]

1: What's the rumor? Sorry, I'm not much up on Tetris lore.
2: You have some lovely locks. You should be in a shampoo commercial.

[negora]

Gaijin: I guess that the "rumor" was that MundoCombo could have it or not. Obviously, he got it... And signed ;) .

MundoCombo: I didn't go to the event (I can't stand macro-meetings) but, anyway, I also wanted to congratulate you for the acquisition. If someday I become millionaire remind me to make you a big offer for it :P .

[Mundocombo]

Hahah, no, I didn't see the other post before writting this one! In fact the rumous was if the Tetris was ever made by Tengen-Mirrorsoft-Sega-Robert Stein and not for a chinese pirate in his warehouse :)

Thanks for your comment, negora. No way to sell this game, pal :)

[virtual alan]

Great you got to meet someone like him and to sign a rare copy of this game......I am sure it has to be unique

Wasn`t the game tetris a very popular game that was already played in Russian and called something similiar?

This goes from my reading of the Game Over book some time ago, so apologies if a little shaky on the details

[sven666]

why dont you write a rundown of what happened at the conference mundocombo, would be cool to hear what was said :)

[retro]

Originally Posted by virtual alan

Wasn`t the game tetris a very popular game that was already played in Russian and called something similiar?

There was a game where you put the pieces in the box so they all fitted. A common thing - much like those puzzles you get in Christmas Crackers and novelty shops. Only these were tessilating pieces, and had 5 parts to them, a pentomino. He just took one piece off, and made it into a video game where the pieces fall down

Ahh, my memory is good!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdMekZnm_GI



Thumb Candy... a great programme. I did a better cap, though - it's out there somewhere!

[Druid II]

Columns is still so much better =/

[Mundocombo]

Originally Posted by Druid II

Columns is still so much better =/

Argh! Columns is what sega did to counterback the Tetris... Tetris is better by far in my opinion...

[Jamtex]

Nah Puyo Puyo blows them both out of the water. :p

[Importaku]

Hehe puyo puyo is indeed more fun especially when you have a screen filled right to the top & get the last piece you need to cause a massive chain reaction & bury the other player in a mountain of ojama puyos :) but tetris is a good puzzler when i dont want to think.

[devilredeemed]

Tetris Battle Gaiden is the best puzzle game evah..

[babu]

Tetris Attack > everything :P
(thought Magical Drop is pretty fun too ^^)

[ave]

Tetris Grand Master > every other Tetris > every other puzzle game :P

Although you I would also say Puzzle Bobble > Tetris in general.^^""

[Twimfy]

Originally Posted by Mundocombo

Hahah, no, I didn't see the other post before writting this one! In fact the rumous was if the Tetris was ever made by Tengen-Mirrorsoft-Sega-Robert Stein and not for a chinese pirate in his warehouse :)

Thanks for your comment, negora. No way to sell this game, pal :)

OT: Mundocombo - Did you happen to attend a GP32 convention in Bath UK a few years ago? You look very familiar.