Tetris

Mostly everyone today knows what the game Tetris is.  I grew up playing it on my Game Boy, the original Nintendo, then Nintendo 64 and now I can play it on my phone.  It is a game that has evolved with the times and is popular among all age groups.

In 1985, Russian scientist Alexey Pajitnov developed "Tetris", a game made for the Electronika 60.  It was soon ported to the IMB PC, which spread it's poppularity throughout the world.  The game eventually was licensed to Nintendo, which sold millions of copies for the Game Boy.  Today, people can play the game on many different devices, including cell phones.

The name "Tetris"derives from the greek word "tetra", meaning four.  Each shape has four blocks that fall from the top of the screen.  The objective is to make the pieces fit together to form lines.  When lines are formed they disappear, and as you keep playing the pieces fall faster and faster.  Under different studies, the game itself has shown to make the brain operate more efficiently.