History of Tetris

Tetris was created in June 1985 by Alexey Pazhitnov. Before researching the actual history of the game I always thought of it as a game we all know and love,  regardless of  how long ago it was actually created it will always be a part of gaming history. The history of how it was legally tendered it much more of a headache then any video game can ever give you. To briefly summarize a hectic mess of legal issues and a bunch of different names, Tetris was the new hot product on the market and multiple people were trying to get their hands on the rights to the game in order to distribute it with their company's name stamped on the back. Detailed summary here