Tetris Creator Alexey Pajitnov Got No Game Royalties for 10 Years

Millions of copies of Tetris have been sold since the game’s creation in 1984, but the Russian creator behind it had to wait until an early deal expired to cash in.
Russian computer engineer Alexey Pajitnov created Tetris while working for a state-owned computer center in 1984. An early deal he made cut him out of earnings.

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