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I was at home one night earlier in the week and I picked up my Gameboy to kill ten minutes or so, and it was then that I realised out of the multitude of original Gameboy games that I own, the only one that I revisit on a regular basis is Tetris. One of the simplest concepts in gaming, and indeed one which has spawned a huge number of imitations, Tetris was possibly the ‘killer app’ behind the success of the original Gameboy when it was released back in 1989 (Or 1990 here in Europe). The story of Tetris doesn’t actually begin there as it was originally conceived back in 1984, yes it may be hard to believe, but Tetris is 25 years old!. Looking back, Tetris was perfect for the period when it was released. Gameplay was simple to pick up, but with increasing levels of difficulty so that it remained a challenge.

There have been many updates and ‘new’ versions over the years introducing new concepts and modes of gameplay, but I don’t think any of them match up to the original, monochrome graphics and all! Below is a video of a game of Tetris played using an entire building and it’s lights.

Oh, and if you’re wondering how they did it, they didn’t have people stood in every room turning the lights on and off, it was all done using a computer programme.