Few people have heard of it, yet many consider John Blankenbaker's KENBAK-1 to be the first commercial personal computer.
The Tetris Saga: Intruigue and Deception
By James Grahame
Tetris was invented by Russian programmer Alexey Pazhitnov in June 1985. It quickly became a sensation in Russia and spread to the west. What followed was an unbelievably convoluted tale of deception, as Western companies sold and resold rights to a game they didn't own.
Tetris was eventually licensed by a State-owned Russian company to Nintendo for an enormous sum and was even included as a pack-in with the original Game Boy.
Pazhitnov didn't receive any money for his creation until he formed the The Tetris Company LLC in 1996.
Read the whole sordid tale here (Atari HQ)
