Tetris wasn’t invented for the gameboy?!
We took the kids to the Brussels Toy Museum last weekend. Good times, good times. On the second floor, I bumped into a toy which made me scramble for the curator(?). He didn’t tell me the date or country of origin, just mysteriously wrote down “akzente” on a PostIt note and said : “type this into the internet and you will find it immediately”.
I complied, now behold teh TETROMAX:
Now behold me ROCKING teh Tetromax:
(apologies for the miserable skills, and equally miserable attempt at whistling 
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There I was, surrounded by all sorts of toys from the 20’s, 30’s, 40’s, so I assumed the Tetromax is also a relic from times before…
After a frustrating google session, I found plenty of info about tetris , yet NOTHING about the history of Tetromax.
Did Alexey Pajitnov play Tetromax as a kid?! Or is Tetromax a copy of the video game?! One of the tetris concept links claims Alexey was really into Pentominoes, which is not surprising, what I’m curious about is who came up with the “falling geometric shapes”. The lack of info, it punishes my mojo 
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In anycase, it’s neat.
Tags: games
July 25th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Wow, of all the experiences one can have in a lifetime, this revelation must be one of the few that can completely topple your view on life. This, and maybe discovering it was once a true sport for italian plumbers to catch stars and jump on turtles…
July 25th, 2008 at 8:51 am
hmmm… the Greeks were known to jump on bulls, and apparently were quite the “plumbers” as well (notch notch, wink wink). Perhaps it’s time for some field work. For the sake of history and science, I will be filming myself jumping on several turtles for my next blog entry. I will then proceed to chuck the shell at anything slightly menacing within my vicinity. Maybe eat some mushrooms for good measure.