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Tetris
NES / Famicom · 1989 · Nintendo
RateSpecs
- Developer
- Nintendo R&D1
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- First release
- 1989
- Platform
- NES / Famicom
- Rarity
- Uncommon
Description
Tengen, an Atari label, released an unlicensed version of Tetris for the Nintendo Entertainment System. After they lost a lawsuit to Nintendo, which acquired the rights from Russia to port the game to home consoles (they already had the handheld consoles rights), Tengen had to destroy every spare cartridge unsold at the time. The Tengen game featured a two-player simultaneous mode not available in Nintendo's version
Source: IGDBProduct codes
The code on the sticker shows the region and units produced.
NES-EIUSA · on the boxNES-EIEUR · on the boxNES-EI-NOEEUR · on the cartridgeNES P EIEUR · on the boxNSESE-P-EIEUR · on the boxCode source: retroplace.com.
Prices by market~30 €
condition not statedany · 5 list.37 €
condition not statedany · 3 list.22 €
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