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ARC 9: How did Nintendo End Up with Tetris?
Arcadology: Video Game History and Design
English - September 05, 2018 13:00 - 7 minutes - 10.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsVideo Games Leisure Technology gamedev gamedevelopment videogamedevelopment videogamehistory videogames Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the late 1980s, Tetris for the Game Boy ended up taking the world by storm. But how did Nintendo end up with the licensing for the Russian game? In this short episode I go over a brief history of the licensing, and legal battles surrounding Tetris.
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