“At some point, while working on the rotation routine, I was watching a piece rotate on the screen. It was then that the idea struck me—the game could be played in real-time. That was the very first important 'aha' moment for Tetris.”— Alexey Pajitnov
Creator of Tetris, the iconic video game
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