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Alexey Pajitnov at the Game Developers Conference 2007
Alexey Pajitnov at the Game Developers Conference 2007

Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov (Алексей Леонидович Пажитнов, regularly Aleksei Leonidovich Pazhitnov, born 1955) is a computer engineer from Russia now living in the United States, who developed the popular game Tetris while working for the Computing Centre of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, a Soviet government-founded R&D centre. The Game Developers Conference ( GDC) is the largest annual gathering of professional Video game developers focusing on learning inspiration and networking Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Tetris (Тетрис is a Video puzzle game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in June 1985 while working for the Dorodnicyn Dorodnicyn Computing Centre was established in 1955 and became a leading Research institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union The Russian Academy of Sciences (Российская Академия Наук Rossi'iskaya Akade'miya Nau'k, shortened to PAH RAN) consists of the National The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The phrase research and development (also R and D or more often R&D) according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers

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Biography

Alexey Pajitnov created Tetris with the help of Dmitry Pavlovsky and Vadim Gerasimov in 1985. Vadim Gerasimov is an engineer at Google. In 1994-2003 Vadim worked and studied at the MIT Media Lab. The game, first available in the Soviet Union, appeared in the West in 1986. The term Western world, the West or the Occident ( Latin: occidens -sunset -west as distinct from the Orient) can have multiple meanings Pajitnov also created the lesser known sequel to Tetris, entitled Welltris, which has the same principle but in a three dimensional environment where you see the "board" from above[1]. Welltris is a puzzle Video game, developed by Doka and licensed to Bullet-Proof Software. 3D computer graphics (in contrast to 2D computer graphics) are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer The Soviet bureaucracy licensed and managed Tetris, and advertised it with the slogan "From Russia with Love" (on NES: "From Russia With Fun!"). Bureaucracy is the structure and set of regulations in place to control activity usually in large organizations and government Because he was employed by the Soviet government, Pajitnov did not receive royalties. Pajitnov, together with Vladimir Pokhilko, moved to the United States in 1991 and founded the Tetris Company with Henk Rogers. Vladimir Pokhilko (born 1954 died 1998 was a Russian academic who specialized in Human-computer interaction and an entrepreneur The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Tetris Company LLC, aka TTC is based in Hawaii and is managed by Henk Rogers. Henk Rogers is a video game designer and entrepreneur best known for winning a license for Nintendo's handheld and console versions of the Computer game

He helped design the puzzles in the Super NES versions of Yoshi's Cookie and designed the game Pandora's Box, which incorporates more traditional jigsaw-style puzzles. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit Video game console that was Yoshi's Cookie is a Computer puzzle game made for the NES, Game Boy, SNES, and the Wii Virtual console. For The Rolling Stones song see " Jigsaw Puzzle " A jigsaw puzzle is a tiling Puzzle that requires the

He began working for Microsoft in October 1996. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Pajitnov worked for the Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection, MSN Mind Aerobics and MSN Games groups. Microsoft Entertainment Pack The Puzzle Collection is a collection of 10 puzzle computer games developed by MSN Games (also known as Zonecom - formerly known as The Village, Internet Gaming Zone, MSN Gaming Zone, and MSN Games by Zone Pajitnov's new, enhanced version of Hexic, Hexic HD, was included with every new Xbox 360 Premium package. Hexic is a type of Puzzle game where one tries to rotate hexagonal tiles to create certain patterns The Xbox 360 is the second Video game console produced by Microsoft, and was developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, and SiS. He left Microsoft in 2005. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

On August 18, 2005 WildSnake Software announced Pajitnov will be collaborating with them to release a new line of puzzle games. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [2]

Works

Game Name First Released System Name(s) Pajitnov's Role(s)
Tetris 1985 Electronica 60, IBM-PC Original Concept
(with Vadim Gerasimov & Dmitry Pavlovsky)
Welltris 1989 Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Macintosh & ZX Spectrum Designer
(with Andrei Sgenov)
Faces 1990 DOS, Macintosh Original Concept
(with Vladimir Pokhilko)
Hatris 1990 TurboGrafx-16, Arcade, Game Boy & NES Original Concept
Knight Move 1990 Famicom Disk System (Japan) Idealist
El-Fish 1993 DOS Original Concept
(with Vladimir Pokhilko)
Wild Snake 1994 Game Boy & Super NES Designer
Knight Moves 1995 Microsoft Windows Idealist
Ice & Fire 1995 Windows, Macintosh & PlayStation Original Concept
(with Vladimir Pokhilko)
Clockwerx 1995 Microsoft Windows Original Concept
Tetrisphere 1997 Nintendo 64 Contributor
Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection 1997 Windows & Game Boy Color Designer
Pandora's Box 1999 Windows Designer
Hexic HD 2005 Xbox 360
(Pre-loaded on every Xbox 360 hard drive)		 Original Concept and design
Dwice 2006 Windows Designer
Hexic 2 2007 Xbox 360
(Sold through Xbox Live Arcade)		 Designer

Awards and recognition

On March 7, 2007, Alexey Pajitnov received the Game Developers Choice Awards First Penguin Award. Tetris (Тетрис is a Video puzzle game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in June 1985 while working for the Dorodnicyn The Elektronika 60 (Russian Электроника 60) was a terminal Computer made in the Soviet Union by Elektronika in Voronezh Welltris is a puzzle Video game, developed by Doka and licensed to Bullet-Proof Software. Hatris is a puzzle game developed by game designer Alexey Pazhitnov (last name sometimes transliterated Pajitnov for Bullet-Proof Software Knight Move is an action puzzle game created by Alexey Pajitnov (the creator of Tetris) for the Famicom Disk System in 1990 The was released on February 21, 1986 by Nintendo as a peripheral for the Family Computer ("Famicom" console in Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. El-Fish is a Fish and fish-tank simulator developed by Russian game developer AnimaTek, with Maxis providing Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Clockwerx is a Computer game created by Callisto Corporation that was released in 1995. Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Tetrisphere is a Video game released for the Nintendo 64 in 1997 The, often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendo 's third home Video game console for the international market Microsoft Entertainment Pack The Puzzle Collection is a collection of 10 puzzle computer games developed by The is Nintendo 's successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November 19, 1998 Pandora's Box is a game created by the designer of Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov, for Microsoft. Hexic is a type of Puzzle game where one tries to rotate hexagonal tiles to create certain patterns The Xbox 360 is the second Video game console produced by Microsoft, and was developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, and SiS. Hexic 2 is the sequel to Alexey Pajitnov's Puzzle game Hexic, developed by Carbonated Games. The Xbox 360 is the second Video game console produced by Microsoft, and was developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, and SiS. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Game Developers Choice Awards are awards annually hosted by the Game Developers Conference and presented by the International Game Developers Association for outstanding The award was given for pioneering the casual games market. [3]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Screenshots from Welltris, retrieved 31-10-2007
  2. ^ WildSnake newsletter august 18 2005, retrieved 31-10-2007
  3. ^ 2007 Game Developers Choice Awards To Honor Miyamoto, Pajitnov. Gamasutra. Gamasutra is a Web site founded in 1997 for Video game developers It is owned and operated by CMP Media, and acts as the online sister publication to the Retrieved on 2007-02-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the

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