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From: Joel Salomon <salomo3@coo...>
Subject: alef on sources
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 15:34:13 -0400 (EDT)

Douglas A. Gwyn said:
> Kenji Okamoto wrote:
>> Am I biased wrong direction?
>
> Probably.  As I recall, when Tetris was first introduced
> the inventor was featured prominently in the advertisements.
> One assumes that he was paid a fee and/or royalties.
>
>From Tetris: a history http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/special/tetrishist.html :

> Alexey Pazhitnov made nearly no money from Tetris itself. ELORG made, then
> cancelled a deal that would have given him merchandising rights to Tetris.
> Still, Pazhitnov was happy that the game he created became famous
> world-wide, and he did get an 286-clone from the Academy as a reward; he
> also had a much nicer apartment than most of his colleagues.

--Joel