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Alexey Pajitnov

Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov (born 14 March 1956) is a Russian video game designer and computer engineer. He is best known for developing Tetris in 1984 while working for the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, a Soviet government-founded R&D center. He only started to get royalties from his creation in 1996 when he and Henk Rogers formed The Tetris Company.

Alexey Pajitnov at a Glance

Alexey Pajitnov has been active in the gaming industry from 1985 to 1990, with 3 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog focuses on Puzzle and Arcade. The studio carries a solid 69/100 average rating across their catalog, with 2 titles rated favorably by the community. Their highest-rated title on PlayPile is Tetris (75.0/100). Games from Alexey Pajitnov are available across 6 platforms, most notably Legacy Computer, Arcade, Nintendo Entertainment System.

3
Total Games
69
Avg Rating
1985
First Release
1990
Latest Release

Genre Breakdown

Puzzle
75%
Arcade
25%

Platform Spread

Legacy Computer
1
Arcade
1
Nintendo Entertainment System
1
PC-9800 Series
1
TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
1

Release Timeline

1980s
1
1990s
1

Rating Distribution

0
80-100
2
60-79
0
40-59
0
0-39