nedjelja, 29.01.2012.
Bet on TETRIS
The bet on Tetris originated from Russia. It had been invented long ago, before the invention of computers. Alexey Pajitnov (Pazhitnov) was the original author of Tetris. He was aided by Vadim Gerasimov and Dmitry Pavlovsky. Pajitnov and Pavlovsky worked at Computer Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences as computer engineers. The game of Tetris was based on Pajitnov earlier invention referred to as Genetic Engineering. Vadim Gerosimov was the one that ported the game to the IBM PC.
The original game was composed of five square blocks. It had been called Pentomino; penta meaning five. Afterwards, the game was turned into “penta” and to” tetri.” The figures became simple. The sport was also revised to be time pressuring, so it is a mix of puzzle genre plus an arcade. This revision made the game of Tetris more captivating and more popular. It started to multiply all over Moscow until it reached other countries, and today the world. It had been acknowledged in USA and England to be the best-selling video game in the past year 1988.
The game had become the cause of competitive activity among several publishing companies. Intense popularity makes the game more desirable to the big companies. Numerous companies would like to get your hands on the rights to produce Tetris for handhelds and console. The sport of Tetris was initially sold to Famicom. Two million cartridges from it were sold. Afterwards, Nintendo also sell into the millions copies for NES. Game Boy packed with Tetris, on the other hand, was sold around the globe, making the game of Tetris increasingly popular.
More and much more changes took place to improve the sport. They want to make the game more simple yet challenging for anyone. The significant change was made using the number of squares. Figures from squares to triangles and hexagons was changed and finalized. Around 2000, the game became complex. It was not only the shape of the figures was changed but the whole game itself. It became more challenging for the player. The sport is made with music for the players to find it more enjoy and captivating. Now, more websites are offering downloads with this game of Tetris.
The players/ users take part in the game by turning the pieces of squares/ figures right or left in order to arrange it to match the figures below. Whenever a type of figures/ squares are formed to the edge, the line dissolves and the line of squares move below by one square. As soon as the line around the edge dissolves, points are gained. When the well is filled up, the game ends. Players are given ample minutes to achieve points and keep the well empty or less filled. But, it is not easy to maintain the well this way because as the game advances, the falling pieces fall faster and faster.
Presently, the sport will come in social networking sites like Facebook. As expected, more people are hooked to the game. The game became more popular than it had been before since more people got subscribed to this social media site.
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